[XeTeX] papersize special and memoir (and other?) documentclasses

[William Adams]

On May 22, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> I haven't looked at memoir in particular, but I'm fairly confident
> that this means the class is doing something to generate output
> before the \special from \AtBeginDvi. This can happen if the class
> modifies the \output routine, for example, and wraps something around
> the normal output (to which \AtBeginDvi gets prefixed). There was a
> similar problem with crop.sty, IIRC, and some discussion of a patch/
> workaround... try the list archives. That might point you towards a
> solution for memoir.

I dunno.

The following file %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
\documentclass[dvips, showtrims]{memoir}
\setstocksize{846bp}{648bp}
\settrimmedsize{10.75in}{8in}{*}
\settrims{36bp}{36bp}
\setlrmarginsandblock{36bp}{60bp}{*}
\setulmarginsandblock{49.5bp}{27bp}{*}
\setheadfoot{12bp}{18bp}
\setmarginnotes{1bp}{1bp}{1bp}
\checkandfixthelayout
\renewcommand{\tmarktl}{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-36,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,12){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}
\renewcommand{\tmarktr}{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(12,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,12){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkbr}{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(12,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,-36){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkbl}{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-36,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,-36){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\trimmarks}{\special{papersize=\the\stockwidth, \the 
\stockheight}{%
   \vbox to \z@{\vskip-1in \vskip\trimtop % top of logical page
     \hb at xt@\z@{\hskip-1in
       \ifodd\c at page
         \hskip\stockwidth \hskip-\trimedge \hskip-\paperwidth
       \else
         \if at twoside
           \hskip\trimedge  % left of logical page
         \else
           \hskip\stockwidth \hskip-\trimedge \hskip-\paperwidth
         \fi
       \fi
       \vbox to \paperheight{%
         \let\protect\relax        % <- v1.4 addition
         \hb at xt@\paperwidth{\tmarktl\hfil\tmarktm\hfil\tmarktr}%
         \vfil
         \hb at xt@\paperwidth{\tmarkml\hfil\tmarkmr}%
         \vfil
         \hb at xt@\paperwidth{\tmarkbl\hfil\tmarkbm\hfil\tmarkbr}}%
     \hss}%
   \vss}}
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
test\clearpage test
\end{document}

works on the first page when generated w/ latex at the command line  
and checked out with dvitype (starts with 87: xxx  
'papersize=650.43pt, 849.17249pt' ).

But it comes out with two different page sizes when I switch to  
processing it with xelatex.

Looking at the xdv file it looks like the papersize is about as close  
to the top as in the dvi --- is there an equivalent to dvitype for  
xdv files?

William

-- 
William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications



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