--- "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > To go from latex to pdf I use dvips and the adobe > online encoding. > I can't use pdflatex or PDFTex because my documents > use gnuplot > generated tex files that contain postscript (this > allows me to have > LaTeX render the text part of the graphs, and makes > it easier to adjust > the axis labeling, which on 3D plots sometimes > conflict with the axis > and need to be moved, depending upon the view > perspective). > > I go from ps to pdf via Adobe online encoding > because sometimes > ghostscript (ps2pdf) messes up, and you often can't > tell until you have > printed it - but sometimes its really obvious (like > putting letters on > top of each other). Distiller (online encoding) gets > it right. > > I have a prosper class latex document (PDF slide > show). It needs to be > A4 landscape. > It also must be done dvi -> pd -> pdf because > prosper uses pstricks > > When I use dvips -Ppdf > > I get a landscape but it is letter, right side of > slides chopped. > > If I use dvips -Ppdf -t a4 > > It does get done a4 by online - but portrait, so I > have to rotate it to > properly view it. > > If I use dvips -Ppdf -t a4 -t landscape > > I still get portrait A4 > > -=- > Does anyone know either > > a) A proper option sequence to give to dvips to get > A4 landscape out of > Adobe online encoding > > b) A proper way to modify the output of dvips (the > postscript file) to > make sure it really is landscape a4 Get GSView and use Ghostscript to make the changes. dvips -P pdf -t A4 filename.dvi filename.ps > > c) A way to modify an existing PDF file so that it > is landscape by > default Use GSView, the rpm from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ and this should fix it. Hope it helps. KGhostview, does not have the options that GSView has. Those options should be there and I hope that it works for you. Best Regards, Antonio > > Either one of those (a would obviously be best) > would solve my problem. > > Thanks for suggestions. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
