Re: [Plplot-devel] Paper size for PS(C) driver

[Arjen M. <arj...@wl...>]

Andrew Ross wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:43:12PM +0100, Arjen Markus wrote:
> > Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > >
> > Given that papersize usually is a feature of a particular
> > printer/plotter
> > rather than a system-wide property (though there could be a system-wide
> > default), would it not better to:
> >
> > - introduce a new command-line argument, say -papersize
> > - support a fixed set of papersizes
> > - extend all relevant drivers with this new feature
> >
> I think I'm with Arjen on this one. libpaper support would be nice for
> getting defaults but we could still do with a command line option to
> override the default. In fact a command line option is probably more
> important. It might be nice to have a user specified as well as a set of
> defaults. You never can tell what strange sizes people might want.
> 

That should not be too difficult - though if you do it properly, then
you will need to deal with margins too, making a total of 6 numbers ...

Luckily there is some standardisation with respect to paper sizes,
no single uniform system of course, but still. 

Quite apart from actual paper: people may want to use the paper size
to make good looking pictures for inclusion in reports and papers! 

Regards,

Arjen