[bug #66348] [troff] support neatroff's `.%` register for page sequence number

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
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                 Summary: [troff] support neatroff's `.%` register for page
sequence number
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Thu 17 Oct 2024 04:15:46 PM UTC
                Category: Core
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: Feature change
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Thu 17 Oct 2024 04:15:46 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
A *roff document can have many pages numbered "1".

But a page sequence number montonically increases.

Maybe also support an extension to the `-o` options argument parser to accept
a sequence number list instead of an explicit page number list.

Prompted by bug #64469. 







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