I use:
groff -t -P-l <filename>
to print a groff file containing tables in "landscape" format so it
appears 90-degrees from normal "portrait" orientation.
I produce a document in two "columns", right- and left-hand pages
side-by-side on an 8-1/2-inch by 11-inch paper. Works fine for me.
Clarke
On 06/08/2014 06:01 PM, Mike Bianchi wrote:
I just don't seem able to get this right.
I want to create a Postscript file with the text turned 90 degrees from
horizontal.
I define
.ll 4.0i
.pl 2.5i
.po 0
I format a simple label that looks just fine in Letter sized displays.
I want to
crop the Postscript to 4 x 2.5 inches
rotate it 90 degrees
Look at it with gv(1) and then send it to my Dymo label printer.
I have the label printer working, so I think this should work:
tmpfile=/tmp/xxx
groff file >${tmpfile}
psnup -w4in -h2.5in -l ${tmpfile} >${tmpfile}2
gv ${tmpfile}2
If I make the 3rd line
psnup -l ${tmpfile} >${tmpfile}2
and I get the label, but not rotated.
I've also tried using
pstops '0L' ${tmpfile} >${tmpfile}2
but again, no output.
Oddly
pstops '0V' ${tmpfile} >${tmpfile}2
produces the expected vertical reflection.
Any suggestions?
Is there a way to do the rotation _within_ groff?
(I know about the pic "aligned" hack,
but that seems to be useful only for simple unformatted text.
I would need to rotate an entire groff diversion.)
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