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?
>
>
