From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 9 10:13:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7425714A26 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 10:13:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 8079 invoked from network); 9 Nov 1999 18:13:27 -0000 Received: from userah05.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.132.190) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 9 Nov 1999 18:13:27 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id SAA01030; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:12:59 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:12:58 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: "Gray, David W." Cc: "'freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Re: Student project ideas Message-ID: <19991109181258.A316@marder-1> References: <01D4D419B1A4D111A30400805FE65B13033660AE@nmrusdunsx1.nielsenmedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <01D4D419B1A4D111A30400805FE65B13033660AE@nmrusdunsx1.nielsenmedia.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 08:07:13AM -0500, Gray, David W. wrote: > Y'know, I'd like to see the output go to LaTeX. Why, you might > well ask? In LaTeX, I can use a package called Vmargin to let me > change the size & *shape* of a page. I like to print out pages > 2up 2sided, which happens to neatly fit in the 'pc' sized binders > you see all over the place. The typical way of doing this is to > output postscript, and use postscript code to rotate, translate, and > scale. This sucks. TeX fonts are *bitmaps* and don't scale. Also > (more importantly to me), the aspect ratio (height to width) is > notably different between an 8.5"x11" sheet (US letter) and the > resulting 5.5"x8.5" half sheet. That's one advantage the ISO A-series has; the aspect ratio is *always* 0.707 (root 2). The short edge of each size is the same as the long edge of the next smallest size. -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message