papersize(5) [debian man page]

PAPERSIZE(5)							File Formats Manual						      PAPERSIZE(5)

NAME

       papersize - specify preferred paper size

SYNOPSYS

       /etc/papersize

DESCRIPTION

       The papersize file is used to specify the preferred paper size to use by available commands and programs generating documents.

       The  format  of this file is extremely simple: whitespace and anything starting with `#' is ignored, and the name of the paper is the first
       string found; the case in the name of the paper does not import (see CAVEATS section however).

PAPER NAMES

       The following names are commonly understood by programs: a3, a4, a5, b5, letter, legal, executive, note and 11x17.

       Additional paper names that one may encounter are: a0, a1, a2, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, tabloid, statement, note,  halflet-
       ter, halfexecutive, folio, quarto, ledger, archA, archB, archC, archD, archE, flsa, flse, csheet, dsheet, esheet and 10x14.

       The  value  of  the papersize file can be overrideen by looking in order at the PAPERSIZE environment variable, then at the contents of the
       file specified by the PAPERCONF environment variable.  If the papersize file does not exist, programs using the paper  library  default	to
       using letter as a fall-back value

CAVEATS

       This manual page documents the format of the papersize file that is read by the libpaper library.  Some programs that read this file do not
       yet use the library and may have trouble ignoring whitespace and comments in the file; they may also require that the  paper  names  use  a
       specific capitalization.

DOCUMENTATION

       Yves Arrouye <arrouye@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       paperconf(1)
       paperconfig(8)

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PAPERCONF(1)						      General Commands Manual						      PAPERCONF(1)

NAME

       paperconf - print paper configuration information

SYNOPSIS

       paperconf [ [ -p ] paper | -d | -a ] [ -z ] [ -n | -N ] [ -s | -w | -h ] [ -c | -m | -i ]

DESCRIPTION

       paperconf prints information about a given paper.  The information that can be obtained is the name of the paper, its size and its width or
       height.	When called without arguments, paperconf prints the name of the system- or user-specified paper, obtained by looking in  order	at
       the  PAPERSIZE  environment  variable,  at  the	contents  of  the file specified by the PAPERCONF environment variable, at the contents of
       /etc/papersize or by using letter as a fall-back value if none of the other alternatives are successful.  By default, width and	height	of
       the paper are printed in PostScript points.

OPTIONS

       -p paper
	      Specify the name of the paper about which information is asked.

       -d     Use the default builtin paper name.

       -a     Consider all known paper names.

       -z     If the paper name is unknown, print it but issue a message on the standard error and exit with a non-zero code.

       -n     Print the name of the paper.

       -N     Print the name of the paper with the first letter capitalized.

       -s     Print the size (width followed by height) of the paper.

       -w     Print the width of the paper.

       -h     Print the height of the paper.

       -c     Use centimetres as unit for paper size.

       -m     Use millimetres as unit for paper size.

       -i     Use inches as unit for paper size.

ENVIRONMENT

       PAPERSIZE	   Paper size to use regardless of what the papersize file contains.

       PAPERCONF	   Full path to a file containing the paper size to use.

FILES

       /etc/papersize	   Contains  the  name	of  the system-wide default paper size to be used if the PAPERSIZE and PAPERCONF variables are not
			   set.

AUTHOR

       Yves Arrouye <arrouye@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       papersize(5)

								   24 April 2001						      PAPERCONF(1)