Bug#836120: texlive-latex-base: [landscape] option of \documentclass
Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2014.20141024-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I began my landscape-test.tex file with:
\documentclass[10pt,landscape,a4paper]{article}
I gave the commands:
latex landscape-test.tex
xdvi landscape-test.dvi
.
A new window opened in portrait shape.
It displayed some of the file.
There was a red border outlining an oblong,
taller than it was wide.
I would prefer a landscape shaped window,
displaying an area wider than it is tall.
I would prefer that the red outline also be wider than it is tall.
I had asked for "landscape" as advised in the book
"A Document Preparation System
LATEX
USER'S GUIDE AND
REFERENCE MANUAL"
by Leslie Lamport
I attach copies of the file landscape-test.tex
and landscape-test.fls .
The latter was produced later when I used the -recorder option.
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Later, I gave the command:
dvips landscape-test.dvi
.
This generated a file called landscape-test.ps.
I gave the command:
okular landscape-test.ps
.
This opened a window displaying a portrait document.
I required a landscape document.
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I tried using pdflatex instead,
that correctly produced a landscape output,
as seen using okular.
Thank you very much for maintaining "latex",
I find it very useful.
with best regards from
Richard Betham
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minimal input file
landscape-test.tex
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other files
landscape-test.fls
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1175 May 18 20:12 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 21 2014 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 2 2014 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-
dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 2 2014 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-
dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
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Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 May 18 20:12 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3972 May 18 20:12
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Dec 2 2014
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3245 May 18 20:12
/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Oct 21 2014 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 May 18 20:12 texmf.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.5
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.17.27
ii tex-common 5.03
ii texlive-base 2014.20141024-2
ii texlive-binaries 2014.20140926.35254-6
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base recommends:
ii texlive-latex-base-doc 2014.20141024-2
texlive-latex-base suggests no packages.
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56
ii dpkg 1.17.27
ii ucf 3.0030
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
pn debhelper <none>
Versions of packages texlive-latex-base is related to:
ii tex-common 5.03
ii texlive-binaries 2014.20140926.35254-6
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:\documentclass[10pt,landscape,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{graphics}
\pagestyle{headings}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.5in}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0pt}
\setlength{\textwidth}{270mm}
\markright{Betham - Davies}
\setlength{\topmargin}{-10mm}
\setlength{\headsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\footskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\textheight}{190mm}
\begin{document}
\section*{\begin{center} This file should be in landscape format \end{center}}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c }
A\hspace{15mm}A & B\hspace{15mm}B & C\hspace{15mm}C & D\hspace{15mm}D & E\hspace{15mm}E & F\hspace{15mm}F & G\hspace{15mm}G & H\hspace{15mm}H & I\hspace{15mm}I & J\hspace{15mm}J & \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
PWD /home/rb/temp
INPUT /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
INPUT /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt
INPUT landscape-test.tex
OUTPUT landscape-test.log
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def
OUTPUT landscape-test.aux
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/fontname/texfonts.map
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr12.tfm
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmbx12.tfm
INPUT /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmsl10.tfm
OUTPUT landscape-test.dvi
INPUT landscape-test.aux
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