Re: [MiKTeX] Custom PDF output size with pdf(la)tex

[Alexander G. <A....@fz...>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:29:40AM +0200, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>am Dienstag, 15. April 2008 um 10:10 schrieb Alexander Grahn:
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>> %redim the page
>> \usepackage[papersize={\the\grwd,\the\grht},scale=1]{geometry}
>> \ifpdf
>>   \setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{\the\grwd}
>>   \setlength{\pdfpageheight}{\the\grht}
>> \else
>>   \special{papersize=\the\grwd,\the\grht}
>> \fi
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>Why don't you use simply
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>\usepackage[dvips,papersize={\the\grwd,\the\grht},scale=1]{geometry}

or better

\ifpdf
  \usepackage[pdftex,papersize={\the\grwd,\the\grht},scale=1]{geometry}
\else
  \usepackage[dvips,papersize={\the\grwd,\the\grht},scale=1]{geometry}
\fi

to make it dvips/pdfLaTeX compatible.

I wasn't aware of the dvips/pdftex options of `geometry' which would
insert the necessary specials, so I have done this myself so far. Thanks
for this hint.

Alexander