[NTG-context] "infinite" paper height

[Taco Hoekwater]

Ricard Roca wrote:
> I think that's not possible because of TeX. TeX limits any dimension to 2^30 
> scaled points (~5.75 m).

I just realized you can cheat just a little:

	\hsize=575cm
	\advance \hsize \hsize
	\message{\the\hsize} % reports 32720.66928pt ~ 11.5m

A nice one for Pavel's new 'TeX surprises' in eurobachotex
next year.


> But that's only the TeX part. I don't know if dvi drivers can combine several 
> TeX pages in one printer page infinitely. Possibly any of the PostScript 
> tools?

DVI maybe, but my Acrobat Reader 7 silently drops the bottom off pages
that are higher than 200in (508cm).

Cheers, taco