Configuring default paper sizes

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed reedmedia net>]

I help maintain packages and packaging infrastructure for the pkgsrc [1]
package system. It has a PAPERSIZE build definition and
getpapersize/setpapersize tools but it doesn't support Gnome packages yet.

I can successfully modify share/libgnomeprint/2.6.2/printers/GENERIC.xml
(and PDF-WRITER.xml for "Create a PDF document") define USLetter or A4 for
example.

1) Instead of modifying the "share/libgnomeprint/VERSION/printers/*.xml"
files, is there a way to override using some etc/ files?

2) Any suggestions on how to tell gnome applications to use Letter
papersize in my own ~/ dot-files?

3) By the way, what are the following files used for?
share/libgnomeprint/2.6.2/models/uninstalled/GNOME-META.xml and
share/libgnomeprint/2.6.2/globals.xml which have:
        <Option Id="PhysicalSize" Type="List" Default="A4">
I tried changing them but it didn't help.

4) Also, I read a reference to GNOME_PRINT_KEY_PAPER_SIZE as
Settings.Output.Media.Physical.Size which is some type of Gnome
"Convenience keys". What does that mean? What are GNOME "Convenience
keys"?

5) What is ~/.gconf/apps/gnumeric/printsetup/%gconf.xml used for? It does
define a default as set using the "Save as Default Settings"  checkbox
under File -> Page Setup. But when I restart gnumeric, it just goes back
to my other default Paper size (as defined in
share/libgnomeprint/2.6.2/printers/GENERIC.xml).

If there is not a etc/ file for the choosing the paper size, then maybe
I'll just use awk or sed on the share/libgnomeprint/VERSION/printers/*.xml
files.

Thank you,

 Jeremy C. Reed

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