[posted and mailed] Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>>>>>> "Paul" == Paul A Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Paul> Hi, I discovered something odd in LyX 1.2.3 (Win32 port, running > Paul> on Cygwin/Win XP). I have a trivial document set to use US > Paul> letter size paper (8.5 in. by 11 in.) with one inch margins all > Paul> around. I've tried both article and AMS article class, and the > Paul> anomaly appears in both. > > Paul> When I view the document, WinDVI generates a number of identical > Paul> log messages: > > Paul> special not handled: papersize=614.28833pt,794.96765pt > > So it seems that windvi does not understand this way of specifying > paper size. Maybe could you ask it to shut up about this... Is there a polite way of doing this? :-) > Paul> Notice that the paper size argument has moved up to the document > Paul> class declaration, and the geometry package is now not being > Paul> loaded (even though LyX still shows the margins being set at one > Paul> inch on all sides). > > But is the 'custom sizes' check box still on? Aha! No, it's not. I did not notice that. > > JMarc > > Ok, that explains why the geometry package disappeared. It also pointed me to the ultimate source of the messages: in the config file for the geometry package, I had set the dvips option, which passes the page size as a special to dvips (and thus also to windvi, which does not seem to care for it). Case solved -- wasn't a LyX issue after all. I must have changed the geometry options the same day I loaded LyX 1.2.3, leading me to a post hoc, propter hoc fallacy. -- Paul ************************************************************************* Paul A. Rubin Phone: (517) 432-3509 Department of Management Fax: (517) 432-1111 The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michigan State University http://www.msu.edu/~rubin/ East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) ************************************************************************* Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different. J. W. v. GOETHE
