Re: Paper size error

Hubert Figuière wrote on Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:35:45 -0700:

>>>> And, the size of Envelope No10 should be given in inches rather than mm
>>>> since it's a non-ISO American size.
>>
>>> See also:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_size
>>
>> Yep, dto. We have reasonable sizes (i.e. with fractions) in inches there.

> I don't know the original rationale but I would use the "native"
> dimension for the format. Go ahead.

I think I know the rationale now.

All sizes internally get converted to millimeters and with 4.125 x 9.5 inches
the rounding differences are so big that it will not be recognizes as
Envelope No10 but rather as a custom paper size. So, we unpleasantly have to
go with millimeters for it.

Ingo