Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:45:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: chuckr@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/print/a2ps PAPERSIZE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971021163057.7146B-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199710192049.VAA02910@wall.jhs.no_domain>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Hi chuckr@FreeBSD.org (maintainer of a2ps)
> cc ports@
>
> I note:
> current/ports/print/a2ps: $(PAPERSIZE)
> current/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/devps/Makefile: ${PAGE}
> Could we perhaps use just one env. var for both ?
> Right now in my /etc/csh.cshrc for instance I have dup. info:
I used PAPERSIZE because that's what a2ps used to use, and because it's
what gs still uses. If I were going to change it, I think a more
canonically correct term would me "media", wouldn't you?
> ------
> setenv PAGE A4
> # PAGE is set for:
> # src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/devps/Makefile
> # which creates
> # /usr/obj/net/desk/usr2/src/current/gnu/usr.bin/groff/devps/DESC
> # which contains
> # res 792000 or 841890
> # which produces:
> # /usr/share/groff_font/devps/DESC
> # PAGE is also set for:
> # src/contrib/groff/devps/Makefile.sub
> setenv PAPERSIZE A4 # for ports/print/a2ps
> -------------
>
>
> Julian
> --
> Julian H. Stacey
> Home <jhs@freebsd.org> http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Tel. +49 89 268616
>
>
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data
chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 |
Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD
(301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN!
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.971021163057.7146B-100000>