[XeTeX] landscape mode with XeLaTeX

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 12.05.2008 um 11:43 schrieb Bruno Voisin:

> xelatex -output-driver="xdvipdfmx -p a4 -l" filename
>
> or even better (given the -q and -E options are also used by default,
> on the Mac at least)
>
> xelatex -output-driver="xdvipdfmx -q -E -p a4 -l" filename
>
> That said, there are also the primitives \pdfpageheight and
> \pdfpagewidth which can be used in the XeLaTeX input file. Hence,
>
> \setlength{\pdfpageheight}{210mm}
> \setlength{\pdfpagewidth} {297mm}
>
> might do the trick as well, I've never tried.


When the paper size is *not* different from TeX's default setting,  
then it can be left away – except for (dumb) xdv2pdf, which needs in  
any case the size value that a :landscape can be attached to.

Instead of setting PDF variables it is recommended to use the  
geometry package. It also adjusts some other dimensions accordingly.

In any case *two* things need to be done: telling TeX and telling the  
output driver the deviations.

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