[Tex/LaTex] Memoir oneside/twoside question

conditionalsdouble-sidedmemoir

I have a memoir-class document:

\documentclass[oneside,letterpaper]{memoir}

which I set to oneside or twoside depending on if I want to create either an electronic copy (one side) or printable copy (two side). I have three questions:

Is it possible to have it (TeXnicCenter in this case) create two PDF versions when I build (both onesided and twosided) automatically, with different file names?
There is a blank page I need to add only when in twoside mode, not oneside. How can I integrate that with the above question?
If I can't do the two-versions-on-build, how can I do in "if-then" that checks if it's set to oneside or twoside mode? i.e.
```
if(twoside) then
    add blank page;
end
```

Best Answer

In general you can use the test \if@twoside to test for twoside but for conditional blank pages it normally suffices to use \cleardoublepage which acts like \clearpage in one side documents but will force a blank page if necessary to get to an odd page in twoside documents.

Notes:

Two compile runs are required, the first to obtain the coordinates, the second to do the actual drawing.

References:

This is adapted form earlier answers of mine and:
1. Place a TikZ picture on every page
2. How do I add an image in the upper, left-hand corner using TikZ and graphicx
3. My answer at Image on top specified page contains logic to selectively place this on certain pages, so perhaps this can be used to complete the Further Enhancements section.

Further Enhancements:

This will appear on every page so need checks for detect:
1. title page,
2. table of contents pages, and
3. the first page of a new chapter.

Code

\documentclass[12pt]{memoir}
\usepackage[all]{background}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

%% Customization:
\newcommand*{\FrameXStart}{0.0}% in cm
\newcommand*{\FrameXEnd}{2.0}% in cm
\newcommand*{\FrameYClip}{0.0}% shift in cm of the frame, both from top and bottom
\newcommand*{\FrameTextShift}{-1.5}% shift in cm from the top
\newcommand*{\PageNumberLocation}{4.5}% in cm, from bottom


%-------------
% Need to store the name of the chapter and section. This might be able   
% to be simplified but the simplification might be class dependent.

\newcommand*{\ChapterName}{}%
\newcommand*{\OldChapter}{}%
\let\OldChapter\chapter
\def\chapter#1{\def\ChapterName{#1}\OldChapter{#1}}%

\newcommand*{\SectionName}{}%
\newcommand*{\OldSection}{}%
\let\OldSection\section
\def\section#1{\def\SectionName{#1}\OldSection{#1}}%

\newcommand*{\FrameTitle}{\ChapterName: \SectionName}%


% Style for frame
\tikzset{Frame Style/.style={fill=blue, draw=none, fill opacity=0.5, shade, top color=blue, bottom color=green}}
\tikzset{Title Style/.style={scale=2.75, text=white, rotate=-90, anchor=west}}
\tikzset{Title Top Shift/.style={xshift=\Midpoint cm, yshift=\FrameTextShift cm}}
\tikzset{Title Bottom Shift/.style={xshift=-\Midpoint cm, yshift=\FrameTextShift cm}}

% Style for page numbers in frame
\tikzset{Page Number Style/.style={scale=2.0, text=white, draw=none}}
\tikzset{Page Number Odd Shift/.style={ xshift= \Midpoint cm, yshift=\PageNumberLocation cm}}
\tikzset{Page Number Even Shift/.style={xshift=-\Midpoint cm, yshift=\PageNumberLocation cm}}

\pgfmathsetmacro{\Midpoint}{0.5*(\FrameXStart+\FrameXEnd)}
\newcommand{\MyGraphicLogo}{% For imported graphic logo
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\checkoddpage
\ifoddpage
    \draw [Frame Style] 
            ($(current page.north west)+(\FrameXStart cm,-\FrameYClip cm)$) rectangle
            ($(current page.south west)+(\FrameXEnd   cm, \FrameYClip cm)$);
    \node [Title Top Shift, Title Style] at (current page.north west) {\FrameTitle};
    \node [Page Number Odd Shift, Page Number Style] at (current page.south west) {\thepage};
\else
    \draw [Frame Style] 
        ($(current page.north east)+(-\FrameXStart cm,-\FrameYClip cm)$) rectangle
        ($(current page.south east)+(-\FrameXEnd   cm, \FrameYClip cm)$);
    \node [Title Bottom Shift, Title Style] at (current page.north east) {\FrameTitle};
    \node [Page Number Even Shift, Page Number Style] at (current page.south east) {\thepage};
\fi 
\end{tikzpicture}
}

\SetBgContents{\MyGraphicLogo}% Select frame to be drawn

%\SetBgPosition{current page.north west}% Select location
\SetBgOpacity{1.0}% Select opacity
\SetBgAngle{0.0}% Select roation of logo
\SetBgScale{1.0}% Select scale factor of logo

\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter Title}
\section{Section Title 1}
\lipsum[1-6]
\section{Section Title 2}
\lipsum[2-9]
\end{document}

Best Answer

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Notes:

References:

Further Enhancements:

Code

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