[latexrefman] If you want @LaTeX{}'s standard @code{\chapter} command to do this

[Hefferon, Jim S.]

> (Of course this affects all uses of \cleardoublepage, not just the one in \chapter.)

Late to the party but this seems useful, to me.

Jim

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The music-room in the Governor’s House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first movement of Locatelli’s C major quartet. The
players, Italians pinned against the far wall by rows and rows of little
 round gilt chairs, were playing with passionate conviction as they
mounted towards the penultimate crescendo, towards the tremendous pause
and the deep, liberating final chord. And on the little gilt chairs at
least some of the audience were following the rise with an equal
intensity: there were two in the third row, on the left-hand side; and
they happened to be sitting next to one another. The listener farther to
 the left was a man of between twenty and thirty whose big form
overflowed his seat, leaving only a streak of gilt wood to be seen here
and there. He was wearing his best uniform – the white-lapelled blue
coat, white waistcoat, breeches and stockings of a lieutenant in the
Royal Navy, with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole – and
the deep white cuff of his gold-buttoned sleeve beat the time, while his
 bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-and-white
face if it had not been so deeply tanned, gazed fixedly at the bow of
the first violin. The high note came, the pause, the resolution; and
with the resolution the sailor’s fist swept firmly down upon his knee.
He leant back in his chair, extinguishing it entirely, sighed happily
and turned towards his neighbour with a smile. The words ‘Very finely
played, sir, I believe’ were formed in his gullet if not quite in his
mouth when he caught the cold and indeed inimical look and heard the
whisper, ‘If you really must beat the measure, sir, let me entreat you
to do so in time, and not half a beat ahead.’   -- Patrick O'Brian

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What you say is surely technically correct, but these technicalities
don't seem important to me. It's just a little tip, not the main purpose
of the manual or the node. Thus what Jim wrote suffices, IMHO.

The most I would add something like "(Of course this affects all uses of
\cleardoublepage, not just the one in \chapter.") We certainly don't
want to go into a zillion obscure details, or rewrite \chapter, or
anything like that.

    Indeed, I think that the best way forward would be to propose the
    fncychap maintainer to add some user command \ChPageStyle to set the

Feel free.

    whether this is the best package out-there for chapter customization.

I don't know either. I've used titlesec myself. Every package has its
pros and cons, in my experience. -k