GNU bug report logs - #41613
26.1; ps-paper-type does not change page size

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 41613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, post+ebugs <at> guelker.eu
Subject: bug#41613: 26.1; ps-paper-type does not change page size
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:49:44 -0400

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  > "Specify the size of paper to format for."

  > It doesn't say anything about changing the paper size of the page.  So I
  > think Emacs behaves as advertised here, and I'm closing this bug report.

I agree that this isn't a bug in Emacs's code.  But is the
documentation perhaps prone to misunderstanding?  Would clarifying it
be useful?  Pointing at where to get info about changing the paper
size?

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Dr Richard Stallman
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