On 10/01/2010 03:38 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
Hello,
On Sep 30 15:52 David C. Rankin wrote (shortened):
The question is why these dialogs are not respecting /etc/papersize
Hopefully not too many programs do respect it!
# rpm -qf /etc/papersize groff-1.18.1.1-...
See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=88286#c14 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes> Can we rely on /etc/papersize?
No, please don't rely on /etc/papersize. This is a debian extension to groff, which "accidentally" is in our groff package as well because we use the debian groff patch to make groff work for Japanese.
As soon as the upstream groff has decent support for UTF-8 and Japanese, this patch will not be needed anymore and /etc/papersize may disappear as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------
I filed now https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643083
Many thanks to point out this old issue with /etc/papersize!
Hey, thank you for finally explaining the origin and use of this obscure little file. I recall discussions on this list 3-4 years ago about its use, but it was never clear just why it was there or just what used it and I never investigated further. I would bet there are more of these little no longer used things hanging around as leftovers from yesteryear :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org