On 9 Jan 2002, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Allan> I'm open to suggestions on how to handle this. The numbers you > Allan> enter are fed to dvips (or whatever print command you have > Allan> set). So after inspecting the `info dvips` I'd say: you're > Allan> screwed. > > Why? The info page says: > > `-p [=]NUM' > The first page printed will be the first one numbered NUM. Default > is the first page in the document. If NUM is prefixed by an > equals sign, then it (and the argument to the `-l' option, if > specified) is treated as a physical (absolute) page number, rather > than a value to compare with the TeX `\count0' values stored in the > DVI file. Thus, using `-p =3' will start with the third page of > the document, no matter what the pages are actually numbered. > > So all we would have to do is allow this =n syntax.
My `info dvips` does not mention the equals sign. It's from tetex-1.0.7. I imagine Garst is also in the same boat. dvips -v This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) Allan. (ARRae)
