Re: [Groff] Bad table images with groff -t -man -Thtml xxx.1

[Gaius Mulley]

Hi Colin,

Colin Watson <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 09:24:14PM +0000, Gaius Mulley wrote:
> > this works for me. I think the key issue is whether the C define
> > `PAGEA4' is set correctly (src/include/config.h) by ./configure.  [It
> > does this by checking the domain name which this might not be
> > sufficient for a standalone machine at home..]
> 
> Ouch. It won't work very well for distributed binary packages either.
> 
> Debian has libpaperg and /etc/papersize, which helps with this sort of
> thing - if there's at least some provision for selecting at run-time
> then I can patch in support for that.

yes ouch.. I think a solution (in grohtml) is to lookup the
pagelength in devps/DESC, then grohtml can then force gs to use the
correct paperlength. (Achieved by the gs option -sPAPERSIZE=letter or
-sPAPERSIZE=a4).

Gaius