[OS X TeX] Default Paper Size

[Gerben Wierda]

This is what I wrote in the perl configure script (have a look at what 
I do to keep users from getting another panel):

sub selectPaperSize
{
     if ($simpleinstall) {
         my $syspapersizeline = `sudo -u \"$II2USER\" defaults find 
DefaultPaperID`;
         chomp( $syspapersizeline);
         if ($syspapersizeline =~ 
/\{\s*DefaultPaperID\s*=\s*\"([^"]+)\"\s*;\s*\}/) {
             my $syspapersize = $1;
             $syspapersize =~ s/^iso-//;
             $syspapersize =~ s/^na-//;
             print "### ${PROGNAME}: Detected paper size $syspapersize 
for $II2USER.\n";
             $syspapersize =~ tr [A-Z] [a-z];
             $dorepairownership = 1;
             print "### ${PROGNAME}: Setting paper size $syspapersize 
for dvips ...\n";
             system( "texconfig dvips paper $syspapersize </dev/null") 
== 0
                 or warn "### ${PROGNAME}: failed to set papersize 
$syspapersize for dvips\n";
             print "### ${PROGNAME}: Setting paper size $syspapersize 
for pdfTeX ...\n";
             system( "texconfig pdftex paper $syspapersize </dev/null") 
== 0
                 or warn "### ${PROGNAME}: failed to set papersize 
$syspapersize for pdftex\n";
             return;
         }
     }

after which the user selection happens if there was no setting found or 
there is no "simple" install

G

On 17 Nov 2004, at 17:30, Herb Schulz wrote:

> On 11/17/04 10:07 AM, "Gerben Wierda" <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl> wrote:
>
>> If you read tex.configure you'll see
>>
>> sudo -u <user> defaults find DefaultPaperID
>>
>> because the tex.configure script is running is root.
>>
>> G
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I get the following:
>
> Herbs-PBG4:~ herbs$ sudo -u herbs defaults find DefaultPaperID
> Password:
> Found 1 keys in domain 'com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs': 
> {DefaultPaperID =
> "na-letter"; }
>
> And, like I said, I've got the default set to ``US letter''.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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