[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 #65 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #61)

> However, there should be no way to *set* the page number through the field.

Agreed, I did not mean to suggest that there should be.

> In LibreOffice, the page number is set through properties of a page break.

Which is a problem, as it doesn't cover the first page; nor does it allow for
defining a progression rule for page numbers; nor does it properly cover the
case of implicit page transitions, paragraphs which begin on a new page, etc.
But again, I believe that's a different discussion for a different and perhaps
deeper bug. This bug is about working with the page numbering mechanism LO has
right now.

> Arguing that "this is what users want" may indicate a problem in UX; but
> this is definitely *not* a definitive "this is how it must work" -
> otherwise, this PoV forces "every program is bound to what another, most
> widespread program does" - just because people naturally want to do the same
> as they are accustomed to in another software; and the percentage of these
> users would necessarily be dominant. This just prevents any innovation /
> other ways of implementing features.

I am arguing that users want to be able to show the current page number plus an
offset; and that they should be allowed to do that.

But thinking about the point of view of feature innovation, I would say that
users may want two distinct and IMHO valid things:

* A more flexible mechanism for setting page numbers, and
* The field-arithmetic-expression idea I mentioned above, which is much more
expressive, and in particular allows users to "play" with the page number value
for display purposes regardless of what the "real" page number is.

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