On Thursday 07 March 2002 15:27, Daniel Joyce wrote: > On Thursday 07 March 2002 11:53 am, John Culleton wrote: > > On Thursday 07 March 2002 11:50, Bill McClain wrote: > > > I tried a garbage value and note that texexec runs without > > > complaint and doesn't put anything in the log. > > > > > > -Bill > > > > Many Context commands will fail to complain if you feed them > > an invalid parameter. This makes debugging quite difficult > > :-( > > > > My problem is not with the first parameter (S3) but the > > second -- (letter). No matter what I put in the second > > parameter the pdf file comes out A4. > > > > John Culleton > > It may just be your PDF viewer, not Context. > > On my context, the paper size commands work fine. > > But only Acroread seems to get the size of the page right > when I view it. ( letter ). > > Ghostscript always uses a internal default ( A4 ) unless told > otherwise when viewing any PS/EPS/PDF files. Same goes for > Ghostview. > > So, are you using Acroread to view the final file? > > Also, note that \setuppapersize must always have 2 paper > parameters. \setuppapersize[letter] results in a letter size > page on a sheet of A4. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] gives > the correct result of a letter sized page. The documentation > says the second param is optional, but does not tell you the > default is A4. > > So... > > 1) Use acroread to view resulting pdfs to ensure they are > correct 2) Use texexec -pdf to call pdftex. This apparently > takes care of a lot of work. > 3) be sure you use \setuppapersize[S3][letter] > > Daniel
It was the texexec -pdf command that was needed. Now it works. I am going to make a notebook of little hints for Context. This is the first entry :-) John Culleton
