[Bug 35694] "Page number" automatic field stops counting before last page if offset >0 (see comment 22)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35694

--- Comment #81 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #80)
> (In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #77)
> > I strongly believe, that there must *not* be any mechanics that allow *that*
> > outside of the normal page break mechanism. OTOH, any improvements in the
> > page breaks properties in that regards are welcome.
> 
> Ok, so I guess we're having this discussion here after all...
> 
> Users should not, and in fact I claim will not, insert page breaks as a
> mechanism of setting page numbers or page number progression logic.
> 
> They should not, because they don't want page breaks, and we should not
> force them to break pages. I realize that we have a problem of sorts, due to
> the fact that pages aren't first-class citizens in ODT documents and are
> derived from paginating non-page content. But that is a challenge for us (or
> rather, for you the developers) to contend with, not a burden to shift onto
> users by forcing them to break pages when they don't want a break.

And I claim, that what you tell is 100% misconception, and in all cases, a
change in page numbering is associated with a break of content in a way that
the following content must start on a new page. And so, association of page
numbering with page breaking is natural and correct. Please disprove me.


> They will not, because when a user wants to change the page number value,
> that's not because they want empty pages (which they get today with breaks
> anyways). And since they don't want empty pages, they will not consider
> trying inserting page breaks as the way to get to page number control UI;
> and I also doubt they will tolerate page breaks being inserted for them when
> they try to control the page numbers.

And that is a different problem of allowing to not insert empty pages, and
unassociating even/odd page numbers from left/right pages.

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