Re: foils questions
Allan Rae wrote: On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, luc tAESCH wrote: Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: im using foils for the first time. 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? If you set landscape paper then foilheads are printed on the landscape paper. If you don't set landscape then rotatefoilhead prints in landscape. So you see, if you want all your foilheads to be printed in landscape mode you should set the landscape paper option. so i did A4, landscape, and this is fine when i use psstill to rotatem an d then use acroread but gv still cut the right part (like it would be a portrait margin). the text is in there, as u can see in portrait mode, the bottom part is there. so ot seems to be a gv part. am i the only one to have this issue (release of gv in M 7.2), or is it a known issue ? despite i have a workaround, im using a shareware (ie not OSS), and it s a two steps process, so its not a long term solution. I _always_ use landscape and _only_ use foilheads or shortfoilheads. This works fine for me. il do that. 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. You should be able to add some appropriate LaTeX or TeX command but don't ask me what it is you'll have to wait for Herbert to answer that one. just for archive purpose, here is what i had to do to get good pdf for acroread: with pstill : pstill -v -R 270 -i -s -F a4 -o Foils.pdf Foils.ps -v : verbose -R 270 : rotate 270, to have correct lanscape on the screen with acroread. -i -s : include the fonts in the pdf (i : non standard, s: standard) (see later) -F a4: out format. necessary to get propoer margin, cut otherwise. note about fonts: once i installed psstill, i still had to modify the linkallfnt script, which looks usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/* , when Mandrake installs the T1 URW fonts in usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*, and rerun linkallfnt, (frank . for info) then copy the (given) font_gscrpit_sub_table to font_sub_table. to enable the urw equivalent of T1 standard fonts cheers for file in /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/* #/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*
Re: foils questions
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, luc wrote:
2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ?
Yes. It is a bug in all of {mgv,ghostview,gv} or ghostscript (probably in
the viewers, althought its surprising all of those have the same bug even
if they're based on same code).
To fix, run your postscript file through psutils, for example
pstops '0' input.ps fixed.ps
Re: foils questions
Allan Rae wrote: On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, luc tAESCH wrote: Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: im using foils for the first time. 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? If you set landscape paper then foilheads are printed on the landscape paper. If you don't set landscape then rotatefoilhead prints in landscape. So you see, if you want all your foilheads to be printed in landscape mode you should set the landscape paper option. so i did A4, landscape, and this is fine when i use psstill to rotatem an d then use acroread but gv still cut the right part (like it would be a portrait margin). the text is in there, as u can see in portrait mode, the bottom part is there. so ot seems to be a gv part. am i the only one to have this issue (release of gv in M 7.2), or is it a known issue ? despite i have a workaround, im using a shareware (ie not OSS), and it s a two steps process, so its not a long term solution. I _always_ use landscape and _only_ use foilheads or shortfoilheads. This works fine for me. il do that. 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. You should be able to add some appropriate LaTeX or TeX command but don't ask me what it is you'll have to wait for Herbert to answer that one. just for archive purpose, here is what i had to do to get good pdf for acroread: with pstill : pstill -v -R 270 -i -s -F a4 -o Foils.pdf Foils.ps -v : verbose -R 270 : rotate 270, to have correct lanscape on the screen with acroread. -i -s : include the fonts in the pdf (i : non standard, s: standard) (see later) -F a4: out format. necessary to get propoer margin, cut otherwise. note about fonts: once i installed psstill, i still had to modify the linkallfnt script, which looks usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/* , when Mandrake installs the T1 URW fonts in usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*, and rerun linkallfnt, (frank . for info) then copy the (given) font_gscrpit_sub_table to font_sub_table. to enable the urw equivalent of T1 standard fonts cheers for file in /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/* #/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*
Re: foils questions
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, luc wrote:
2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ?
Yes. It is a bug in all of {mgv,ghostview,gv} or ghostscript (probably in
the viewers, althought its surprising all of those have the same bug even
if they're based on same code).
To fix, run your postscript file through psutils, for example
pstops '0' input.ps fixed.ps
Re: foils questions
Allan Rae wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, luc tAESCH wrote: > > > Dekel Tsur wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: > > > > im using foils for the first time. > > > > > > > > 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? > > (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try > > dvips options, n o result). > > reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. > > > > can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do > > rotatefoilheader ? > > If you set landscape paper then foilheads are printed on the landscape > paper. If you don't set landscape then rotatefoilhead prints in > landscape. So you see, if you want all your foilheads to be printed in > landscape mode you should set the landscape paper option. so i did A4, landscape, and this is fine when i use psstill to rotatem an d then use acroread but gv still cut the right part (like it would be a portrait margin). the text is in there, as u can see in portrait mode, the bottom part is there. so ot seems to be a gv part. am i the only one to have this issue (release of gv in M 7.2), or is it a known issue ? despite i have a workaround, im using a shareware (ie not OSS), and it s a two steps process, so its not a long term solution. > > I _always_ use landscape¹ and _only_ > use foilheads or shortfoilheads. This works fine for me. il do that. > > > 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from > > layout/document lists ? > > > > thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. > > You should be able to add some appropriate LaTeX or TeX command but don't > ask me what it is you'll have to wait for Herbert to answer that one. just for archive purpose, here is what i had to do to get good pdf for acroread: with pstill : pstill -v -R 270 -i -s -F a4 -o Foils.pdf Foils.ps -v : verbose -R 270 : rotate 270, to have correct lanscape on the screen with acroread. -i -s : include the fonts in the pdf (i : non standard, s: standard) (see later) -F a4: out format. necessary to get propoer margin, cut otherwise. note about fonts: once i installed psstill, i still had to modify the linkallfnt script, which looks usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/* , when Mandrake installs the T1 URW fonts in usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*, and rerun linkallfnt, (frank . for info) then copy the (given) font_gscrpit_sub_table to font_sub_table. to enable the urw equivalent of T1 standard fonts cheers for file in /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/* #/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/*
Re: foils questions
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, luc wrote:
> 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ?
Yes. It is a bug in all of {mgv,ghostview,gv} or ghostscript (probably in
the viewers, althought its surprising all of those have the same bug even
if they're based on same code).
To fix, run your postscript file through psutils, for example
pstops '0' fixed.ps
Re: foils questions
Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: im using foils for the first time. 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? all i found is to install pstill . any other know way ? 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. 5) i found a seminar style, but user list messages from november say its ongoing work. is it usable ? (most of my trial fails , as items are out of slide frame. supposely known issue ?) i found that the seminar style does not have a heading which is on a fixed place on the slide . is that right.? any way to fix that with an option, or latex trick ? thanks anyway. Luc
Re: foils questions
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, luc tAESCH wrote: Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: im using foils for the first time. 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? If you set landscape paper then foilheads are printed on the landscape paper. If you don't set landscape then rotatefoilhead prints in landscape. So you see, if you want all your foilheads to be printed in landscape mode you should set the landscape paper option. The foils handling of landscape and rotated foils is definitely confusing and many times you don't get quite what you'd expect -- I know I wrote the FoilTeX docs in the Extended manual. I _always_ use landscape and _only_ use foilheads or shortfoilheads. This works fine for me. 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. You should be able to add some appropriate LaTeX or TeX command but don't ask me what it is you'll have to wait for Herbert to answer that one. Allan. (ARRae) A simple tip for presenters is that you should never use more than about two thirds of a portrait page but if you use landscape pages you can fill them. This is mainly due to the fact that people up the back of the room will still see the bottom of your foils.
Re: foils questions
Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: im using foils for the first time. 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? all i found is to install pstill . any other know way ? 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. 5) i found a seminar style, but user list messages from november say its ongoing work. is it usable ? (most of my trial fails , as items are out of slide frame. supposely known issue ?) i found that the seminar style does not have a heading which is on a fixed place on the slide . is that right.? any way to fix that with an option, or latex trick ? thanks anyway. Luc
Re: foils questions
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, luc tAESCH wrote: Dekel Tsur wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: im using foils for the first time. 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? If you set landscape paper then foilheads are printed on the landscape paper. If you don't set landscape then rotatefoilhead prints in landscape. So you see, if you want all your foilheads to be printed in landscape mode you should set the landscape paper option. The foils handling of landscape and rotated foils is definitely confusing and many times you don't get quite what you'd expect -- I know I wrote the FoilTeX docs in the Extended manual. I _always_ use landscape and _only_ use foilheads or shortfoilheads. This works fine for me. 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. You should be able to add some appropriate LaTeX or TeX command but don't ask me what it is you'll have to wait for Herbert to answer that one. Allan. (ARRae) A simple tip for presenters is that you should never use more than about two thirds of a portrait page but if you use landscape pages you can fill them. This is mainly due to the fact that people up the back of the room will still see the bottom of your foils.
Re: foils questions
Dekel Tsur wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: > > im using foils for the first time. > > 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try dvips options, n o result). reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do rotatefoilheader ? all i found is to install pstill . any other know way ? 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from layout/document lists ? thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. > > 5) i found a seminar style, but user list messages from november say its > > ongoing work. is it usable ? (most of my trial fails , as items are out > > of slide frame. supposely known issue ?) > i found that the seminar style does not have a heading which is on a fixed place on the slide . is that right.? any way to fix that with an option, or latex trick ? thanks anyway. Luc
Re: foils questions
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, luc tAESCH wrote: > Dekel Tsur wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:01:32PM +0100, luc wrote: > > > im using foils for the first time. > > > > > 2) in landscape mode, my slides are cut on the left. is it a gv issue ? > (exporting pdf, and viewing under another reader seems ok) (i did try > dvips options, n o result). > reading the extended featuire was not clear for me. > > can i set the landscape paper , then use foilsherader, or should i do > rotatefoilheader ? If you set landscape paper then foilheads are printed on the landscape paper. If you don't set landscape then rotatefoilhead prints in landscape. So you see, if you want all your foilheads to be printed in landscape mode you should set the landscape paper option. The foils handling of landscape and rotated foils is definitely confusing and many times you don't get quite what you'd expect -- I know I wrote the FoilTeX docs in the Extended manual. I _always_ use landscape¹ and _only_ use foilheads or shortfoilheads. This works fine for me. > 3) can i set the fonts i want per default, not only the one from > layout/document lists ? > > thats something id liek to know soon, event in a negativ manner. You should be able to add some appropriate LaTeX or TeX command but don't ask me what it is you'll have to wait for Herbert to answer that one. Allan. (ARRae) ¹ A simple tip for presenters is that you should never use more than about two thirds of a portrait page but if you use landscape pages you can fill them. This is mainly due to the fact that people up the back of the room will still see the bottom of your foils.
