On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 10:19:48AM +0100, Joachim Reichelt wrote: > Dear all, > > I just run into a "funny" problem witch a2ps. > In germany we have usually A4 paper. > So using a2ps <filenam> is o.k. > Now I had to set > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > now a2ps prints to letter format. > During install of a2ps there shold changed line 17: > Options: --medium=LC_PAPER > to > Options: --medium=A4 > > Reason: > Papersize has to depend on installation and not on users language. > The paper format is usually set by tha admin.
And if you have a smart admin he will just set LC_PAPER and not hardcode a value to hundreds of programs. I confess that not everyone has a smart admin but if you suffer from this you could still explain this to him or her. Robert -- Robert Schiele Tel.: +49-621-181-2214 Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
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