Quoth John A. <j...@ankarstrom.se>: > I've been trying to figure out how to create A4 documents with > Plan 9 troff. Looking at the source of dpost and the PostScript > output of GNU troff, I found a very easy solution. > > 1. Call dpost with -P to set the correct page size: > > dpost -P '<< /PageSize [ 595 842 ] /ImagingBBox null >> setpagedevice' > > 2. Use .pl to set the page length: > > .pl 29.7c > > 3. Use .ll (.nr LL with ms) to set the line length: > > .nr LL 15.92c \" assuming PO = 1i
(At least on 9front) you can just use ps2pdf ghostscript arguments instead of step 1. I use: troff -ms | lp -dstdout | ps2pdf '-sPAPERSIZE=a4' > $target which works fine. Adjusting pagelength and linelength is still needed as in steps 2 and 3. sirjofri ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T529d24fea0ba8e21-Me7a7dd9036c4b754ac6c4cce Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
