Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:35:19 -0700, Joseph wrote: Is there a way to tell which packages were upgraded in the last week or two? Something like emerge history? genlop --list --date last Monday emerge genlop if you don't already have it. -- Neil Bothwick Learn from your parents' mistakes - use birth control! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
Joseph schreef:
Please excuse me for interrupting when I know nothing about this issue
at all, but:
I keep noticing that latex seems to supercede divps
Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to
my understanding the program will be using dvips to convert
latex to postscript and send it directly to printer, am I
right?
looking at the configuration file in sql-ledger it is looking
for: latex, dvips or pdflatex, but making any changes to dvips
makes no difference.
if ($self-{format} eq 'postscript') { system(latex
--interaction=nonstopmode $self-{tmpfile} $self-{tmpfile}.err);
$self-error($self-cleanup) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/tex$/dvi/;
system(dvips $self-{tmpfile} -o -q /dev/null);
$self-error($self-cleanup.dvips : $!) if ($?); $self-{tmpfile}
=~ s/dvi$/ps/; } if ($self-{format} eq 'pdf') { system(pdflatex
--interaction=nonstopmode $self-{tmpfile} $self-{tmpfile}.err);
$self-error($self-cleanup) if ($?); $self-{tmpfile} =~
s/tex$/pdf/; }
So it seems to me that rather than adjusting the configuration of divps,
we (meaning you, of course) should at least *look* at the
configuration of latex-- what paper size is /it/ set to??
HTH,
Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 10:21 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Joseph schreef: Please excuse me for interrupting when I know nothing about this issue at all, but: I keep noticing that latex seems to supercede divps [snip] Huh! No wonder the changes I made to dIvps don't work. The must be some other package I pulled that caused this mess. So it seems to me that rather than adjusting the configuration of divps, we (meaning you, of course) should at least *look* at the configuration of latex-- what paper size is /it/ set to?? I know that Latex is set by default to A4 paper size and margins are located in different file. But what file? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 08:22 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:35:19 -0700, Joseph wrote: Is there a way to tell which packages were upgraded in the last week or two? Something like emerge history? genlop --list --date last Monday emerge genlop if you don't already have it. Thanks that is nice. All I major change I did since last Monday, was unmerge -kde as one package and emerge kde-split-ebuild. Among them was kdvi, though I'm not sure if it has anything do do with paper size. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
I may be barking up the wrong tree, but have you run the command # texconfig ? Alan On 12/5/05, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 10:21 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Joseph schreef: Please excuse me for interrupting when I know nothing about this issue at all, but: I keep noticing that latex seems to supercede divps [snip] Huh! No wonder the changes I made to dIvps don't work. The must be some other package I pulled that caused this mess. So it seems to me that rather than adjusting the configuration of divps, we (meaning you, of course) should at least *look* at the configuration of latex-- what paper size is /it/ set to?? I know that Latex is set by default to A4 paper size and margins are located in different file. But what file? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 23:51 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: I may be barking up the wrong tree, but have you run the command # texconfig ? Alan Many, many time (all Saturday and Sunday). It doesn't help. It helps when it comes to controlling paper size and margin with on tetex -- pdf file printout via: pdftex/pdftex.cfg page_width 8.5 true in page_height 11 true in horigin 1 true in vorigin 0.3 true in this works. But I want to control tetex -- ps (postscript) -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
When you ran texconfig did you configure GLOBAL SETTINGS under dvips? Alan On 12/6/05, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 23:51 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: I may be barking up the wrong tree, but have you run the command # texconfig ? Alan Many, many time (all Saturday and Sunday). It doesn't help. It helps when it comes to controlling paper size and margin with on tetex -- pdf file printout via: pdftex/pdftex.cfg page_width 8.5 true in page_height 11 true in horigin 1 true in vorigin 0.3 true in this works. But I want to control tetex -- ps (postscript) -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
Joseph,
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I know that Latex is set by default to A4 paper size and margins are
located in different file.
But what file?
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#Joseph
Have you looked in the latex source file? The page size and margins
could be getting set there. It should be in the document preamble,
i.e. before the \begin{document} command.
HTH,
Roger
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 00:38 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote:
When you ran texconfig did you configure GLOBAL SETTINGS under dvips?
Alan
Yes, I have tried adjust via global setting, all it is doing is
adjusting this file (I think):
/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps to:
@ letterSize 8.5in 11in
@ letter 8.5in 11in
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter
@+ letter
@+ %%EndPaperSize
This is the first setting it should be in dvips in order to make page
size letter, there is another part that deals with the margins that
might be overwriting the setting, that file is according to:
http://physics.wm.edu/~norman/latexhints/pdf_papersize.html
called: vmargins.sty
Acording the the link above it should be:
--quote --
%
% DEFAULTS:
%
\setpapersize{A4}
\setmarginsrb{35mm}{20mm}{25mm}{15mm}{12pt}{11mm}{0pt}{11mm}
For example changing this to read:
%
% DEFAULTS:
%
\setpapersize{USletter}
\setmarginsrb{1in}{1in}{1in}{1in}{0pt}{0mm}{0pt}{0mm}
---end quote--
Though it is not the case, the end of the file section that deals with
margins looks like this:
\setpapersize{A4}
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@dflt{}
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
}{
\DeclareOption{shiftmargins}{\shiftmargins}
\DeclareOption{portrait}{\Landscapefalse}
\DeclareOption{landscape}{\Landscapetrue}
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@dflt{y}}
\DeclareOption*{\@@@setps{\CurrentOption}}
\ProcessOptions\relax % process options in order of declaration!
}
\if [EMAIL PROTECTED]@dflt
\setmargnohfrb{35mm}{20mm}{25mm}{15mm}%
\else
\setmarginsrb{35mm}{20mm}{25mm}{15mm}{12pt}{11mm}{0pt}{11mm}%
\fi
-
I've tried to modify that section but it doesn't work, still asking for
A4 paper.
Though, I'm not so sure that the whole mess with paper size has anything
to do with Latex and dvips. It all started when I un-merge KDE and
convert it into kde-split-ebuild.
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 12:14 -0330, Roger Mason wrote:
Joseph,
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I know that Latex is set by default to A4 paper size and margins are
located in different file.
But what file?
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#Joseph
Have you looked in the latex source file? The page size and margins
could be getting set there. It should be in the document preamble,
i.e. before the \begin{document} command.
HTH,
Roger
Yes, I can adjust the margins on in invoice.tex document, here is what I
have:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[frame]{xy}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\setlength{\voffset}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\hoffset}{-2.0cm}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm}
\setlength{\headheight}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\headsep}{1cm}
\setlength{\topskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{18.2cm}
\setlength{\textheight}{24.5cm}
\setlength{\footskip}{1cm}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1}
\begin{document}
I can move \setlength{\voffset}{-1.5cm} and the margins will get
adjusted. But that doesn't help me much as when I send the job to a
printer it is still asking for A4 paper size.
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 00:38 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: When you ran texconfig did you configure GLOBAL SETTINGS under dvips? Alan Does the latex database needs to be refresh? I run on this in google: Refresh the filename database, by running at a command interpreter window: initexmf -u I can not find initexmf -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
Hi Joseph, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 00:38 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: When you ran texconfig did you configure GLOBAL SETTINGS under dvips? Alan Does the latex database needs to be refresh? I run on this in google: Refresh the filename database, by running at a command interpreter window: initexmf -u I can not find initexmf If you are using tetex I think the command is texhash or mktexlsr, but I don't know that it will fix your problem. Have you looked on CTAN? They have a mailing list and FAQ. Roger -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
Hello Joseph,
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 12:14 -0330, Roger Mason wrote:
Have you looked in the latex source file? The page size and margins
could be getting set there. It should be in the document preamble,
i.e. before the \begin{document} command.
HTH,
Roger
Yes, I can adjust the margins on in invoice.tex document, here is what I
have:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[frame]{xy}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\setlength{\voffset}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\hoffset}{-2.0cm}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm}
\setlength{\headheight}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\headsep}{1cm}
\setlength{\topskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{18.2cm}
\setlength{\textheight}{24.5cm}
\setlength{\footskip}{1cm}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1}
\begin{document}
I can move \setlength{\voffset}{-1.5cm} and the margins will get
adjusted. But that doesn't help me much as when I send the job to a
printer it is still asking for A4 paper size.
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The \documentclass scrartcl does not look like any of the standard
latex classes. Does it define paper size or look in some specific
configuration file for paper size? What happens if you replace
scrartcl by a standard class like article?
Roger
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 14:17 -0330, Roger Mason wrote:
Hello Joseph,
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 12:14 -0330, Roger Mason wrote:
Have you looked in the latex source file? The page size and margins
could be getting set there. It should be in the document preamble,
i.e. before the \begin{document} command.
HTH,
Roger
Yes, I can adjust the margins on in invoice.tex document, here is what I
have:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[frame]{xy}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\setlength{\voffset}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\hoffset}{-2.0cm}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm}
\setlength{\headheight}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\headsep}{1cm}
\setlength{\topskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{18.2cm}
\setlength{\textheight}{24.5cm}
\setlength{\footskip}{1cm}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1}
\begin{document}
I can move \setlength{\voffset}{-1.5cm} and the margins will get
adjusted. But that doesn't help me much as when I send the job to a
printer it is still asking for A4 paper size.
--
#Joseph
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The \documentclass scrartcl does not look like any of the standard
latex classes. Does it define paper size or look in some specific
configuration file for paper size? What happens if you replace
scrartcl by a standard class like article?
Roger
The original entry in the form was:
\documentclass[twoside]{scrartcl}
so I've hanged added: [letterpaper] but it didn't work.
Changing scrartcl to article doesn't help either, printer is still
asking for A4 paper size.
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
Why not try the sql-ledger mailing list. No doubt there are people there who
know their way around their software.
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:01:13 -0700
Joseph wrote:
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 14:17 -0330, Roger Mason wrote:
Hello Joseph,
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 12:14 -0330, Roger Mason wrote:
Have you looked in the latex source file? The page size and margins
could be getting set there. It should be in the document preamble,
i.e. before the \begin{document} command.
HTH,
Roger
Yes, I can adjust the margins on in invoice.tex document, here is what I
have:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[frame]{xy}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\setlength{\voffset}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\hoffset}{-2.0cm}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm}
\setlength{\headheight}{0.5cm}
\setlength{\headsep}{1cm}
\setlength{\topskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{1.4cm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{18.2cm}
\setlength{\textheight}{24.5cm}
\setlength{\footskip}{1cm}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1}
\begin{document}
I can move \setlength{\voffset}{-1.5cm} and the margins will get
adjusted. But that doesn't help me much as when I send the job to a
printer it is still asking for A4 paper size.
--
#Joseph
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The \documentclass scrartcl does not look like any of the standard
latex classes. Does it define paper size or look in some specific
configuration file for paper size? What happens if you replace
scrartcl by a standard class like article?
Roger
The original entry in the form was:
\documentclass[twoside]{scrartcl}
so I've hanged added: [letterpaper] but it didn't work.
Changing scrartcl to article doesn't help either, printer is still
asking for A4 paper size.
--
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 09:45 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: Why not try the sql-ledger mailing list. No doubt there are people there who know their way around their software. I was automatically subscribe when I didn't pay my yearly support. So I'm not going back. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
Well, I have been reading your frustration in this thread. May I ask something? Have you tried this as another user, even if you have to add one, which may work best? If it works as the new user, then it is something specific to that user and may be a config in the /home/user directory. If it does the same then it is a system wide problem, something you did as root most likely. I'm not real sure what the heck you are doing but if it is not a really big install, I would be willing to install the program on my rig and see what it does here. If it works, I would email you my configs for you to try on yours. Let me know what you think. You would of course let me know what commands to type in right? You would be leading the blind on this end. Hey, I may need some help one day. I screw up something pretty regular now. O_O I can fix it sometimes too. I'm on dial-up so if it is big, it may take to long to download and install. Dale :-) -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:23 -0600, Dale wrote: Well, I have been reading your frustration in this thread. May I ask something? Have you tried this as another user, even if you have to add one, which may work best? If it works as the new user, then it is something specific to that user and may be a config in the /home/user directory. If it does the same then it is a system wide problem, something you did as root most likely. I'm not real sure what the heck you are doing but if it is not a really big install, I would be willing to install the program on my rig and see what it does here. If it works, I would email you my configs for you to try on yours. Let me know what you think. You would of course let me know what commands to type in right? You would be leading the blind on this end. Hey, I may need some help one day. I screw up something pretty regular now. O_O I can fix it sometimes too. I'm on dial-up so if it is big, it may take to long to download and install. Dale :-) Thank you for the offer, Dale. I solved the problem, see my previous post. /etc/init.d/apache restart (that is all) How, it relates to Tetex and configuration file, don't ask me. I'm not even sure if that was the trigger but that is the last thing I remember that could effect something. What through me off course is the changes I made to pdftex.cfg you could see effect instantly, the changes I've made to config.ps wouldn't effect anything (nothing was happening). It was only by accident that I restart Apache, so learn from my experience: Tetex -- restart Apache if you make changes to config.ps -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 18:05 -0700, Joseph wrote: I want to print to letter size paper. I'm using Sql-Ledger to print invoices, program is set to print with command: lpr -P Printer Name Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to my understanding the program will be using dvips to convert latex to postscript and send it directly to printer, am I right? Is there any other utility that conversion goes through, that I've missed? This is setting of: /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps: % This shows how to add your own map file. % Remove the comment and adjust the name: % p +myfonts.map @ letterSize 8.5in 11in @ A4size 210mm 297mm @+ %%PaperSize: A4 @ letter 8.5in 11in @+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter @+ letter @+ %%EndPaperSize Should the these two line be commented out: @ A4size 210mm 297mm @+ %%PaperSize: A4 Be default postscript is printing to letter size perer. How to check? Where else should I look? -- #Joseph Partial success. I can save in pdf file and print it using cups it works but I can not set the right letter size in dvips. I've tired the commands: texconfig dvips paper letter texconfig xdvi us It doesn't work. Printer is still asking for A4 paper size. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:31 -0700 Joseph wrote: I want to print to letter size paper. I'm using Sql-Ledger to print invoices, program is set to print with command: lpr -P Printer Name Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to my understanding the program will be using dvips to convert latex to postscript and send it directly to printer, am I right? Probably, but not necessarily - look in the source and see what is called to make the document, or do some sort of tracing as the program runs. Is there any other utility that conversion goes through, that I've missed? This is setting of: /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps: % This shows how to add your own map file. % Remove the comment and adjust the name: % p +myfonts.map @ letterSize 8.5in 11in @ A4size 210mm 297mm @+ %%PaperSize: A4 @ letter 8.5in 11in @+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter @+ letter @+ %%EndPaperSize Should the these two line be commented out: @ A4size 210mm 297mm @+ %%PaperSize: A4 Be default postscript is printing to letter size perer. How to check? Where else should I look? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:57 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:31 -0700 Joseph wrote: I want to print to letter size paper. I'm using Sql-Ledger to print invoices, program is set to print with command: lpr -P Printer Name Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to my understanding the program will be using dvips to convert latex to postscript and send it directly to printer, am I right? Probably, but not necessarily - look in the source and see what is called to make the document, or do some sort of tracing as the program runs. Is there any other utility that conversion goes through, that I've missed? looking at the configuration file in sql-ledger it is looking for: latex, dvips or pdflatex, but making any changes to dvips makes no difference. it is hard to look in the source code if you don't know which file it is. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:29:05 -0700 Joseph wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:57 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:31 -0700 Joseph wrote: I want to print to letter size paper. I'm using Sql-Ledger to print invoices, program is set to print with command: lpr -P Printer Name Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to my understanding the program will be using dvips to convert latex to postscript and send it directly to printer, am I right? Probably, but not necessarily - look in the source and see what is called to make the document, or do some sort of tracing as the program runs. Is there any other utility that conversion goes through, that I've missed? looking at the configuration file in sql-ledger it is looking for: latex, dvips or pdflatex, but making any changes to dvips makes no difference. it is hard to look in the source code if you don't know which file it is. I think I have tracked down the code for printing to the file SL/Form.pm (I tracked it by grepping the source for outr likely commands, dvips, pdflatex etc.) Unfortunately I am not a perl guru, but there are clearly differences in processing between ps output and pdf output. For example there is a passage that shows that if the format is ps the following is executed: latex --interaction=nonstopmode dvips -o -q in the same point in the code, if the output is pdf it runs: pdflatex --interaction=nonstopmode Logically the difference must be in the execution of latex/dvips compared to pdflatex OR in the way that the printer is invoked. Which perhaps doesn't help, there may be other differences in the code that I didn't spot. Hey one more thing, when you ran those dvips setup commands and so on, do they take global effect or only for the user that ran them?? Taking a punt, it's unlikely that sql-ledger runs as your user, and if the commands you ran are per user rather than global, they won't have taken effect. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 17:25 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:29:05 -0700 Joseph wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:57 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:31 -0700 Joseph wrote: I want to print to letter size paper. I'm using Sql-Ledger to print invoices, program is set to print with command: lpr -P Printer Name Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to my understanding the program will be using dvips to convert latex to postscript and send it directly to printer, am I right? Probably, but not necessarily - look in the source and see what is called to make the document, or do some sort of tracing as the program runs. Is there any other utility that conversion goes through, that I've missed? looking at the configuration file in sql-ledger it is looking for: latex, dvips or pdflatex, but making any changes to dvips makes no difference. it is hard to look in the source code if you don't know which file it is. I think I have tracked down the code for printing to the file SL/Form.pm (I tracked it by grepping the source for outr likely commands, dvips, pdflatex etc.) Unfortunately I am not a perl guru, but there are clearly differences in processing between ps output and pdf output. For example there is a passage that shows that if the format is ps the following is executed: latex --interaction=nonstopmode dvips -o -q in the same point in the code, if the output is pdf it runs: pdflatex --interaction=nonstopmode Logically the difference must be in the execution of latex/dvips compared to pdflatex OR in the way that the printer is invoked. Which perhaps doesn't help, there may be other differences in the code that I didn't spot. Hey one more thing, when you ran those dvips setup commands and so on, do they take global effect or only for the user that ran them?? Taking a punt, it's unlikely that sql-ledger runs as your user, and if the commands you ran are per user rather than global, they won't have taken effect. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, here in order to print (sql-ledger selection) from to pdf -- (screen) and save it as file with the right setting: /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg (should contain): page_width 8.5 true in page_height 11 true in horigin 1 true in vorigin 0.3 true in So if I print to file.pdf and open that file in kpdf it allows me to print that file directly to printer. The printer is not asking for A4 paper size. The out put goes though: cups. However, if I try to print pdf file to printer directly (sql-ledger selection): pdf -- printer. It keep asking me for paper size A4. The same scenario goes with PS (postscript sql-ledger selection): ps -- screen; save it to a file.ps. It allows me to print that file directly to printer. The printer is not asking for A4 paper size. The out put goes though: cups. But going through (sql-ledger selection): pdf -- printer. It keep asking me for paper size A4. So it only keep asking me for A4 paper size when the file is been redirected from Sql-ledger setting to printer: lpr -P printer_name The file: /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/conf has: % Set default paper size here p letter /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps: % This shows how to add your own map file. % Remove the comment and adjust the name: % p +myfonts.map @ letterSize 8.5in 11in @ letter 8.5in 11in @+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter @+ letter @+ %%EndPaperSize So, I'm not sure if if the setting in ..dvips/config/config.ps take effect as the printer is asking me for A4 paper size, but it shouldn't. I need as well to figure out which file holds the setting margin setting, as I need to move it 1-in up. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 17:25 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:29:05 -0700
Joseph wrote:
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:57 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:31 -0700
Joseph wrote:
I want to print to letter size paper.
I'm using Sql-Ledger to print invoices, program is set to print with
command:
lpr -P Printer Name
Sql-Ledger is using latex forms to generate invoices. So to my
understanding the program will be using dvips to convert latex to
postscript and send it directly to printer, am I right?
Probably, but not necessarily - look in the source and see what is
called to make the document, or do some sort of tracing as the program
runs.
Is there any other utility that conversion goes through, that I've
missed?
looking at the configuration file in sql-ledger it is looking for:
latex, dvips or pdflatex, but making any changes to dvips makes no
difference.
it is hard to look in the source code if you don't know which file it
is.
I think I have tracked down the code for printing to the file SL/Form.pm
(I tracked it by grepping the source for outr likely commands, dvips,
pdflatex etc.)
Unfortunately I am not a perl guru, but there are clearly differences in
processing between ps output and pdf output. For example there is a
passage that shows that if the format is ps the following is executed:
latex --interaction=nonstopmode
dvips -o -q
dvips -o -q
-o means: The output will be sent to file name If no file name is given, the
default name is file.ps
-q means quite mode.
Here is the part that sends file to a printer, can any perl guru help us
out???
How it converts to postscript file and which program is it using.
# Convert the tex file to postscript
if ($self-{format} =~ /(postscript|pdf)/) {
use Cwd;
$self-{cwd} = cwd();
chdir($userspath) or $self-error($self-cleanup.chdir : $!);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/$userspath\///g;
# DS. added screen and email option in addition to printer
# screen
if ($self-{format} eq 'postscript') {
system(latex --interaction=nonstopmode $self-{tmpfile}
$self-{tmpfile}.err);
$self-error($self-cleanup) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/tex$/dvi/;
system(dvips $self-{tmpfile} -o -q /dev/null);
$self-error($self-cleanup.dvips : $!) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/dvi$/ps/;
}
if ($self-{format} eq 'pdf') {
system(pdflatex --interaction=nonstopmode $self-{tmpfile}
$self-{tmpfile}.err);
$self-error($self-cleanup) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/tex$/pdf/;
}
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#Joseph
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:26:48 -0700
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I have tracked down the code for printing to the file SL/Form.pm
(I tracked it by grepping the source for outr likely commands, dvips,
pdflatex etc.)
Unfortunately I am not a perl guru, but there are clearly differences in
processing between ps output and pdf output. For example there is a
passage that shows that if the format is ps the following is executed:
latex --interaction=nonstopmode
dvips -o -q
dvips -o -q
-o means: The output will be sent to file name If no file name is given, the
default name is file.ps
-q means quite mode.
Here is the part that sends file to a printer, can any perl guru help us
out???
No, I don't think it sends anything to the printer. It is one stage of
the conversion process - to either pdf or ps. It is the bit I
identified in my last message (quoted above). But it doesn't actually
send it to the printer as far as i can see.
How it converts to postscript file and which program is it using.
# Convert the tex file to postscript
if ($self-{format} =~ /(postscript|pdf)/) {
use Cwd;
$self-{cwd} = cwd();
chdir($userspath) or $self-error($self-cleanup.chdir : $!);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/$userspath\///g;
# DS. added screen and email option in addition to printer
# screen
if ($self-{format} eq 'postscript') {
system(latex --interaction=nonstopmode $self-{tmpfile}
$self-{tmpfile}.err);
$self-error($self-cleanup) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/tex$/dvi/;
system(dvips $self-{tmpfile} -o -q /dev/null);
$self-error($self-cleanup.dvips : $!) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/dvi$/ps/;
}
if ($self-{format} eq 'pdf') {
system(pdflatex --interaction=nonstopmode $self-{tmpfile}
$self-{tmpfile}.err);
$self-error($self-cleanup) if ($?);
$self-{tmpfile} =~ s/tex$/pdf/;
}
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#Joseph
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Re: [gentoo-user] straggling with paper size
On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 20:22 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:26:48 -0700 Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I have tracked down the code for printing to the file SL/Form.pm (I tracked it by grepping the source for outr likely commands, dvips, pdflatex etc.) Unfortunately I am not a perl guru, but there are clearly differences in processing between ps output and pdf output. For example there is a passage that shows that if the format is ps the following is executed: latex --interaction=nonstopmode dvips -o -q dvips -o -q -o means: The output will be sent to file name If no file name is given, the default name is file.ps -q means quite mode. Here is the part that sends file to a printer, can any perl guru help us out??? No, I don't think it sends anything to the printer. It is one stage of the conversion process - to either pdf or ps. It is the bit I identified in my last message (quoted above). But it doesn't actually send it to the printer as far as i can see. From what I have read the pdf file/document contains information if it is an A4 or a letter size format, postscript doesn't have this information. Something, I emerge during the last week have caused this change. As tetex is old package, it can not be tetex; in addition and I did not have to do any special configuration in tetex, everything just worked. Now, (in the last week) some packaged caused all the problem Is there a way to tell which packages were upgraded in the last week or two? Something like emerge history? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
