On Thursday, 20 December 2018 21:27:39 GMT Richard Morse wrote: > Hi! I apologize if this is the wrong list for this question; if there is a > better place to ask it, please let me know. > > It seems from the manual* that I should be able to create an A5-sized PDF by > doing something like: > > \X'papersize=a5' > .pl 8.26i > This is a test > > and then calling > > groff -Tpdf foo.tr > foo.pdf > > However, when I try this, I get the errors: > > Use of uninitialized value $val in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/local/Cellar/groff/1.22.3/bin/gropdf line 1158, <> line 15. Use of > uninitialized value $mediabox[3] in subtraction (-) at > /usr/local/Cellar/groff/1.22.3/bin/gropdf line 1858, <> line 16. Use of > uninitialized value $fld in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/local/Cellar/groff/1.22.3/bin/gropdf line 1923, <> line 26. > > (This happens regardless of whether I say "a5" or "A5".) What am I doing > wrong? > > Thanks, > Ricky > > * `man gropdf` says that the "\X'papersize=paper-size'" parameter is > supported, and is the same as the "papersize" command, and directs me to > `man groff_font`. `man groff_font` says that "papersize" selects a paper > size: "Valid values for string are the ISO paper types A0-A7 ... Case is > not significant for string if it holds predefined paper sizes."
Try:- \X'papersize=420p,595p' pl 8.26i This is a test The actual named paper sizes don't work, but you can enter the width,length as two numbers. The numbers above are in points but:- \X'papersize=14.8c,21c' Works just as well. However, if you want to create a pdf with all pages as A5, then remove the \X command and add the groff flags "-P-pa5" which also works. Cheers Deri
