Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:06:34 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Daniel Tourde <daniel.tourde@bredband.net>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: We, poor Eurpoeans.... Message-ID: <20020919220634.GK457@marduk.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <200209192043.g8JKhrLE017573@dotar.thuvia.org> References: <mailpost.1032459367.13801@thuvia.demon.co.uk> <200209192043.g8JKhrLE017573@dotar.thuvia.org>
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:43:53PM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote:
>
> 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.
>
We should check current margins size, but they seem wider than the
difference of size between Letter and A4, a truncation should not
appear. However it's possible to specify a default papersize in the
various Makefiles, it would be an easy way to avoid truncation
issues. That solution will only "fix" localized versions.
> 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.)
>
I think we can do that in dssl files, with for example:
(define %left-margin% 25mm)
(define %right-margin% 25mm)
(define %top-margin% 20mm)
(define %bottom-margin% 20mm)
etc. (25mm and 20mm are examples :) )
But I should let Murray, who worked on the printed version of the
Handbook, answer to these printing format problems.
Marc
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