From 44f6214748806e7d082ab5dc18c2de04e393e536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:44:39 +0000 Subject: orientation (11jan21) git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@57390 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/orientation/README | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/orientation/README (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/orientation/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/orientation/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c9652c9cb4d --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/orientation/README @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +orientation 1.0 (January 10, 2021) +Set page orientation for dvips/Ghostscript +Daniel Benjamin Miller + +When using dvips with Ghostscript, the various PDF auto-rotation modes may +sometimes need some tweaking. Using the auto-rotation feature of Ghostscript +may suffice in most cases: it sets the orientation of the pages of the PDF +according to text direction (either per-page or for the whole document). + +But sometimes we don't want this. For instance, Ghostscript may not obey +the orientation set by geometry or other packages. + +We have eight commands available, in two categories. + +These commands orient the current page and all following pages: + +* \setportrait +* \setlandscape +* \setupsidedown +* \setcounterlandscape + +These commands orient the current page only: + +* \thispageportrait +* \thispagelandscape +* \thispageupsidedown +* \thispagecounterlandscape + +If you don't process your file with dvips and Ghostscript/ps2pdf, then don't +expect any of these commands to do anything. + +Made available under the CC-Zero Dedication, 2021 +For more info: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ -- cgit v1.2.3