Udicoudco said on Thu, 20 Apr 2023 03:24:09 +0300 >On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 2:10 AM Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> >wrote: >> >> Dr Paul Verschueren said on Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:12:10 +0000 >> >> >Dear all - >> >I just had to change the AMS document type for a long paper. >> >> Does long paper really require a change of doctype? I think you can >> do what you need by putting the following two lines in your >> Docuument=>settings=>Latex_preamble: >> >> ================================================ >> \pageheight=14in %Paper height >> \pagewidth=8.5in %Paper width >> ================================================ >> >> The preceding works as long as you compile with luatex, which is the >> best way to compile anyway. I don't know about the AMS document type, >> but my best guess would be it would accommodate the preceding. >> Naturally you'd need to change all the margins in LyX, but that's >> easy. >> >> > >The primitives macros called \pageheight and \pagewidth are not >responsible for the size of the text block, they are only changing >the size of the media box that the pdf reader displays.
Exactly! You change the margins, and therefore the size of the text block, in LyX itself. > >They were first introduced in pdftex >(where they are called \pdfpageheight >and \pdfpagewidth, and in xetex as well) >since the pdf format is not meant to be used >just for printing. > >On the other hand, LaTeX is using >two macros called \paperheight and \paperwidth >to control the text block (they are basically \textwidth and >\textheight plus some extra space for the margins). This is true. I've used \paperheight and \paperwidth in some of my LyX authored books meant to be read on a small device, so these are probably a better way to go. SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
