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From: Thomas Gellekum <thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Default paper size
To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 09:00:53 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960907113715.2142X-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> from John Fieber at "Sep 7, 96 11:41:30 am"
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John Fieber wrote:
> I'm thinking of clever ways to set the paper size.  Basically
> 
> if (LANG is not set, or LANG == en_US.*)
>   use US Letter
> else
>   use a4
> 
> Would this work for most people?  Of course, there would be a
> manual override.

How about $PAPERSIZE? $LANG has too many side effects, IMHO.

tg