From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Sep 19 13:44: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D79B37B401; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:44:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thuvia.demon.co.uk (thuvia.demon.co.uk [193.237.34.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B050F43E6A; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:44:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk) Received: from dotar.thuvia.org (dotar.thuvia.org [10.0.0.4]) by phaidor.thuvia.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8JKhscF013229; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:43:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk) Received: from dotar.thuvia.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by dotar.thuvia.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8JKhrLU017574; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:43:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@dotar.thuvia.org) Received: (from mark@localhost) by dotar.thuvia.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g8JKhrLE017573; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:43:53 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:43:53 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine Message-Id: <200209192043.g8JKhrLE017573@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(5) 10/07/98) To: blackend@freebsd.org (Marc Fonvieille), Daniel Tourde Subject: Re: We, poor Eurpoeans.... Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: blackend@freebsd.org (Marc Fonvieille) > Date: Thu 19 Sep, 2002 > Subject: Re: We, poor Eurpoeans.... > I'm european too :) > When I want to print a ps/pdf/whatever file, I choose A4 paper in the > menu/properties of my ps/pdf viewers. The letter format is not a > problem. It might be worth considering generating the standard documentation in US Letter size with the extra 0.2" right margin suggested by RFC 2346 ("Making Postscript and PDF International"), if the toolchain supports it, so avoiding possible truncation of text on the right of the page when printed on A4 paper. RFC 2346 also suggests a reduced page length and increased top margin space when processing for A4 paper, to minimise problems printing on US Letter paper. (I used to use this as the default when I produced product documentation using troff, but the documentation build could be configured for any of A4/LETTER/RFC2346. I presume it's also possible to tweak the jade back ends in a similar way.) Cheers, Mark. Reference: -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message