[bug #62238] Add a PAPER_FLAG for groff when creating PostScript or PDF files

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #62238 (project groff):


[comment #1 comment #1:]
> 
[...]
> >   In the file "contrib/pdfmark/pdfmark.am" there is a flag
> > "PDFMARK_PFLAG"
> 
> ...not in groff Git HEAD or the groff 1.22.4 tag, there isn't.
> 
> Is this one of your customizations?
> 
  No.
  This was removed in my branch and master's after my submission.
[...]
> Yes, and since `PAGE` is a build-time macro defining the default paper size
for the formatter, it's superfluous to pass a `-dpaper` option to the
formatter to assign the same value.
> 
  The "PAGE" configuration variable does not change the default page
size (page_length) of the _formatter_, just that of the printers as
defined in the DESC files for the fonts.

  The value of "11" is hard-coded in the file "src/roff/troff/div.cpp"
(units_per_inch*11).

  The pagesize macro is called in the troffrc file but the "paper" is
not set, and so the default page size of the _formatter_ is still the
hard-coded value (and the line length ".l").

  The question is: should the paper size and the page size (register
".p") be synchronised?

By adding to a version of "tmac/troffrc" (tmac/troffrc.in) something
like:

.do if !d paper .ds paper @PAGE@

  before the line ".do mso papersize.tmac"

  and to the "tmac.am" a line similar to "tmac/www.tmac"?

[...]
> What is deficient in this presentation?

See above.
[...]
> What is it you're asking for?
See above.


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