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919	groff in ch6 always uses prefix PAGE=letter	brar@…	alfs-log@…	"The book (ch6/groff) tells us:
Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size.
For those in the United States, the command below is appropriate. If you live
elsewhere, you may want to change PAGE=letter to PAGE=A4.

I think this should be a configureable option for nALFS-Profiles.
currently it is:
<configure>
	<prefix>PAGE=letter</prefix>
	<param>--prefix=/usr</param>
</configure>

I'd prefer:
<configure>
	<prefix>PAGE=&paper_size;</prefix>
	<param>--prefix=/usr</param>
</configure>

and something like:
<!--  Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size.
      For those in the United States, this would be 'letter'.
      If you live elsewhere, it could also be 'A4'.
      -->

<!ENTITY paper_size ""A4"">

in config/general.ent

This would make us ""Old-Europeans"" find and edit this option without going
through the whole xml-sources.

Regards,
Brar"	defect	closed	lowest		Profiles (LFS)	SVN	minor	fixed