Re: Question about \paper{} as a curiosity

[Urs Liska]

Am 21.11.2013 00:02, schrieb Joshua Nichols:
> I noticed something I was typesetting recently:
>
> Whenever I mark my margins inside \paper{} before setting 
> the #(set-paper-size "x"), it ignores any indent, top-margin, or 
> bottom-margin commands. But, whenever I set the paper size before the 
> margins, it obeys the other commands.
>
> How come? I glanced over the reference, and couldn't find anything 
> about it.

Looks like #(set-paper-size) sets these values. So if you use it after 
setting values manually they get silently overridden.

HTH
Urs