best match on paper sizes

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@2657 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog
index e6f525720d6..32d9fe70faf 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+2006-12-09  Karl Berry  <karl@tug.org>
+
+	* dvips.texi (Config file paper sizes): best match now.  (From Akira.)
+
 2006-12-07  Karl Berry  <karl@tug.org>
 
 	* Changes made and accumulated by Akira:
-
 (1) security problem
     -R0  : shell escape and absolute path are allowed
     -R1  : shell escape is forbidden and absolute path is allowed
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
index 9e6bff65a6f..c9fb3d4b8ad 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
@@ -1732,11 +1732,11 @@ For example:
 
 When Dvips has a paper format name given on the command line, it looks
 for a match by the @var{name}; when it has a @samp{papersize} special,
-it looks for a match by dimensions.  The first match found (in the order
-the paper size information is found in the configuration file) is used.
-If nothing matches, a warning is printed and the first paper size is
-used.  The dimensions must match within a quarter of an inch.  Landscape
-mode for all paper sizes is automatically supported.
+it looks for a match by dimensions.  The best match found (from the
+paper size information in the configuration file) is used.  If nothing
+matches, a warning is printed and the first paper size is used.  The
+dimensions must match within 5bp.  Landscape mode for all paper sizes
+is automatically supported.
 
 If your printer has a command to set a special paper size, then give
 dimensions of @samp{0in 0in}; the PostScript code that sets the paper