From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14799: Request for building PDF manuals in A4 format Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:22:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87lfu48xk2.fsf@gnus.org> References: <51D67F8F.1030202@alice.it> <1311670731.812218.1565863288971@mail1.libero.it> <87eezzmhbp.fsf@gnus.org> <1639500204.185957.1569860780642@mail1.libero.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="15992"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 14799@debbugs.gnu.org To: Angelo Graziosi Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 01 14:23:15 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBQ-0003wP-9q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:23:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41344 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBO-0000aG-Li for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:23:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42597) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBH-0000Z9-G6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:23:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBG-0001QA-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:23:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52154) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBG-0001Py-AH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBG-0003l8-3Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:23:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14799 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 14799-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14799.156993258114438 (code B ref 14799); Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14799) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Oct 2019 12:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60975 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBC-0003kd-Dr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:49324) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHBB-0003kU-04 for 14799@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:22:57 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHB7-0002RC-7n; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:22:55 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1639500204.185957.1569860780642@mail1.libero.it> (Angelo Graziosi's message of "Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:26:20 +0200 (CEST)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:167978 Archived-At: Angelo Graziosi writes: > @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ > \input texinfo @c -*- coding: utf-8 -*- > > +@afourpaper > +@setchapternewpage odd > @setfilename ../../info/emacs > @settitle GNU Emacs Manual > Thanks; that was a simple enough patch. :-) But I don't think it's something we can apply in general -- the officially printed Emacs manuals are on US paper sizes, and I don't think that's going to change. I had a look at somehow making a new Makefile target for A4 pages, but it doesn't seem like texi2pdf takes paper size as a parameter either, so all the texi files would need to have @ifset A4 ... @endif or something, and then a Makefile target could set that variable. But that seems like a lot of verbiage to add to the .texi files, so I don't know... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no