[XeTeX] Default values of \pdfpage{width, height}

Jonathan Kew jonathan_kew at sil.org
Fri Aug 3 16:31:28 CEST 2007


On 3 Aug 2007, at 1:30 pm, Andreas Matthias wrote:

> Andreas Matthias wrote:
>
>> Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>>> Then you end the group, and the
>>> parameters become unset.... so no further \specials are written, and
>>> the setting from within the group persists beyond where you'd  
>>> expect.
>>
>> The local settings within the group persist beyond the group. Hmm...
>> I didn't want to say it, but I would call this a bug.
>
> No, it is not a real bug. Since \pdfpage{width,height} are no
> real primitives but specials, there's no easy way to make them
> aware of groups. I didn't consider that. Sorry.

I'd say that it *is* a bug, or a design error. \pdfpage{width,height}  
were implemented to provide pdfTeX compatibility for specifying page  
sizes, but I failed to consider the possibility of local changes  
within a group. Happily, it should be easy to fix.

Thanks for all the input.

JK



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