Hello Werner, thank you very much for your reply! I think I don't really understand the difference between "papersize" and "physical paper dimensions". I don't see how the two could possibly be different, is this something that has do with devices that are not DVI? If I think of a DVI/PDF I imagine a page of a certain size (like what I would see when opening it with a pdf viewer) and I can print that, and it prints like what I see.
Or is it not even related to printing? I'm a little confused. PS: I take it there is no easy way to "manually" set the papersize to X inch x Y inch? I've tried figuring out how papersize.tmac works but it's a little complicated for me to recognize where the "crucial command" takes place in the tmac. Cedric On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 04:38:41PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > > a.) Set the overall paper/page size of, for example DVI, in the > > source itself > > b.) Set different sizes for different pages. > > For DVI, both is possible (I'm actually suprised that this works :-) > > .\" Our new paper size (A4 landscape). > .ds paper a4l > . > .\" Explicitly reload macro package so that the > .\" paper formats are available. > .mso papersize.tmac > . > .\" Set the physical paper dimensions. The \special > .\" command in the DVI file needs centimeters as > .\" `cm', not `c', thus the appended `m'. > .device papersize=\*[paper-a4-length]m,\*[paper-a4-width]m > > This is A4 landscape. > > .bp > .\" Now change the physical paper dimensions. > .device papersize=\*[paper-a5-width]m,\*[paper-a5-length]m > > This is A5 seascape. > > If you process this with, say, dvipdfmx, you get a PDF with properly > changing paper sizes. > > > Werner
