Re: dvi paper-size

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> 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.

ok, so i'll add it to spec-tr.tex

thanks for doing the research

Hans


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