no need to pass truedimen as class option, package option is enough

doc/config.rst

@@ -1733,11 +1733,15 @@ These options influence LaTeX output. See further :doc:`latex`.
      ``'geometry'``
         "geometry" package inclusion, the default definition is:
 
-          ``'\\usepackage{geometry}'`` (with ``[dvipdfm]`` for Japanese documents)
+          ``'\\usepackage{geometry}'``
 
-        and :file:`sphinx.sty` executes a ``\PassOptionsToPackages`` with
-        ``hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in,marginparwidth=0.5in``. See :doc:`latex`
-        for the corresponding ``'sphinxsetup'`` options.
+        with an additional ``[dvipdfm]`` for Japanese documents.
+        The Sphinx LaTeX style file executes:
+
+          ``\PassOptionsToPackage{hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in,marginpar=0.5in}{geometry}``
+
+        which can be customized via corresponding ``'sphinxsetup'`` options.
+        See :doc:`latex`.
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.5
 
@@ -1745,24 +1749,20 @@ These options influence LaTeX output. See further :doc:`latex`.
            ``dvipdfm`` option if :confval:`latex_engine` is ``'platex'``.
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.5.3
-           The ``'sphinxsetup'`` margin keys. See :doc:`latex`.
+           The ``'sphinxsetup'`` keys for ``hmargin, ...``.
 
         .. versionchanged:: 1.5.3
-           The key is executed after the  ``\sphinxsetup`` which follows
+           The execution has been moved to after the  ``\sphinxsetup`` which follows
            immediately the loading of :file:`sphinx.sty`. This is in order
            to handle the paper layout options in a special way for Japanese
            documents: the text width will be set to an integer multiple of the
            *zenkaku* width, and the text height to an integer multiple
            of the baseline.
 
-           Further, as the ``jsbook`` Japanese standard document class handles
-           pointsize other than ``10pt`` in a special manner, Sphinx uses then
-           as first document class option ``truedimen``: this will be received
-           by ``geometry`` package and help it interpret correctly further
-           class options such as ``letterpaper`` or ``a4paper``.
-
-           For ``jreport`` (Japanese ``'howto'`` documents), the situation is
-           otherwise, and the ``truedimen`` must not be used for ``geometry``.
+           For Japanese ``'manual'`` documents, Sphinx passes additionally to
+           ``geometry`` the ``truedimen`` option for compatibility with the way
+           the ``jsbook`` class handles dimensions when the pointsize is not
+           ``10pt``.
 
      ``'babel'``
         "babel" package inclusion, default ``'\\usepackage{babel}'`` (the

doc/latex.rst

@@ -14,13 +14,19 @@ The *latex* target does not benefit from pre-prepared themes like the
 .. raw:: latex
 
    \begingroup
-   \sphinxsetup{verbatimwithframe=false,%
-                VerbatimColor={named}{OldLace}, TitleColor={named}{DarkGoldenrod},%
-                hintBorderColor={named}{LightCoral}, attentionBgColor={named}{LightPink},%
-                attentionborder=3pt,  attentionBorderColor={named}{Crimson},%
-                noteBorderColor={named}{Olive}, noteborder=2pt,%
-                cautionBorderColor={named}{Cyan}, cautionBgColor={named}{LightCyan},%
-                cautionborder=3pt}
+   \sphinxsetup{%
+         verbatimwithframe=false,
+         VerbatimColor={named}{OldLace},
+         TitleColor={named}{DarkGoldenrod},
+         hintBorderColor={named}{LightCoral},
+         attentionborder=3pt,
+         attentionBorderColor={named}{Crimson},
+         attentionBgColor={named}{FloralWhite},
+         noteborder=2pt,
+         noteBorderColor={named}{Olive},
+         cautionborder=3pt,
+         cautionBorderColor={named}{Cyan},
+         cautionBgColor={named}{LightCyan}}
    \relax
 
 
@@ -109,13 +115,19 @@ If non-empty, it will be passed as argument to the ``\sphinxsetup`` command::
      dynamically the option values: this is actually what we did for the
      duration of this chapter for the PDF output, which is styled using::
 
+       \sphinxsetup{%
          verbatimwithframe=false,
-         VerbatimColor={named}{OldLace}, TitleColor={named}{DarkGoldenrod},
-         hintBorderColor={named}{LightCoral}, attentionBgColor={named}{LightPink},
-         attentionborder=3pt,  attentionBorderColor={named}{Crimson},
-         noteBorderColor={named}{Olive}, noteborder=2pt,
-         cautionBorderColor={named}{Cyan}, cautionBgColor={named}{LightCyan},
-         cautionborder=3pt
+         VerbatimColor={named}{OldLace},
+         TitleColor={named}{DarkGoldenrod},
+         hintBorderColor={named}{LightCoral},
+         attentionborder=3pt,
+         attentionBorderColor={named}{Crimson},
+         attentionBgColor={named}{FloralWhite},
+         noteborder=2pt,
+         noteBorderColor={named}{Olive},
+         cautionborder=3pt,
+         cautionBorderColor={named}{Cyan},
+         cautionBgColor={named}{LightCyan}}
 
      and with the ``svgnames`` option having been passed to "xcolor" package::
 
@@ -155,15 +167,15 @@ Here are the currently available options together with their default values.
 
        For a ``'manual'`` type document, which by default uses the ``jsbook``
        LaTeX document class, the dimension units must be so-called "true"
-       units:
+       units::
 
-         'sphinxsetup': 'hmargin=1.5truein, vmargin=1.5truein, marginpar=2zw'
+         'sphinxsetup': 'hmargin=1.5truein, vmargin=1.5truein, marginpar=5zw',
 
-       This is due to ``jsbook`` LaTeX class way of handling the pointsize
-       when it is not ``10pt``.
+       This is due to the LaTeX class ``jsbook``'s way of handling the
+       pointsize when it is not ``10pt``.
 
        To the contrary, the ``jreport`` class, which is used for ``'howto'``
-       document must be configured with "normal" units.
+       documents, must be configured with "normal" units.
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.5.3
 

sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty

@@ -1086,6 +1086,11 @@
  \newcommand*\sphinxtextlinesja[1]{%
     \numexpr\@ne+\dimexpr\paperheight-\topskip-\dimexpr#1+#1\relax\relax/
                  \baselineskip\relax}%
+ \ifx\@jsc@uplatextrue\undefined\else
+ % the way we found in order for the papersize special written by
+ % geometry in the dvi file to be correct in case of jsbook class
+   \PassOptionsToPackage{truedimen}{geometry}%
+ \fi
  \PassOptionsToPackage{%
     hmarginratio={1:1},%
     textwidth=\unexpanded{\sphinxtextwidthja{\spx@opt@hmargin}},%

sphinx/writers/latex.py

@@ -436,11 +436,6 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
 
                 # pTeX (Japanese TeX) for support
                 if builder.config.language == 'ja':
-                    # if document uses Japanese standard document classes, then
-                    # geometry package needs truedimen as initial *class* option
-                    if docclass[:2] == 'js':
-                        self.elements['papersize'] = ('truedimen,' +
-                                                      self.elements['papersize'])
                     # use dvipdfmx as default class option in Japanese
                     self.elements['classoptions'] = ',dvipdfmx'
                     # disable babel which has not publishing quality in Japanese

tests/test_build_latex.py

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def test_babel_with_language_ja(app, status, warning):
     print(result)
     print(status.getvalue())
     print(warning.getvalue())
-    assert '\\documentclass[truedimen,letterpaper,10pt,dvipdfmx]{sphinxmanual}' in result
+    assert '\\documentclass[letterpaper,10pt,dvipdfmx]{sphinxmanual}' in result
     assert '\\usepackage{babel}' not in result
     assert '\\usepackage{times}' in result
     assert '\\usepackage[Sonny]{fncychap}' not in result