[texhax] Bad effect when using xetex together with color

[Rodolfo Medina]

Ulrike Fischer <news3 at nililand.de> writes:

> Am Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:30:25 +0000 schrieb Rodolfo Medina:
>
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> When processing the following wit xetex:
>> 
>> \input eplain
>> \input color
>> 
>> \special{papersize=297mm,210mm} %landscape A4
>> 
>> hallo
>> 
>> \vfill\eject
>> 
>> hallo
>> 
>> \bye
>> 
>> the second page of output does not respect \papersize.  Why? 
>
> color sets \pdfpagewidth and \pdfpageheight and this conflicts with
> the special. Better do it like this:
>
> \input eplain
>
> %before color, so that color can pick it up:
> \paperheight=210mm
> \paperwidth=297mm
>
> \input color
>
> hallo
>
> \vfill\eject
>
> hallo
>
> \bye


Thanks, Ulrike and Philip.  That was very helpful.  I prefer setting myself the
page layout parameters, because they have to have the possibility of changing
according to the purpose and the use of the output...

Cheers,

Rodolfo