Re: Wrong papersize when using pdflatex
Uwe Stöhr wrote: The problem is the package a4wide. It is obsolete and actual LaTeX-packages won't take care of it. Have also a look at http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf to read what is also obsolete. Thanks Uwe. The document you suggested contained a few other things that I weren't aware of which have caused me grief in the past. For those who haven't, I highly recommend reading it. Ta, Paul
Re: Wrong papersize when using pdflatex
Paul Medwell wrote:
If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex
output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4.
I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom.
Below is an excerpt of latex code;
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\begin{document}
aaa
\end{document}
If I comment out the \usepackage{graphicx} line, then the result of the
pdflatex output is a4, otherwise it gives letter size.
The problem is the package a4wide. It is obsolete and actual
LaTeX-packages won't take care of it. Have also a look at
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf
to read what is also obsolete.
To avoid using a4wide, don't use the option "very small margins" in the
menu Layout -> Document -> Margins dialog. You should set the margins
manually. You can also set the margins to default and use a koma-script
document class, because this calculates the printspace automatically
following typesetter rules.
regards Uwe
Re: Wrong papersize when using pdflatex
Paul Medwell wrote:
If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex
output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4.
I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom.
Sorry to reply to my own question, but I've had a bit of a play around
with pdflatex, and have narrowed the problem down a bit.
Below is an excerpt of latex code;
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\begin{document}
aaa
\end{document}
If I comment out the \usepackage{graphicx} line, then the result of the
pdflatex output is a4, otherwise it gives letter size. So in this sense
it seems as if the problem is a conflict with the graphicx package,
however...if I change the first line to
\documentclass[english,a4paper]{article} then it's all okay.
I realise that I could just use a different PDF generator, but any clues
how I can get LyX to give pdflatex the extra flag in the document class
definition?
Lata,
Paul
Re: Wrong papersize when using pdflatex
Paul Smith wrote: On Apr 12, 2005 5:31 AM, Paul Medwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4. I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom. Paul: have you selected A4 inside LyX? (Layout --> Document --> Paper --> Paper size.) Paul S, Thanks for the suggestion - but yes, I have done this. As I say, it is *only* when I use pdflatex with the margins set to anything but default or custom, if I change either of these it will come out the selected A4. Ta, Paul M
Re: Wrong papersize when using pdflatex
On Apr 12, 2005 5:31 AM, Paul Medwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex > output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4. > I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom. Paul: have you selected A4 inside LyX? (Layout --> Document --> Paper --> Paper size.) Paul
Wrong papersize when using pdflatex
Hi all, If my LyX documents contain images then the papersize of the pdflatex output gets set to "letter" (8.5 × 11 inch), whereas I want it to be A4. I don't have this problem if the margins are set to default or custom. If I remove the images OR use a different pdf generator OR change the margin settings then the paper size is okay, but I would prefer having all of these things. I'm guessing that if I update some packages the problem could probably be fixed, but I don't really want to update everything. If someone could suggest the exact cause that would be great. I'm running LyX 1.3.5 (Qt) on Fedora Core 2, TeTex version 2.0.2-13. From what I can tell, the default paper size for pdflatex is set to A4. Many thanks. Lata, Paul
