[OS X TeX] \special{papersize=7in,10in}

stephenmoye at cox.net stephenmoye at cox.net
Thu Jul 20 14:03:44 CEST 2006


Here is the log file from running:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\usepackage[reset,papersize={7in,10in}]{geometry}
\ifpdf
\else
\geometry{dvips}
\fi
\begin{document}
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.
\end{document}

%!%!%

at work. As I expected, when running pdfTeX the preview was 7x10, and when runnning TeX+Ghostscript the preview was 8.5x10 (at home bothe were on 7x10). I am including both logs, the TeX+Ghostscript first:

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This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=latex 2006.7.17)  20 JUL 2006 07:47
entering extended mode
**MorePaperSize.tex
(./MorePaperSize.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, british, french, german, n
german, dutch, italian, norsk, portuges, spanish, swedish, nohyphenation, loade
d.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c at part=\count79
\c at section=\count80
\c at subsection=\count81
\c at subsubsection=\count82
\c at paragraph=\count83
\c at subparagraph=\count84
\c at figure=\count85
\c at table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/oberdiek/ifpdf.sty
Package: ifpdf 2005/07/22 v1.3 Providing \ifpdf (HO)
Package ifpdf Info: pdfTeX in pdf mode not detected.
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty
Package: geometry 2002/07/08 v3.2 Page Geometry

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
\KV at toks@=\toks14
)
\Gm at cnth=\count87
\Gm at cntv=\count88
\c at Gm@tempcnt=\count89
\Gm at bindingoffset=\dimen103
\Gm at wd@mp=\dimen104
\Gm at odd@mp=\dimen105
\Gm at even@mp=\dimen106
\Gm at dimlist=\toks15

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.cfg))
(./MorePaperSize.aux)
\openout1 = `MorePaperSize.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
-------------------- Geometry parameters
paper: user defined
landscape: --
twocolumn: --
twoside: --
asymmetric: --
h-parts: 75.88428pt, 0.7\paperwidth , 75.88428pt (default)
v-parts: 86.72488pt, 0.7\paperheight , 130.08733pt (default)
hmarginratio: 1:1
vmarginratio: 2:3
lines: --
heightrounded: --
bindingoffset: 0.0pt
truedimen: --
includehead: --
includefoot: --
includemp: --
driver: dvips
-------------------- Page layout dimensions and switches
\paperwidth  505.89pt
\paperheight 722.7pt
\textwidth  354.12144pt
\textheight 505.88779pt
\oddsidemargin  3.61429pt
\evensidemargin 3.61429pt
\topmargin  -22.5451pt
\headheight 12.0pt
\headsep    25.0pt
\footskip   30.0pt
\marginparwidth 65.0pt
\marginparsep   11.0pt
\columnsep  10.0pt
\skip\footins  9.0pt plus 4.0pt minus 2.0pt
\hoffset 0.0pt
\voffset 0.0pt
\mag 1000

(1in=72.27pt, 1cm=28.45pt)
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 [1

] (./MorePaperSize.aux) ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 563 strings out of 95122
 7744 string characters out of 1182698
 2055048 words of memory out of 4509850
 3786 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000
 3640 words of font info for 14 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000
 66 hyphenation exceptions out of 5000
 23i,4n,30p,151b,107s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s

Output written on MorePaperSize.dvi (1 page, 372 bytes).

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pdfTeX:
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This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=pdflatex 2006.7.17)  20 JUL 2006 07:57
entering extended mode
\write18 enabled.
**MorePaperSize.tex
(./MorePaperSize.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, british, french, german, n
german, dutch, italian, norsk, portuges, spanish, swedish, nohyphenation, loade
d.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c at part=\count79
\c at section=\count80
\c at subsection=\count81
\c at subsubsection=\count82
\c at paragraph=\count83
\c at subparagraph=\count84
\c at figure=\count85
\c at table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/oberdiek/ifpdf.sty
Package: ifpdf 2005/07/22 v1.3 Providing \ifpdf (HO)
Package ifpdf Info: pdfTeX in pdf mode detected.
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty
Package: geometry 2002/07/08 v3.2 Page Geometry

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
\KV at toks@=\toks14
)
\Gm at cnth=\count87
\Gm at cntv=\count88
\c at Gm@tempcnt=\count89
\Gm at bindingoffset=\dimen103
\Gm at wd@mp=\dimen104
\Gm at odd@mp=\dimen105
\Gm at even@mp=\dimen106
\Gm at dimlist=\toks15

(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.cfg))
No file MorePaperSize.aux.
\openout1 = `MorePaperSize.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 8.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 8.
-------------------- Geometry parameters
paper: user defined
landscape: --
twocolumn: --
twoside: --
asymmetric: --
h-parts: 75.88428pt, 0.7\paperwidth , 75.88428pt (default)
v-parts: 86.72488pt, 0.7\paperheight , 130.08733pt (default)
hmarginratio: 1:1
vmarginratio: 2:3
lines: --
heightrounded: --
bindingoffset: 0.0pt
truedimen: --
includehead: --
includefoot: --
includemp: --
driver: pdftex
-------------------- Page layout dimensions and switches
\paperwidth  505.89pt
\paperheight 722.7pt
\textwidth  354.12144pt
\textheight 505.88779pt
\oddsidemargin  3.61429pt
\evensidemargin 3.61429pt
\topmargin  -22.5451pt
\headheight 12.0pt
\headsep    25.0pt
\footskip   30.0pt
\marginparwidth 65.0pt
\marginparsep   11.0pt
\columnsep  10.0pt
\skip\footins  9.0pt plus 4.0pt minus 2.0pt
\hoffset 0.0pt
\voffset 0.0pt
\mag 1000

(1in=72.27pt, 1cm=28.45pt)
-----------------------
[1

{/Users/sgm/Library/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
(./MorePaperSize.aux) ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 562 strings out of 95121
 7718 string characters out of 1182675
 2055048 words of memory out of 4509850
 3786 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000
 3640 words of font info for 14 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000
 66 hyphenation exceptions out of 5000
 23i,4n,30p,151b,107s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s
PDF statistics:
 7 PDF objects out of 300000
 0 named destinations out of 131072
 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000
</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/
cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on MorePaperSize.pdf (1 page, 9394 bytes).

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A mystery...

Thanks for you help -- much appreciated!
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