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Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales?

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From Carlos <angus@quovadis.com.ar>
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Subject Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales?
Date Mon, 29 Dec 2014 05:38:48 +0100
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[luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com>, 2014-12-27 23:43]
> I've been trying to imagine the correct semantics for selecting
> the default dimensions of the graphics for xpost. And the 
> obvious first question is: how does ghostscript do it?
> 
> So, does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales?
> Where do you configure that kind of stuff?

In Debian, at least, the system default is in /etc/papersize and
Ghostscript reads it from there.
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Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-27 23:43 -0800
  Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2014-12-28 02:49 -0800
  Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales? Carlos <angus@quovadis.com.ar> - 2014-12-29 05:38 +0100
    Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-06 20:59 -0800
      Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales? Wilfried <Wilfried@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 15:22 +0100
        Re: Does gs default to DIN A4 in non-US locales? Carlos <angus@quovadis.com.ar> - 2015-01-09 10:15 +0100

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