ISO 216 vs U.S. paper

[Caolan McNamara]

On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 11:17 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> Gedit is set to A4 <--- ISO 216 Why is gedit set to A4 while the rest of 
> my system is set to en_US-UTF-8
> Gthumb is set to A4 <--- ISO 216 Why is gthumb set to A4 while the rest 
> of my system is set to en_US-UTF-8
> ( My keyboard is set to Icelandic, but  I dont think that matters )
> 
> What I'm talking about is consistency in applications that support 
> printing and their default paper size.
> Why do Gedit and Gthumb have their default settings set to A4 while the 
> other are set to US.Letter
> Application that offer printing should be getting their default paper 
> size from the same location and hence
> they should all default to the same paper size.

Where does "paperconf" from libpaper fit into this ? It seems to have
its own alternative hierarchy of variables :-(

C.