Scripting a TeX document - (or other way to number pdf pages)

[p.echols at comcast.net]

----- "Xander Pirdy" <xander.pirdy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > I am working on a modification to the script found here:
> >
> > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=30598
> >
> > 
[SNIP]
> 
> This is not ideal but the only really useful solution I could find
> was
> http://www.foldr.org/~michaelw/log/programming/lisp/add-pdf-page-numbers.
> It really might not help, but is worth looking at. 

Right, That's not really what I was looking for.  What that does is remove and replace existing page numbers as a part of the document.  


> complex looking solution is
> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=30598. Good luck and post
> back what you find out, since this answer seems prevalent on the
> internet but is rarely accompanied by an answer.


Yes, this was the same article I had found, and it is - for me -  the right solution.  What I am trying to do is the digital equivalent of "stamping" numbers on each page.  In my day job, I am a lawyer and the normal practice is to give every document in a set a unique number.  In the old days we had a "Bates" ink stamper that indexed the the number with each strike.  (Actually, I still have mine and it works fine!)  

Thanks for the thoughts,