From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/20551 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: dvi paper-size Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 19:00:14 +0200 Message-ID: <4299F51E.30905@wxs.nl> References: <429777CA.5080708@physik.fu-berlin.de> <42982FAF.8080203@physik.fu-berlin.de> <42983BD2.5080301@wxs.nl> <429864B5.1020404@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117385859 16313 80.91.229.2 (29 May 2005 16:57:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:57:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun May 29 18:57:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DcR6F-00050f-Cw for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7823F127C8; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23501-02; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC1B127B2; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F19127B2 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23396-05 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailrelay01.solcon.nl (maillb.solcon.nl [212.45.32.200]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68E6E127A5 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mailrelay01.solcon.nl (8.12.11/SQL-8.12.11-5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4TGxZGm010823 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:59:36 +0200 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 41DCF1FC40; Sun, 29 May 2005 18:30:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.53] (unknown [10.100.1.53]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B4F1FB96 for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 16:30:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <429864B5.1020404@elvenkind.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.85.1, clamav-milter version 0.85 on mailrelay01 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:20551 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:20551 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Peter M=FCnster wrote: >=20 >> On Sat, 28 May 2005, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >> >>> how about adding something to spec-tr: >>> >>> \definespecial\dosetuppaper#1#2#3% >>> {\special{papersize=3D#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: >=20 >=20 > It's in the dvips manual as well: >=20 > The format of the papersize special is >=20 > \special{papersize=3D8.5in,11in} >=20 > 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). >=20 > For a landscape document, the papersize comment would be given as >=20 > \special{papersize=3D11in,8.5in} >=20 > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------