Should \setuppapersize automatically assume the same typesetting and printing papersizes, if no optional argument is given? Then you could do \setuppapersize[letter] instead of \setuppapersize[letter][letter] Right now \setuppapersize[letter] \starttext hello \stoptext produces a mixture of letter and A4 dimensions: $ texexec --pdf a > /dev/null && pdfinfo a.pdf | grep 'Page size' Page size: 612 x 841.89 pts Shouldn't it be either 612x792 (letter) or 595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4)? tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 cont-en : ver: 2006.03.25 13:21 fmt: 2006.4.11 mes: english It might be because I once ran 'texconfig' to set the default papersize to letter? -Sanjoy
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
Should \setuppapersize automatically assume the same typesetting and printing papersizes, if no optional argument is given? Then you could do \setuppapersize[letter] instead of \setuppapersize[letter][letter]
maybe, but i'm hesitant to change this because it has been so from the beginning 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
maybe, but i'm hesitant to change this because it has been so from the beginning
Reasonable enough. Though the mixed A4/letter dimensions with \setuppapersize[letter] is probably not what a user intends and not useful for backward compatibility. They should probably get a PDF with an a4 whateverbox (mediabox?). -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
maybe, but i'm hesitant to change this because it has been so from the beginning
Reasonable enough.
Though the mixed A4/letter dimensions with \setuppapersize[letter] is probably not what a user intends and not useful for backward compatibility. They should probably get a PDF with an a4 whateverbox (mediabox?).
don't worry, when the second arg is missing, context will at least enlarge the print paper size to get it fit. 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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