Attached is a patch to make pdfjam read /etc/papersize with the same effect
as explicit options --letterpaper --a4paper etc. The patch looks big
because I had
to relocate the error_exit() function higher up in the script so it
could be called
by the new code (which is only a few lines).
Note - I can't include the patch in the body of this email because
thunderbird sometimes
corrupts white space even in plain-text emails (ugh).
-Jim Avera
--- pdfjam.ORIG 2012-04-27 15:08:51.071415912 -0700
+++ pdfjam 2012-04-27 16:01:45.323560907 -0700
@@ -136,10 +136,36 @@
##
#########################################################################
##
+## ERROR CODES
+##
+E_USAGE=64 # command line usage error
+E_DATAERR=65 # data format error
+E_NOINPUT=66 # cannot open input
+E_UNAVAILABLE=69 # service unavailable
+E_SOFTWARE=70 # internal software error
+E_CANTCREATE=73 # can't create (user) output file
+E_CONFIG=78 # configuration error
+##
+## Define a function to print an error message and exit:
+##
+error_exit () {
+ if (test -r "$PDFJAM_MESSAGES_FILE")
+ then cat "$PDFJAM_MESSAGES_FILE" >&2
+ else printf "$messages" 1>&2
+ fi
+ printf " pdfjam ERROR: %s\n" "$1" 1>&2 ;
+ exit "$2" ;
+}
+##
+#########################################################################
+##
## CONFIGURATION
##
+## First, the default paper size is read from /etc/papersize if it exists.
+## Then pdfjam native config files.
+##
## THESE SETTINGS WILL BE OVER-RIDDEN by any found in configuration
-## files. By default such files are found at any or all of
+## files. By default native config files are found at any or all of
## /etc/pdfjam.conf
## /usr/share/etc/pdfjam.conf
## /usr/local/share/pdfjam.conf
@@ -148,7 +174,7 @@
## (And they are read in that order; if a setting is made more than
## once, the last one prevails.)
##
-## An example configuration file can be found at
+## An example native configuration file can be found at
## http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam
##
## The path searched for site-wide configuration files can be changed
@@ -204,11 +230,17 @@
then
if test "$PDFJAM_CALL_NUMBER" = 0 ## not a secondary call to pdfjam
then
+ PDFJAM_CONFIG=""
+ prattle "Reading any site-wide or user-specific defaults..."
+ if test -s /etc/papersize ; then
+ change="paper=`cat /etc/papersize`paper" \
+ || error_exit "Can't read /etc/papersize" $E_UNAVAILABLE
+ comment="## From /etc/papersize:"
+ PDFJAM_CONFIG="$PDFJAM_CONFIG$comment$newline$change$newline"
+ fi
configFiles=`printf "%s" "$configpath" | \
sed 's/:/\/pdfjam.conf:/g; s/$/\/pdfjam.conf/'`
configFiles="${configFiles}:$HOME/.pdfjam.conf"
- PDFJAM_CONFIG=""
- prattle "Reading any site-wide or user-specific defaults..."
IFS=':'
for d in $configFiles
do
@@ -421,29 +453,6 @@
##
#########################################################################
##
-## ERROR CODES
-##
-E_USAGE=64 # command line usage error
-E_DATAERR=65 # data format error
-E_NOINPUT=66 # cannot open input
-E_UNAVAILABLE=69 # service unavailable
-E_SOFTWARE=70 # internal software error
-E_CANTCREATE=73 # can't create (user) output file
-E_CONFIG=78 # configuration error
-##
-## Define a function to print an error message and exit:
-##
-error_exit () {
- if (test -r "$PDFJAM_MESSAGES_FILE")
- then cat "$PDFJAM_MESSAGES_FILE" >&2
- else printf "$messages" 1>&2
- fi
- printf " pdfjam ERROR: %s\n" "$1" 1>&2 ;
- exit "$2" ;
-}
-##
-#########################################################################
-##
## READ AND PROCESS THE ARGUMENTS
##
## In case of NO argument supplied, mention 'pdfjam --help':
