Re: plain TeX: different \hsize and \vsize for odd and even pages (was: plain TeX: different margins for odd and even pages)

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 >  \global\hsize=\oddhsize

yes but only if, as in your example, all page breaks are forced.

if you have any paragraphs breaking over a page (as happens in most
documents)  that doesn't really work, as a paragraph is broken in to lines
with a fixed \hsize (the value in force at the end)  so to change hsize mid
paragraph you need to guess how many lines are in the first page, then set
up a parshape that uses one linewidth for that many lines and then the
hsize for the remaining lines for the new page.

David

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r></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

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