Opened 20 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
#906 closed defect (fixed)
PAGE set to [letter] instead of [paper_size]
| Reported by: | Owned by: | Matthew Burgess | |
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| Priority: | lowest | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Book | Version: | TESTING |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Matthew Burgess |
Description
Currently, we have the PAGE environment variable set to "letter" encapsulated with replaceable tags but the paragraph above the configure line may confuse the readers.
We should either 1) remove the replaceable tags from the configure line or 2) set the PAGE variable to, for example, [paper_size] and modify the paragraph
to "Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper
size. For users in the United States, this should be PAGE=letter. Elsewhere, the PAGE=A4 may be more appropriate."
Change History (7)
comment:1 by , 20 years ago
comment:2 by , 20 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Looking at it again, the more semantically correct fix is to simply change the text in the replaceable tags. Fixed in r4230.
comment:3 by , 20 years ago
| Cc: | added |
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Matthew, the paragraph above the command still needs some rewording.
comment:4 by , 20 years ago
| Resolution: | fixed |
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| Status: | closed → reopened |
Yep, well caught. Sorry about that!
comment:5 by , 20 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | reopened → new |
comment:6 by , 20 years ago
| Status: | new → assigned |
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Yep, removing the replaceable tags would be the most sane solution, given the explanatory text above that command. Thanks for the report.