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untiefe
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 Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:53 am Post subject: How to change PAPERSIZE for dvipdf globally to a4 ? [solved] |
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Hi!
With dvips, my dvi files are always converted to papersize a4 (as is set in /usr/share/groff/1.19.1/font/devps/DESC )
But dvipdf always uses letter format, so I have to set the papersize manually for every use:
| Code: | | dvipdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4 bla.dvi |
This is quite annoying  Is there a way to set this globally for the whole system?
Thanx and bye, Michael
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adsmith
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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for dvips, you just edit the paper size part at the end of /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
probably similar for dvipdf |
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untiefe
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| adsmith wrote: | for dvips, you just edit the paper size part at the end of /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
probably similar for dvipdf |
Well, as I said, dvips works fine.
And the papersize is set to a4 in: /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/config
| Code: | % Set default paper size here
p a4
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But it does not work
(It's actually the same on both gentoo machines)
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adsmith
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| which dvipdf are you using: default, dvipdfm, or dvipdfmx? |
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untiefe
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| adsmith wrote: | | which dvipdf are you using: default, dvipdfm, or dvipdfmx? |
I'm using the default, that belongs to ghostscript:
| Code: | $ > equery belongs /usr/bin/dvipdf
[ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/dvipdf in *... ]
app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r8 (/usr/bin/dvipdf) |
Is it only working for the other packages?
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| try emerging dvipdfm or (preferably) dvipdfmx and configuring those. they are drop-in relacements which also support non-mangled pdf fonts. |
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jonmack
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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I guess if you can't configure it anywhere, you could always set up an alias?
| Code: | | alias dvipdf='dvipdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4' |
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untiefe
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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It works with dvipdfmx 
And I prefer this solution over the alias, because you see changes during etc-update ...
Thanx to all of you!
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