I should add: I read that passing -p to grops can change the paper size, so PS must support it. I wonder though whether it supports setting it throught the .device command or another "raw passthrough" command.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 07:16:08PM +0100, Cedric Sodhi wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 07:02:29PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > >> The logical paper dimensions within groff are set with .ll and .pl. > > >> However, this doesn't take into account how large the `real' paper > > >> is – you can say > > >> > > >> .ll 200c > > >> .pl 300in > > >> > > >> and groff is still happy. The real, physical paper size is only > > >> relevant for the drivers. > > > > > > Doen't work all that well, when I try to compile [...] > > > > Compile what? Example, please. The error indicates a macro problem. > > > > > And when I add the .device instruction I get > > > > > > grops:<standard input> (<standard input>): > > > 19: X command without `ps:' tag ignored > > > > I told you that the stuff I've sent to the list works with -Tdvi only. > > It's not possible to change the paper size within a document if you > > use -Tps. For grops, you have to specify the physical paper > > dimensions on the command line (for example, `-P-pa4' as an argument > > to `groff'). > > > > > > Werner > > Sorry, I mixed up what output device I'm actually using. I wonder why it > doesnt work with ps, though. Is that a shortcoming of grops? PS itsself > should support that, should it not? Sorry for randomly guessing. I think > if PS does per se not support different paper sizes I will have to > change to DVI, just have to see how to convert it to PDF afterwards.
