[XeTeX] xelatex and geometry

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 26.03.2008 um 16:15 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
> If you use
> \usepackage[a5paper]{geometry}
> with the current geometry.cfg of XeTeX, no global option and no other
> geometry.cfg you get with:
>
> LaTeX+dvips: wrong page size, no \special in the dvi, so the  
> default a4
>              ist used.
> pdflatex:    correct page size: geometry sets \pdfpageheight +width
> XeLaTeX:     correct page size: geometry sets \pdfpageheight +width
>
>
> With
> \usepackage[dvips,a5paper]{geometry}
> you get:
>
> LaTeX+dvips: correct page size: geometry put a dvips-\special in  
> the dvi
> pdflatex:    correct page size: geometry sets \pdfpagewidth + height
> XeLaTeX:     wrong page size: geometry does neither of the two
>


So you need to load geometry with the dvips option in case neither  
pdftex nor xetex are used ...

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