Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:39:38 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: evince paper size Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909211334520.4988@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20090921185711.GA19530@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909201859140.902@wonkity.com> <20090921154509.015b68fb.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909210857450.3830@wonkity.com> <20090921185711.GA19530@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:31:54AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > [...] >> If evince just had A4 as a default, it could be patched. But it appears >> to get the A4 size from gnome, somehow. > > How about setting your locale in ~/.dmrc? eg: > > [Desktop] > Session=default > Language=en_NZ.UTF-8 > Layout=us Possibly that needs gnome running, too. evince doesn't see it. Well, to be more precise: As usual, evince comes up showing the page correctly. A print preview shows the letter-sized page will be printed on A4. File/Print Setup shows the document is already US Letter. However, that paper size will not be used until you click Apply. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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