LaTeX: ``\sphinxmaketitle`` and optional ``\sphinxbackoftitlepage``

Closes: #5849

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxhowto.cls b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxhowto.cls
index 64c2feb64..6fd6f8729 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxhowto.cls
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxhowto.cls
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 % Change the title page to look a bit better, and fit in with the fncychap
 % ``Bjarne'' style a bit better.
 %
-\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
+\newcommand{\sphinxmaketitle}{%
   \noindent\rule{\textwidth}{1pt}\par
     \begingroup % for PDF information dictionary
        \def\endgraf{ }\def\and{\& }%
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls
index ef8ce01a1..5ec388aca 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 % Change the title page to look a bit better, and fit in with the fncychap
 % ``Bjarne'' style a bit better.
 %
-\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
+\newcommand{\sphinxmaketitle}{%
   \let\spx@tempa\relax
   \ifHy@pageanchor\def\spx@tempa{\Hy@pageanchortrue}\fi
   \hypersetup{pageanchor=false}% avoid duplicate destination warnings
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
   \setcounter{footnote}{0}%
   \let\thanks\relax\let\maketitle\relax
   %\gdef\@thanks{}\gdef\@author{}\gdef\@title{}
+  \clearpage
+  \ifdefined\sphinxbackoftitlepage\sphinxbackoftitlepage\fi
   \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
   \spx@tempa
 }