Hi Dave, > > I think I'd prefer to assume that people want 1 inch margins all > > around the page; > > I agree.
You've reminded me of a general point about margins, one which may have no bearing on the topic under discussion... Margins of about an inch around the page are good, but I came to the conclusion that it's worth allowing them to deviate a bit so the area within the margins, given the paper's size, is a nice typographical number to allow for ease in sizing, subdivision, etc. I've since noticed others do the same, within troff and without. The oddball values are the margins and once their calculation is understood it can be ignored. The nice values for the printable area are easily manipulable with mental arithmetic as they're encountered. -- Cheers, Ralph.
