Re: dvi paper-size

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Peter Münster wrote:
> On Sat, 28 May 2005, Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> 
>>how about adding something to spec-tr:
>>
>>\definespecial\dosetuppaper#1#2#3%
>>   {\special{papersize=#2,#3}}
>>
>>paper size is already supported in the other backends for ages -)
>>
>>is this special official?
> 
> 
> Hello Hans,
> I don't know, but here some lines from the dvips man-page:

It's in the dvips manual as well:

   The format of the papersize special is

   \special{papersize=8.5in,11in}

   where the dimensions given above are for a standard letter sheet. The
   first dimension given is the horizontal size of the page, and the
   second is the vertical size. The dimensions supported are the same as
   for TeX; namely, in (inches), cm (centimeters), mm (millimeters), pt
   (points), sp (scaled points), bp (big points, the same as the default
   PostScript unit), pc (picas), dd (didot points), and cc (ciceros).

   For a landscape document, the papersize comment would be given as

   \special{papersize=11in,8.5in}

It appears to be dvips-only, judging from the hyperref .def files.

Taco