[texhax] can't control page size - why? (the real problem)

[Tom Schneider]

Reinhard:

>       texdoc geometry/manual

Page 8.  But that does not control the BoundingBox of the output of
dvips.

> A percent sign starts a comment in the PostScript language. ...

Thanks for the explanation, though I already knew that material.  It
provided a nice review but I hope it was more useful for others.

> TeX just looks for the %%BoundingBox comment in order to determine the
> size of the graphic.  Nothing else is read by TeX.  The file name is
> passed to the driver, usually dvips, which will include the file.

That's for *inputing* an eps *into* LaTeX, not for controlling the
*output* of latex.

Thanks anyway!

Tom

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