Re: [Groff] Custom page size & margin

[Larry Kollar]

> Howdy --
> OS: Linux(Slackware 9.0)
> Groff version: 1.19
> Ghostscript: 7.0.6
>
> How can I set a customer page size and page margin?

What macro package are you using? Here's how you'd do it with mm or ms,
printing to 7x9-inch paper:

        mm: groff -mm -rO0.75i -rW5.5i -rL9i -P-p9i,7i  file.mm >file.ps
        ms: groff -ms -rPO=0.75i -rLL=5.5i -rPL=9i -P-p9i,7i file.ms >file.ps

You might have to upgrade to 1.19.1 to make the ms version work though.
For -ms, you'll also have to add a line at the beginning of the file:

        .if rPL .pl \n[PL]u

Not sure whether -me can do any of this.

Basically, the -r option sets a number register. One-letter names don't 
need
the = sign between the name & the value. The -P option passes its 
argument
to the postprocessor (grops for PS output in this case) and grops's -p 
option
sets the page size (length,width).

> Can someone recommend a good online web-pages/docuements/book  (or 
> printer)
> groff?

Heinz has already answered that one. :-)

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