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Subject: Re: Problems with texexec & pdfarrange
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> texexec --pdfarrange --paper=A5A4 --print=up  live.pdf

It needs to be given as '--paperformat'.  I'm pretty sure '--paper'
gets disambiguated as --paperoffset, so ConTeXt looks for a dimension
but gets "A5A4", and then complains about a missing number.

-Sanjoy

`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
         --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.