Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:22:01 -0400 From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> To: Christopher Vance <vance@aurema.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single-Letter Port Names Message-ID: <200404201122.01824.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040420021016.GA20421@aurema.com> References: <200404192007.04848.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> <200404192026.56856.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> <20040420021016.GA20421@aurema.com>
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Christopher Vance wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:26:56PM -0400, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > >prebuilt R packages, but it's annoying to mangle the port name just for a > >runtime-adjustable default paper size. The name "R" would seem so much > >cleaner. Those who need A4 size paper can build the port accordingly, or > >adjust it after a package has been installed. > > If you're reducing this to a single package, please do not have it > default to *any* size, but require all users to set their size by some > means at install or run time. An environment variable in /etc/profile > (or similar) should be good enough for this, and could possibly > benefit other ports too. I mistyped my previous email. I intended to write, ``Those who need "letter" size paper can...'' There quite obviously has to be /some/ default; the R developers chose A4, and my port does not change it. The PAPERSIZE environment variable is honored at compile time, as is the R_PAPERSIZE variable at runtime. > Many of us hate the parochial assumption that the standard paper size > in almost every country in the world should be ignored in favour of > the one used in less than a handful. As do I. Eric -- Eric van Gyzen Sr. Systems Programmer http://www.stat.duke.edu/~vangyzen/ ISDS, Duke University
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