[texhax] pdflatex \neq latex + dvipdfm

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:39:32 -0400 (EDT) schrieb Michael Barr:

> The following file produces different output when run through pdflatex 
> and latex followed by dvipdfm:

Well yes. The different "drivers" pdflatex, dvipdfmx, YAP, dvips,
tex4ht .... use different conventions in the \special's.

> 
> \documentclass{slides}
> \textwidth 9in
> \oddsidemargin 0in
> \textheight 6.2in
> \topmargin -0.5in
> \headsep 0in
> \headheight 0in
>   \footskip .6in
> \special{landscape}
> \usepackage{lipsum}
> \begin{document}
> \lipsum
> \end{document}

Use the geometry class to setup the pages. It takes care of the
different drivers settings. Or read the pdftex documentation.



-- 
Ulrike Fischer