I have groff 1.17.2 on RH 8 that I bought locally. where did yours come from?
At 12:30 AM 11/22/02, you wrote: >Thanks for the reply. > >I had done a bit more digging, and between that and your comment I >have a solution to the problem. > >IT WOULD SURE BE NICE IF THEY DOCUMENTED THIS SOMEPLACE... > >RH7.3 had groff 1.17.2, and in the file > /usr/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/DESC >the variable paperlenght is defined as > paperlength 792000 > >RH8.0 has groff 1.18, and in the file > /usr/share/groff/1.18/font/devps/DESC >the variable paperlength is defined as > papersize /etc/papersize a4 > >This is the only change between the two files. > >It is NOT clear what the /etc/papersize is referring to, (there is >no such file), but there *IS* a file /etc/paper.config in both OS >giving page sizes (and some other numbers whose usage is not clear) >but there is nothing there defining a default. > >In any case, changing the papersize line in the file inRH8.0 >to read either > > paperlength 792000 > or > papersize /etc/papersize letter > >solves my problem, things are formatted for US-LETTER and not A4 >paper. > >--- > >REDHAT - ARE YOU LISTENING???? > >Paper size has been a longstanding problem, it should be settable >somewhere in /etc/sysconfig, with scripts to carry the change thru >to the programs that need it... > > Reg.Clemens > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
