From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 19 3:52:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns.skylink.it (ns.skylink.it [194.177.113.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10CF14BCF for ; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:52:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hibma@skylink.it) Received: from heidi.plazza.it (va-134.skylink.it [194.185.55.134]) by ns.skylink.it (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12997; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:52:14 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heidi.plazza.it (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA07784; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 10:51:45 GMT X-No-Spam: Neither the receipients nor the senders email address(s) are to be used for Unsolicited (Commercial) Email without the explicit written consent of either party; as a per-message fee is incurred for inbound and outbound traffic to the originator. Posted-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 10:51:45 GMT Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:51:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@heidi.plazza.it Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: Wes Peters Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAPERSIZE in /etc/make.conf? In-Reply-To: <37E443D0.AB9C0881@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Should we have a PAPERSIZE variable (A4 vs. letter) in /etc/make.conf? > > > > - groff has the paper size set as compile time option. > > > > - Various ports that now exist in two versions or require the > > user to define the paper size at build time could automatically > > pull the value in. > > Yes. I think I encountered this with enscript the other day, too. Sent > the LaserJam into a blinking fit, displaying "PC LOAD A4". Us 'silly' people could appreciate an option like that. Would also reduce the number of ports having to specify this in the name of the port. Nick -- e-Mail: hibma@skylink.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message