Re: [Groff] setpagedevice

[Miklos Somogyi]

On 17/02/2006, at 9:38 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> >
>
> o The paper size is now emitted via the %%DocumentMedia and PageSize
>   mechanisms so that it is no longer required to tell `gv' or `ps2pdf'
>   about the paper size.  The `broken' flag value 16 omits this feature
>   (the used PostScript command `setpagedevice' is a LanguageLevel 2
>   extension) -- if you intend to further process grops output to get
>   an encapsulated PS (EPS) file you must also use this option.

Thanks, I started with 1.18.1 and this version stops at 8..
> I don't think that `BP' is the right place.  For me, the paper size
> and orientation is a global option.  TeX can't do that either, BTW.
>
> >   <</PageSize ... would also allow the free mixing of land/port
> > pages, not only all port or all land (using two versions of "bp").
>
> Feel free to add macros which do that for you (using the \X'ps: ...'
> escape).  I won't do that directly within groff.

Yes, I'll do just that. setpagedevice does not preclude DSC comments
and, unlike DSC comments, every level2-3 interpreter must know about it.
And I am lazy enough to print in one batch, rather than two, and 
assemble ports and lands
manually.

Thank you,

Miklos