Can margins be set in compile command?

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To conserve screen space while editing it would be nice to compile without margins when still working on a paper. Is there any way to accomplish that?

You can probably set the margins with the geometry package (https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/46175), and remove that setting when you're done. — Torbjørn T., Aug 30 '17 at 16:22
@TorbjørnT. Can you please post that as an answer so that I can accept it? — Elias, Aug 31 '17 at 13:02
@StevenB.Segletes I asked a different question but wanted the same but learned from the reply that I was trying to solve the wrong problem. — Elias, Aug 31 '17 at 13:03
We might as well close as duplicate then, if that's OK with you. — Torbjørn T., Aug 31 '17 at 13:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '17 at 17:05

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I would do different as Torbjørn T. suggested above. In fact, I have done this often enough for printing other's papers to increase the font size.

The pdfcrop executable removes all the margin. You only need to take care for page numbering and other elements in the margins, but you can turn that off in your preamble.

I suspect, the result will look ugly, but --margin option to pdfcrop might help a but. You might want to go as far as developing a whole new "web" version. Someone I know kept the margin and all the formatting, but turned the twopage option off.

answered Aug 30 '17 at 17:05

Oleg Lobachev

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Well, is this faster to compile first and then use another executable to remove the margins after? – Aug 30 '17 at 19:01
Nope, it ain't. But the question was about cropping margins, which my suggestion does. – Oleg Lobachev Aug 31 '17 at 19:57

Can margins be set in compile command?

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