Yes, thanks, I see. I starting doing something similar earlier today. It is true, of course, that one may *not* want B5 pdf when the page is B5 (say to allow for trim), so forcing the two to be identical wouldn't be the thing to do either...
K >>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 4:55 PM, in message <4eb5a2b1.6060...@rhul.ac.uk>, "Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)" <p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk> wrote: > > Karljurgen Feuerherm wrote: > >> Hmm. Is there not an integrated solution, set one thing to do it both > places? > > Well, specifying a given constant in exactly one place > is certainly a cornerstone of rigorous and defensive > programming, so I for one am all in favour of such > solutions. Here, by way of example, is the preamble > of a document on which I am currently working -- you will > see that every key dimension is specified in one place > and one place only. I don't pretend for one second that > it addresses your particular needs, but it does show that > "one constant, one definition" is not difficult to achieve. > > Philip Taylor > -------- > % !TeX program = xetex > > \newdimen \innermargin > \newdimen \outermargin > \newdimen \uppermargin > \newdimen \lowermargin > \newdimen \cropwidth > \newdimen \cropheight > \newdimen \cropmark > \newdimen \cropmitre > \newdimen \Knuthoffset > > \pdfpagewidth = 210 mm > \pdfpageheight = 297mm > \cropwidth = 190 mm > \cropheight = 250 mm > \cropmark = 1 cm > \cropmitre = 0.2 cm > \innermargin = 1 in > \outermargin = 1.5 in > \uppermargin = 1 in > \lowermargin = 1 in > \Knuthoffset = 1 in > > \def \onehalf {0.5} > > \hoffset = \pdfpagewidth > \advance \hoffset by -\cropwidth > \hoffset = \onehalf \hoffset > \advance \hoffset by \innermargin > \advance \hoffset by -\Knuthoffset > > \voffset = \pdfpageheight > \advance \voffset by -\cropheight > \voffset = \onehalf \voffset > \advance \voffset by \uppermargin > \advance \voffset by -\Knuthoffset > > \hsize = \cropwidth > \advance \hsize by -\innermargin > \advance \hsize by -\outermargin > > \vsize = \cropheight > \advance \vsize by -\uppermargin > \advance \vsize by -\lowermargin > > \input cropmarks > \topcropmark = \uppermargin plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre > \bottomcropmark = \cropheight plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre > \advance \bottomcropmark by -\uppermargin > \leftcropmark = \innermargin plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre > \rightcropmark = \cropwidth plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre > \advance \rightcropmark by -\innermargin > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex