Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libspectre1
Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Affected packages: a) libspectre1 - 0.2.6-1build1 ------------------------------------- Possibly also b) libpoppler13 - 0.16.4-0ubuntu1.1 c) evince - 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.1 Problem description: According to the source code of libspectre-0.2.6 (11.04 edition of Ubuntu) there is a problem with the interpretation of B5 paper size. Namely in: libspectre-0.2.6/libspectre/ps.c, structure papersizes (lines 136-158) B5 paper size is defined as 516x729 which corresponds to 516/72 inch x 729/72 inch size. This size is however JIS B5, not standard ISO B5 paper size, which should be cca. 499x709, or more precisely 176mmx250mm. For more paper information about (standard/JIS) paper sizes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size Manual page of gs (contains the table of papersizes interpreted by gs): http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/gs1.html [ This causes problem, when a test document is created in latex forcing to have b5paper size -> compiled to dvi -> dvips -t b5 produces a ps file which gives not correct dimensions of document when displayed in evince, in particular it provides 182 mm x 257 mm, i.e. JIS B5, but requested dimensions were ISO B5, i.e. 176 mm x 250 mm. When a pdf file is created via ps2pdf, the dimensions are correct. As the attachment, I am sending the following files: 1) aaa.tex (Latex source) 2) aaa.dvi (produced by the command latex aaa) 3) aaa.ps (produced by dvips -t b5 aaa) 4) aaa.pdf (produced by ps2pdf aaa) Symptoms in Evince: a) the ps file gets wrong paper size in document info (JB5) b) the pdf file's paper size is correct (B5) ] ** Affects: libspectre (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: b5 iso jis norm paper size -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/789173 Title: B5 paper size in libspectre-0.2.6 is not correct -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
