Bug#118563: tetex-bin: dvips does not rotate

[Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>]

On 07.11.01 Christian T. Steigies (cts@debian.org) wrote:

Hi all,

> However:
> dvips -ta4 -tlandscape  -o postera0.ps postera0.dvi
> This is dvips(k) 5.86d Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2001.11.06:1835' -> postera0.ps
> dvips: both landscape and papersize specified:  ignoring landscape
> dvips: warning: -t selected paper may be too small
> 
> a4 is obviously the wrong pagesize, but there is no a0 (nor a1 or
> a2) defined in /etc/texmf/dvips/config.ps. If I add a0 there (which
> IMHO should be in the config by default in the debian package), it
> still does not work, I can not specify both, papersize and
> landscape, which IMHO is a bug?
> 
The request to make a1, a0 etc. known to config.ps were submitted to
the DBTS and forwarded to Thomas.

> Even when I only use dvips -tlandscape, I get:
> dvips: both landscape and papersize specified:  ignoring landscape
> which I find a little odd, I don't see any environment which would specify
> the papersize? Except for /etc/papersize maybe... maybe I have to add A0 to
> /etc/paper.config as well? This is from gnome-libs-data so I guess thats
> complete unrelated.
> 
/etc/papersize is not regarded by TeX.

Just for documentation:

drachi:[hille] >more z.tex
\documentclass{minimal}
\newcommand{\test}{test test test test test test test test test test test test
test test test test test test test test test test }
\newcommand{\testtest}{\test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test
\test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test \test }
\begin{document}
\testtest \testtest \testtest
\end{document}
drachi:[hille] >latex z
<snip>
drachi:[hille] >dvips -ta4 -tlandscape z
This is dvips(k) 5.86e Copyright 2001 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2004.02.28:1248' -> z.ps
<texc.pro>. [1] [2]
drachi:[hille] >

so it seems to be caused by a0poster. a0poster creates an own
Postscript-Header files, which is read by dvips.

> If I am doing something very stupid here, please enlighten me.
> 
a0poster itself says to have a class option portrait for your
purpose. Further there should be posterdraft "reduces the postscript
output to DIN A4 size, so test printings can be made with ordinary
DIN A4 printers.", but that didn't work, when I tested it.

Hilmar
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