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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
* src/devices/grolbp/lpb.cc, src/include/lib.h: Move strncasecmp()
stuff from the former to the latter.
+ * INSTALL: Add info about selecting paper format.
+
2000-09-11 Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
Implementing two new requests .tm1 and .tmc: The former is similar
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0465f4e5..cdf7eb98 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ usual malloc, it is good idea to include it in LIBS. For example,
using the malloc that comes with GNU Emacs version 20 can give a
worthwhile (and sometimes spectacular) performance improvement.
+If you want A4 or letter paper format and the configure script produces
+an incorrect guess, say
+
+ PAGE=xxx ./configure
+
+where `xxx' should be either `A4' or `letter'. Note that this will only
+affect the paper selection for grops. For compatibility with ditroff,
+the default page length in gtroff is always 11 inches. The page length
+can be changed with the `pl' request.
+
When you have built groff, you can use the test-groff script to try
groff out on one of the man pages. (Use the .n files not the .man
files.) The test-groff script sets up environment variables to allow