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[Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 January 2012 10:22, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 16 January 2012 06:22, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Added "portrait" support to the page size settings for all standard paper
>> sizes. Tested with postscript output only. Required minor file format changes
>> to reflect the "portrait" setting. common/dialogs/dialog_page_settings.cpp
>> uses a checkbox but its name is "Landscape", which is inverted from portrait,
>> but since it is the more common choice, I used that rather than portrait.
>> The tooltip for that checkbox makes it clear. No portrait mode is supported
>> for "User" paper size.
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't know if GOST diffs are needed anymore in common/class_page_info.cpp, although for
>> some reason A4 page size is thought to be different between the two compilation paths:
>>
>> #if defined(KICAD_GOST)
>> const PAGE_INFO PAGE_INFO::pageA4( wxSize( 8283, 11700 ), wxT( "A4" ) );
>> #else
>> const PAGE_INFO PAGE_INFO::pageA4( wxSize( 11700, 8267 ), wxT( "A4" ) );
>> #endif
>>
>>
>> Will the real paper size please stand up?
>>
>
> Hi Dick,
>
> A4 is a metric standard paper size, 210 x 297mm. In imperial, that's
> 8.3" x 11.7"
>
> So both are a bit wrong actually.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A4_paper#The_A_series
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brian.

Hi Dick,

Sorry my information above was a bit crap. The driving A4 dimensions
are 210 x 297mm.

297 / 25.4 = 11.693" = 11693
210 / 25.4 = 8.268" = 8268

Including the rounded imperial dimensions was totally confusing!

Best Regards,

Brian.