[Ipe-discuss] Define paper size A0

[Otfried Cheong]

On 04/03/2012 06:26 PM, Philipp Glira wrote:
> is it possible to define paper-size A0 in IPE?
>
> This does not work for me:
> <ipestyle name="poster">
> <layout paper="841 1189" origin="0 0" frame="841 1189" crop="no"/>
>
> It seems that the "paper"-attribute defines the number of
> points/pixels ->  in mm the dimension of the paper is about 297*420 -
> how can I change that to 841*1189?

The dimensions are in Postscript/PDF points, of which there are 72 to an 
inch. So 841mm x 1189mm are roughly 2384 x 3370 points (the dimensions 
have to be integer).

So you'd need this:

<ipestyle name="poster">
<layout paper="2384 3370" origin="0 0" frame="2384 3370" crop="no"/>
</ipestyle>

Cheers,
  Otfried