[tex-live] [OT] landscape class option

[Peter Flynn]

Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> AM I stupid?
>         \documentclass[a4paper,landscape]{article}
> does not produce landscape text? Is this the intention? It does only
> change the paperwidth and leaves the textwidth as it is. But at least
> it changes the textheight.
> 
> I had to use geometry to get it right, is this really necessary?

I have always used the following to ensure landscape got done:

\documentclass[a4paper,landscape]{article}
\usepackage[landscape,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\special{geometry}

(bearing in mind I'm a dvips user most of the time).

///Peter