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ps2pdf, I'm fully aware that the default paper size on this system is USA letter[*0], and I can understand that size being used when creating a brand new document -- but why on earth would you think I want to use it when converting a document's rendering language from PostScript to PDF, in preference to the paper size _used by that particular document_? The PostScript document was on A4, and -- guess what? -- it was formatted to fit nicely on A4; maybe it's just me, but I didn't get the urge to chop off bits off each page just because I was converting it to PDF! Hate! [*0] Though that's a separate hate -- that I haven't spotted where to change that on this Fedora system. On Debian /etc/papersize exists and has a manpage, and even has the program paperconfig for manipulating it; Fedora has none of these things. Quite possibly Fedora has some other easy way of configuring this -- and if Debian has warped my mind into expecting things to be in odd places, it's hardly fair to hate Fedora for not targeting their OS at Debian converts. So currently I've got the unsatisfying feeling of having some unresolved hate there and not knowing where to direct it. Smylers -- May God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done.
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