[pdftex] Re: how can I view an oversized document?

[Hans Hagen]

At 01:28 AM 12/15/00 +0100, Denis B. Roegel wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I want to make a screen version of a poster
>and I would like therefore a page format such as 200cm * 30cm.
>I have no problem with tex accepting that, but I don't know
>how to have acroread display that large page. Is it possible?

\definepapersize[poster][width=200cm,height=20cm]
\setuppapersize[poster][poster]

or in plain tex: 

\pdfpagewidth=\hsize
\pdfpageheight=\vsize

>On a related note, how do I include a metapost figure
>with plain pdftex? When I try the following
>
>\input graphicx
>\hsize=200cm
>\vsize=30cm
>\includegraphics{e.1}
>\end
>>I get

add: 

>(/usr/local/tex/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)))) <e.1> [1
>Non-PDF special
ignored!{/usr/local/tex/texmf/pdftex/config/psfonts.map}{/usr/l
> ...
>
>Is it normal?

just use the low level: 

\input supp-pdf.tex

\convertMPtoPDF{e.1}{1}{1}

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