Convert variables vs. page numbers

From: Christian Matzerath (matze@UUMAIL.DE)
Date: Wed Jan 10 2001 - 21:18:56 AEDT


From: "Christian Matzerath" <matze@uumail.de>
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On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:00:16 I wrote:

>Hi Philip.
>
>thanks for making this clear to me. It obviously was
>my lack of understanding of what is "going on" in a
>header/footer which made me think that Nisus could
>fix something there. Now as you mention it, it
>becomes pretty obvious that there is just one page
>number and therefore nothing to be converted.
>
>But couldn't one create a work around for this?
>
>For example:
>
>* after having converted the page
>number in a header/footer to text (say a "1")
>
>* search for the number on the first page and replace
>it with itself,
>
>* search for the next "1" and replace it "1+1"
>
>* and so on until the n-st page number is replaced by
>"n + 1"?
>
>I know one could, and you know I can't... :-)
>
>Matze

Hi all,

may I have your OK to use this mail as an example for my seminar "writing
without thinking" in the local village idiot group?

First: Of course this "workaround" doesn't work neither around nor
backwards or whatever. Cos a converted pagenumber in a footnote still is
just one number which can not be replaced various times. Second: this
brilliant n+1 idea has been realized as a macro back in the 60's I guess
and is called "Renumber". Shame.

Anyway, please be so kind and forget my stupid mail immediatley, will you?

Thanks Matze, (chairman of 1. village idiot club germany)



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