Bug#402994: use new libpaper hook to track system paper size
Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@web.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 21:43 +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
>> Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@web.de> wrote:
>>
>> > I have the impression that it is not a good idea to actually issue a
>> > PostScript command such as 'a4', which is what the 'a4' papersize
>> > definition in config.ps does. Some printers might not like that,
>> > reducing the portability of the document. 'A4size' only adds a
>> > (structured) comment to the document. But I now see no need for any
>> > changes, since texconfig does the necessary translations.
>>
>> Hm, texconfig does it right. But shouldn't the definitions for "a4" be
>> removed from config.ps completely, and only the A4size comments be kept?
>> What about other sizes - should they be switched to comments?
>
> I am not sure. I would not make any changes to config.ps without
> checking with the tex-k list first.
I never intended to do that - but I also don't want to contact them
without having an idea whether this is a bug at all, and why.
Ralf, would you please take the task and ask them? It's not urgent, but
somewhen before texlive 2007 is released?
TIA, Frank
--
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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