Change Document Format from Letter to A4

Erik P. Olsen erik at epo.dk
Mon Jan 22 23:04:24 UTC 2007


Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 01:18pm on Monday, January 22, 2007 (UK time), Erik P. Olsen scrawled:
> 
>>>> thanks for your help here is my output
>>>>
>>>> $ locale LC_PAPER
>>>> 279
>>>> 216
>>>> UTF-8
>>>>
>>>> is this correct?
>>> That's the same as my default of letter size.  I believe those are the 
>>> millimeter sizes of letter paper.
>>>
>> No it isn't. I think 216 is a typo since I have:
>>
>> $ locale LC_PAPER
>> 297
>> 210
>> UTF-8
> 
> 216 is the default US setting.  210 is the default UK (en_GB) setting,
> and I presume other European countries.
>
OK, I stand corrected. I misread the length of 279 mm as 297 mm :-)

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