Bug#53927: tetex-bin: /usr/info/dvips.info.gz out of date to /usr/lib/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/dvips.tex
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tags 53927 + fixed-upstream
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On 03.01.00 wuth@errant.castrov.cuug.ab.ca (wuth@errant.castrov.cuug.ab.ca) wrote:
Hi Brett,
> /usr/info/dvips.info.gz seems to take most of its contents from
> /usr/lib/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/dvips.tex. But is missing
> the following paragraph:
>
> The dvips default landscape configuration is presently as though
> the paper were rotated ninety degrees counterclockwise; this seems
> to be the convention adopted by previewers that the author is
> familiar with. If for some reason you need your landscape
> orientation to be rotated clockwise, simply include at the top of
> your TeX file or in some included macro file
> \special{! /landplus90 true store}
> to set this orientation. Alternatively, you can change the default
> value of landplus90 in the tex.lpro file before compilation, or
> include a header file that just includes the definition /landplus90
> true store.
>
> /usr/info/dvips.info.gz should be updated to the current text in
> /usr/lib/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/dvips.tex, or it should mention that
> /usr/lib/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/dvips.tex exists and is more complete.
>
Again no reaction from us for long. Sorry for that!
I've forwarded that stuff to upstream and got the response, that
dvips.tex is very outdated and has been superseded indeed by
dvips.info. In the latest teTeX-beta dvips.tex has been removed.
The developers agreed that documenting plain PS commands to the end
user is not recommended as today there should be better methods to
rotate pages.
I'm marking your bug forwarded and fixed in upstream.
Kind Regards,
Hilmar
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