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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] "Print to File" US letter size (default)
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 17:40:30
Message-Id: 5275610b-8714-78d7-33f4-57163876beb7@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "Print to File" US letter size (default) by karl@aspodata.se
1 On 12/06/2020 05:29 AM, karl@××××××××.se wrote:
2 > Thelma:
3 >> Is there a use flag or setting in make.conf to instruct all up to
4 >> default to "US Letter" size paper.
5 > ...
6 >
7 > Try and see if this helps:
8 >
9 > man papersize
10 >
11 > Regards,
12 > /Karl Hammar
13
14 I've done this one, but it didn't help. I have few notes as to what to
15 change eg:
16
17 --------------------------------------------------
18 /usr/share/texmf-dist/dvips/config/config.ps (new system)
19 This has to be on the top, before other letter formats (the first one is
20 default)
21 ...
22 @ letter 8.5in 11in
23 @+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: Letter
24 @+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter
25 @+ /setpagedevice where
26 @+ { pop << /PageSize [612 792] >> setpagedevice }
27 @+ { /letter where { pop letter } if }
28 @+ ifelse
29 @+ %%EndPaperSize
30 ...
31
32 ------------------------------
33 /etc/papersize
34
35 letter
36
37 --------------
38 /etc/xpdfrc
39
40 psPaperSize letter
41
42 -----------
43
44 What solved the problem is: (I must have miss this part during
45 installation)
46
47 eselect locale set # (select to: en_US.utf8 )
48 env-update && source /etc/profile
49 (log-out, log-in)