Re: [MiKTeX] pdftex problem

[Bruce B. <ba...@ma...>]

David Allsopp wrote:

 > $ pdftex
 > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8)
 > **\showthe\pdfpagewidth
 >> 597.50787pt.
 > <*> \showthe\pdfwidth
 >
 > is the output for A4. For US letter, it should be 614.295pt

When I entered "pdftex" followed by "**\showthe\pdfpagewidth" I got  the 
message

entering extended mode
 > 614.295pt.

So, the output is for US letter.  Yet, running "pdftex foo.tex" still 
moved the page number at the bottom of the page up, like 1" and what I 
was calling A4 may be wrong?  Yet, in foo.tex if at the top of the file 
I enter

\pdfpagewidth 8.5 true in
\pdfpageheight 11 true in

and then run "pdftex foo.tex" the problem is solved.  So, this does 
solve my problem.  But, should this be necessary?


> Bruce Babcock wrote:
>> George,
>>
>> Sorry, I am running MiKTeX 2.8.
>>
>> I ran "kpsewhich pdftexconfig.tex"  and in pdftexconfig.tex it told me
>> to
>>
>> initexmf --edit-config-file pdftex
>>
>> and in this file I made
>>
>> page_width 8.5 true in
>> page_height 11 true in
>>
>> and saved the changes.  I then ran pdftex foo.tex and again when I
>> looked at the foo.pdf, I still had an A4 ouput and not a Letter. :(
>>
>> So do you (or any others) have further ideas to try?
> 
> Which TeX format are you using? The format (or file) can override the page
> specification using \pdfpagewidth or \pdfpageheight. To see whether your
> change has worked, run:
> 
> $ pdftex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8)
> **\showthe\pdfpagewidth
>> 597.50787pt.
> <*> \showthe\pdfwidth
> 
> is the output for A4. For US letter, it should be 614.295pt
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 
>