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+<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
+ xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="5.0" xml:id="column.count.front">
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>column.count.front</refentrytitle>
+<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">integer</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+<refname>column.count.front</refname>
+<refpurpose>Number of columns on front matter pages</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+<src:fragment xml:id="column.count.front.frag">
+<xsl:param name="column.count.front" select="1"/>
+</src:fragment>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
+
+<para>Number of columns on front matter (dedication, preface, etc.) pages.</para>
+
+</refsection>
+</refentry>