Am 02.03.2011 10:53, schrieb Werner LEMBERG: >> (NTL: it would be a nice extension for grotty to have a switch like >> "papersize" ) > > Uh, oh, a TTY has no length by its very definition. A physical paper > size is completely meaningless for terminals, and the logical paper > size is given by gtroff anyways (with the `pl' request). >
let me reformulate: A switch that let grotty ignore a given page size inside a document. And the rationale is exactly what you said: paper sizes and screen sizes do not mix properly; so it may be useful to ignore a length and leave the "page break" to a pager. (I guess grotty was intended to work with simple printers and of cause pages have there use.) I have no clue about the internals of grotty and it is totally possible that is it to complicated to do. re, wh
