[XeTeX] xelatex and geometry

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 26.03.2008 um 12:19 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
> No not really. Geometry is quite clever and resets the driver to  
> pdftex
> if it realize.
>
> So \usepackage[<dvidriver>]{geometry} is a short and convenient way  
> for
> \ifpdf
> \usepackage{geometry}
> \else
> \usepackage[<dvidriver>]{geometry}
> \fi
>
> which is tiresome and redundant as geometry can find out if  
> pdflatex is
> running itself.
>
> And so -- if possible -- I would like to avoid to have to write
>
> \ifxetex
> \usepackage{geometry}
> \else
> \usepackage[<dvidriver>]{geometry}
> \fi


Why not simply use

	\usepackage{geometry}

and in cases (La|Xe)TeX cannot know which output driver will be used,  
start with:

	\documentclass[dvips|dvipdfm|...]{article}

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   Pete

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