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PAPERINFO(3) Library Functions Manual PAPERINFO(3)
NAME
paperinfo, paperwithsize, paperfirst, paperlast, papernext, paperprev - return informations about a paper
SYNOPSYS
#include <paper.h>
const struct paper* paperinfo(const char* papername)
const struct paper* paperwithsize(double psw, double psh)
char* papername(const struct paper*)
double paperpswidth(const struct paper*)
double paperpsheigth(const struct paper*)
const struct paper* paperfirst(void)
const struct paper* papernext(const struct paper* pinfo)
const struct paper* paperprev(const struct paper* pinfo)
const struct paper* paperlast(void)
DESCRIPTION
paperinfo() returns a pointer to a struct paper containing informations about the paper with name papername paperwithsize() looks for a
paper whose width and height is psw and psh in PostScript points, and return a pointer to a struct paper corresponding to the paper found.
papername() returns the name of a paper described by an opaque struct paper object paperpswidth() returns the width, in PostScript points,
of a paper described by an opaque struct paper object paperpsheight() returns the height, in PostScript points, of a paper described by an
opaque struct paper object
paperfirst() and paperlast() return the first and last entries for papers. Iteration from one entry to the next or the previous one can be
done with papernext() and paperprev() respectively.
SEE ALSO
paperinit(3), paperdone(3) defaultpapername(3)
papersize(5)
24 September 1996 PAPERINFO(3)