[pdftex] [tex-live] hyperref 6.79n breaks xetex's (xdvipdfmx) ability to set proper page dimensions (and overrides page dimensions on pdftex)

[Zdenek Wagner]

2009/12/14 Vladimir Volovich <vvv at vsu.ru>:
> Hi Heiko,
>
> "HO" == Heiko Oberdiek writes:
>
>  HO> Correct is setting the paper size in LaTeX *and* setting it for the
>  HO> output media or let a package do the last or both parts (geometry,
>  HO> hyperref, ...).
> [...]
>  HO> * Media size: the bug is in the incomplete user input (forgetting
>  HO> about \paperwidth, \paperheight.
>
> ok, but to me it seems that there's still some bug:
>
> here i'm setting both \pdfpage{width,height} and \paper{width,height}:
>
A few years ago I found that hyperref rewrites paper dimensions. I
have therefore decided to write my own package (zwpagelayout) that
sets the dimensions in \AtBeginDocument. It is tested with pdftex,
with dvips and xelatex/xdvipdfmx.

> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[unicode,pdftitle={test}]{hyperref}
> \pdfpagewidth=300bp
> \pdfpageheight=300bp
> \setlength{\paperwidth}{300bp}
> \setlength{\paperheight}{300bp}
> \begin{document}
> This is a test.
> \end{document}
>
> but when processing this document with xelatex, i'm getting
>
> Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
>
> but when processing it with pdflatex, i'm getting
>
> Page size:      300 x 300 pts
>
> Commenting out hyperref makes both xelatex and pdflatex produce the
> correct paper size.
>
> Am i still doing something wrong?
>
> Best,
> v.
>



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