[XeTeX] paper size

Joshua Grauman jnfo at grauman.com
Sat Aug 26 19:46:27 CEST 2006


I'm using .994a of XeTeX. Should this make a difference? I'm also using 
teTeX 3.0 under Linux. As for the geometry.cfg mentioned in another email, 
I fixed the error, but still can't produce correct page size for my pdf. 
Thanks.

Josh

>
> What version of XeTeX are you using? I am using the most recent 0.995.
>
> I tried your example and found that:
>
>     \setstocksize{9in}{6in}
>
> worked perfectly, whereas none of the others did. My assumption is
> that memoir takes complete control of setting that page size.
>
> SGM

>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm trying to set up a 6" x 9" paper size for printing a book at
>> lulu.com
>> and can't seem to get anything to change the paper size. After reading
>> through this list, I found some discussion on \pdfpagewidth, but it
>> doesn't appear to do anything. My pdf is always 8.5x11... Any
>> thoughts?
>> Here is the header of my document. Thanks.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>>
>> %&program=xelatex
>> %&encoding=UTF-8 Unicode
>>
>> \TeXXeTstate=1
>>
>> \documentclass[12pt,openany]{memoir}
>>
>> \usepackage{fontspec}
>> \usepackage{multicol}
>> \usepackage{perpage}
>>
>> %\setlength{\pdfpageheight}{9in}
>> %\setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{6in}
>> \pdfpageheight = 9truein
>> \pdfpagewidth = 6truein
>>
>> \setstocksize{9in}{6in}
>>
>> \paperheight=9in
>> \paperwidth=6in


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