Hi all, I would like to solve a long-standing bug and finally make TeX aware of libpaper and its system-wide paper size setting. In a way, upstream's configuration scripts already provide most of the infrastructure needed. However, taking the intersection of paper sizes the different program's configuration files accept as default, I end up with a4paper and letter.
Therefore I asked upstream whether they'd be willing to add more paper sizes, and they said they would accept patches. However, they also said that they didn't want to bloat the code with information about paper sizes which no one will ever use as a system-wide default paper. On the upstream list, the discussion which papers would make sense as a system-wide default paper did not lead anywhere. Some said that only a4paper and letter make sense (my question whether asian or african countries use nothing else stayed unanswered). Some argued that every paper which can be fed to a printer on the market might be used as default size on a particular system. Do you have any suggestions? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Debian Developer (TeXLive) ADFC Miltenberg B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
