Re: Papersize setting not reflected in PDF Properties

["R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar" <chyavana-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 29/04/16 16:59, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar wrote:
> On 29/04/16 13:59, Joost Kremers wrote:
>>
>> Actually, the papersize option to the documentclass declaration in
>> itself doesn't do very much. You'll also need a package that can set the
>> paper size, e.g., geometry, or use a class style that takes care of it
>> (the koma classes do; don't know about memoir).
>>
>> I'm not an expert in any way, but I do know that setting the paper size
>> in (La)TeX is a complex topic. (There's a reason why paper size is a
>> configuration option of the TeX system itself...)
>>
>
> Thanks for mentioning options to documentclass in your reply. If, I replace
>
> papersize: a4paper
>
> by
>
> classoption: a4paper
>
> in the YAML metablock. I do indeed get an A4 page sized PDF.
>
> I guess now my question becomes, why does it not work for papersize?
>
> Thanks.

And setting

papersize: A4

does not work either.