Re: [Groff] add extra footer with running page numbers

[Nick Stoughton]

If I understand your problem correctly, when we build the POSIX spec we
have a similar problem. I have a macro that I ensure is called at the
end of any run. This uses .tm to print a macro (.pn) to stderr with the
final page number which I then save to a separate file. This file is an
input to the next run, setting the initial page number.

This is a somewhat stripped down version:
   1. create a file called "last_page" which has the following 2 lines:
        .bp
        .tm .pn %

   2. create a file called "first_page" with the single line:
        .pn 1

   3. Assume your text is in foo.man:
        tbl foo.man | groff -Tps -man first_page - last_page 2>
first_page.new > foo.ps

   4. mv first_page.new first_page

The above is a grossly simplified and untested version of what the POSIX
build operation does, but I hope it serves to point you in the right
direction!
-- 
Nick

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 12:25 -0500, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Can someone please point me to documentation or provide an example of 
> adding an extra footer with page numbers?
> 
> The postscript document is made of many man files using tbl, troff and 
> grops. Currently it has the page numbering of each individual 
> documentation (so restarts on page 1 very frequently). I'd like to have a 
> running page number for entire postscript document too or instead.
> 
> Or should I use psutils, a2ps or other tool to post process?
> 
>