Re: [NTG-context] simplify \setuppapersize call

2006-04-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
>> maybe, but i'm hesitant to change this because it has been so from the 
>> beginning
>> 
>
> Reasonable enough.
>
> Though the mixed A4/letter dimensions with \setuppapersize[letter] is
> probably not what a user intends and not useful for backward
> compatibility.  They should probably get a PDF with an a4 whateverbox
> (mediabox?).
>   
don't worry, when the second arg is missing, context will at least enlarge the 
print paper size to get it fit. 

Hans 

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Re: [NTG-context] simplify \setuppapersize call

2006-04-11 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> maybe, but i'm hesitant to change this because it has been so from the 
> beginning

Reasonable enough.

Though the mixed A4/letter dimensions with \setuppapersize[letter] is
probably not what a user intends and not useful for backward
compatibility.  They should probably get a PDF with an a4 whateverbox
(mediabox?).

-Sanjoy

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 --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
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Re: [NTG-context] simplify \setuppapersize call

2006-04-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> Should \setuppapersize automatically assume the same typesetting and
> printing papersizes, if no optional argument is given?  Then you could
> do \setuppapersize[letter] instead of \setuppapersize[letter][letter]
>   
maybe, but i'm hesitant to change this because it has been so from the 
beginning

Hans

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