Am 15.09.2010 um 02:26 schrieb Arild Syme:
> I am trying to string 10 pdfs together onto one very wide page so I can print
> it as a scroll.
> I've tried using texexec as follows:
>
> $texexec --combination=10*1 --pdfcombine infile.pdf
>
> but what I get is 10 pdfs at the top of an A4 sheet.
> How do I make a custom page size 1480mm x 210 mm?
>
> I've also tried using a tex file like the following:
>
> \definepapersize [scroll][width=1480mm, height=210mm]
> \setuppapersize[A5][scroll]
> \setuppaper
> [topspace=0mm,
> backspace=0mm,
> dx=1mm,
> dy=0mm,
> nx=1,
> ny=10,
nx=10,
ny=1
> margin=0,
> width=148mm,
> height=210mm]
> \setuplayout
> [topspace=0mm,
> backspace=0mm,
> margin=0mm,
> width=1480mm,
> height=210mm,
> header=0mm,
> footer=0mm]
You can just write
\setuplayout[page]
> \setuparranging[XY]
>
> \starttext
> \insertpages
> [input.pdf]
> \stoptext
>
> I get the right sized pdf sheet, but all the input.pdf pages are stacked on
> top of one another in a big mess all on the right hand side.
This is a alternative solution for your problem:
\starttext
\startTEXpage
\getfiguredimensions[insert.pdf]
\dontleavehmode\dorecurse\noffigurepages{\externalfigure[insert.pdf][page=\recurselevel]}
\stopTEXpage
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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