[XeTeX] xelatex and geometry

[Jonathan Kew]

On 26 Mar 2008, at 3:36 pm, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

> Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:22:01 +0000 schrieb Jonathan Kew:
>
>> On 26 Mar 2008, at 3:15 pm, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I can do this. But what's wrong with the geometry.cfg I  
>>> suggested
>>> which redefines \Gm at checkdrivers so that there is no longer a  
>>> test for
>>> \pdfoutput? Then \usepackage[dvixxx,...]{geometry} will issues
>>> specials
>>> when used with latex+dvixxx, and set \pdfpageheight+width when used
>>> with
>>> pdflatex or XeLaTeX.
>>
>> Won't that fail if you use pdflatex in DVI mode with a DVI-to-
>> whatever driver?
>
> No. First like in your geometry.cfg \Gm at checkdrivers is only redefined
> for XeTeX:
>
> \@ifundefined{XeTeXversion}{}{.....}%
>
> Second the geometry.cfg is (at least in miktex) in tex\xelatex and  
> isn't
> found when pdflatex is used.
>
> So you can be quite sure that with pdflatex the original definition of
> \Gm at checkdrivers is used and there \usepackage[dvixxx,...]{geometry}
> works fine in both modes.

OK, I see. But in that case, couldn't you simplify it greatly? How  
about:

	%% geometry.cfg for XeLaTeX
	% Public domain
	
	\@ifundefined{XeTeXversion}{}{%
	 \def\Gm at checkdrivers{%
	      \Gm at setdriver{pdftex}%
	 }}
	
	\endinput
	
	%% End of file `geometry.cfg'.

JK