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1 perry 1 PAPERSIZE
2 !!!PAPERSIZE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSYS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 PAPER NAMES
7 CAVEATS
8 DOCUMENTATION
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 __papersize__ - specify preferred paper size
15 !!SYNOPSYS
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18 __papersize__
19 !!DESCRIPTION
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22 The __papersize__ file is used to specify the preferred
23 paper size to use by available commands and programs
24 generating documents.
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27 The format of this file is extremely simple: whitespace and
28 anything starting with `#' is ignored, and the name of the
29 paper is the first string found; the case in the name of the
30 paper does not import (see __CAVEATS__ section
31 however).
32 !!PAPER NAMES
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35 The following names are commonly understood by programs:
36 __a3__, __a4__, __a5__, __b5__, __letter__,
37 __legal__, __executive__, __note__ and
38 __11x17__.
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41 Additional paper names that one may encounter are:
42 __a0__, __a1__, __a2__, __a6__, __a7__,
43 __a8__, __a9__, __a10__, __b0__, __b1__,
44 __b2__, __b3__, __b4__, __tabloid__,
45 __statement__, __note__, __halfletter__,
46 __halfexecutive__, __folio__, __quarto__,
47 __ledger__, __archA__, __archB__, __archC__,
48 __archD__, __archE__, __flsa__, __flse__,
49 __csheet__, __dsheet__, __esheet__ and
50 __10x14__.
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53 If the __papersize__ file does not exist, programs using
54 the paper library default to using paper specified by the
55 __PAPERCONF__ environment variable or __letter__ paper
56 if this variable is not set.
57 !!CAVEATS
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60 This manual page documents the format of the
61 __papersize__ file that is read by the __libpaper__
62 library. Some programs that read this file do not yet use
63 the library and may have trouble ignoring whitespace and
64 comments in the file; they may also require that the paper
65 names use a specific capitalization.
66 !!DOCUMENTATION
67
68
69 Yves Arrouye
70 !!SEE ALSO
71
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73 paperconf(1)__
74 paperconfig__(8)
75 ----
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