Re: [tlug] A4 not letter

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com>]

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:05:52 +0900, <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> I don't think it's POSIX, but some applications will obey the LC_PAPER
> environment variable.  (Or some name like that, and I don't know what
> the syntax is---I bet LC_PAPER=a4 will work if it's going to work at
> all, though.)

Good point, but you need to use a locale defined in your system that
will use A4 paper by default (as opposed to just the paper size itself).
Something like this ought to do the trick:

LC_PAPER=en_GB

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