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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-02-16 19:25:08 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-02-16 19:25:08 +0000
commit48bdc1675c48cf0e776eccb67e28c39e7a2f2246 (patch)
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parent427f333a60437b2607c826d72df6f8693a9d2a65 (diff)
add nopaper size for -t
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
index 08e2cca1b6d..9ea8e42c308 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
@settitle Dvips: A DVI-to-PostScript translator
@set version 5.97
-@set month-year October 2008
+@set month-year February 2009
@copying
This manual documents Dvips version @value{version}
@@ -1086,11 +1086,15 @@ which rotates a document by 90 degrees.
can use the @samp{-t} option twice, once for the paper type, and once
for @samp{landscape}.
@item In general, you should not use any @samp{-t} option when
-using a @samp{papersize} special, as some @LaTeX{} packages do, e.g.,
-@samp{hyperref.sty}.
-@item The exception is when using a nonstandard paper size that is not
+using a @samp{papersize} special, which some @LaTeX{} packages (e.g.,
+@samp{hyperref}) insert.
+@item One exception is when using a nonstandard paper size that is not
already defined in @file{config.ps}; in this case, you need to specify
@samp{-t@tie{}unknown}.
+@item Another exception is when producing multi-page files for further
+processing; use @samp{-t@tie{}nopaper} to omit any paper size
+information in the output. (If you just have a single page document,
+you can use @samp{-E} to get pure EPSF output.)
@end itemize
@item -T @var{hsize},@var{vsize}
@@ -1789,12 +1793,19 @@ comment or two would be okay). Also, some printers want
setting the paper size. There is no solution I could find that works
for both (except maybe specifying both).
+@findex unknown@r{, paper format for @samp{-t}}
When using a paper size that is not already defined in
@file{config.ps}, you probably want to say @samp{-t@tie{}unknown} on
the command line; the @code{unknown} paper size definition in
@file{config.ps} has the requisite PostScript incantation to set the
PostScript page size, as just described.
+@findex nopaper@r{, paper format for @samp{-t}}
+If you want no paper size information in the output at all, use
+@samp{-t@tie{}nopaper}. This is useful with multi-page output that
+will be processed further. If you just have a single page document,
+you can use @samp{-E} to get pure EPSF output.
+
@flindex mkdvipspapers
The Perl 5 script @file{contrib/configs/mkdvipspapers} in the
distribution directory may help in determining appropriate paper size