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Re: [Tools-discuss] pages numbers in ToC in PDF

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Thu, 27 May 2021 23:53 UTC

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From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>
To: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>, tools-discuss@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] pages numbers in ToC in PDF
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John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
    >> -=-=-=-=-=-
    >>
    >> I would also like the page numbers in the TOC.
    >>
    >> Not for printing, but when I look at a new draft, it quickly tells me
    >> how long it is.
    >>
    >> I don't see any downside to adding page numbers to the TOC.

    > Only if you promise to give $100 to the IETF Endowment any time you
    > mention a page number in a message to an IETF

*I* didn't put the page numbers there :-)

1) another other option is not to number the pages in the PDF :-)

2) a third option is to number the pages is an unusual base using a
   non-arabic number system.

I'm just asking for consistency.

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