The numbered distances are 20 mm using eso-pic, regardless if I say "40 mm"
When you choose mm
as the gridunit
, it has a default setup:
\gridSetup
[mm] % gridunit name
{1mm} % gridunit
{1} % gridlabel factor
{5} % grid delta
{20} % grid Delta
{1} % gap
Here 20
(or the grid Delta) sets the jump between major grid lines. You can change this to suit your needs:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[texcoord,grid,gridunit=mm,gridcolor=gray!40,subgridcolor=green!40]{eso-pic}
\gridSetup
[mm] % gridunit name
{1mm} % gridunit
{1} % gridlabel factor
{5} % grid delta
{40} % grid Delta
{1} % gap
\begin{document}
.
\end{document}
Werners answer is correct. But there seems to be a bug in eso-pic
. Some code necessary to set up the grid properly is only executed once while loading the package. It should probably be in \AtBeginDocument
. I added it here to make \gridSetup
work as expected.
\documentclass[a4paper,landscape,final]{article}
\usepackage[texcoord,grid,gridunit=mm,gridcolor=gray!40,subgridcolor=green!40]{eso-pic}
\gridSetup[mm]{1mm}{1}{5}{40}{1}
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{%
% code from eso-pic, executed during load, but needed to properly
% setting up the grid
\ifESO@texcoord
\def\ESO@yoffsetI{\z@}\def\ESO@yoffsetII{-\paperheight}%
\edef\ESO@griddeltaY{-\ESO@griddelta}\edef\ESO@gridDeltaY{-\ESO@gridDelta}%
\else
\def\ESO@yoffsetI{-\paperheight}\def\ESO@yoffsetII{\z@}%
\edef\ESO@griddeltaY{\ESO@griddelta}\edef\ESO@gridDeltaY{\ESO@gridDelta}%
\fi
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
.
\end{document}