2006/10/9, Wolfgang Schuster :

2006/10/7, Tobias Burnus :

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Hello,

Using \combinepages[some-pdf][nx=3,ny=5], I get:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

However, I'd like to get: 1 5 9 2 6 10 3 7 11 4 8 12

How can one achieve this? (I want to create again a poster out of talk.pdf.)

Tobias

Hi Tobias,

I can provide a first draft of a solution to your problem.

The frame around the combination should you show a small problem with my correction, it is up to you change this and maybe to wikify this.

[old macro deleted] I changed the macro to a (for mee) more readable form. \unprotect % a new variable for horizontal (default) direction \startvariables dutch english german czech italian romanian french horizontal: horizontal horizontal horizontal horizontal horizontal horizontal horizontal \stopvariables % we extract the combine macros from the core \def\docombinepages[#1][#2]% a=perpag b=free {\bgroup \dontcomplain \getfiguredimensions[#1]% \getparameters [\??ip] [\c!alternative=\v!a, \c!n=\noffigurepages,\c!nx=2,\c!ny=2,\c!start=1,\c!stop=\!!maxcard, \c!distance=\bodyfontsize, \c!bottom=\vfill,\c!top=\vss, \c!left=\hss,\c!right=\hss, \c!before=\page,\c!after=\page,\c!inbetween=\blank, \c!frame=,\c!background=,\c!backgroundcolor=, \c!direction=\v!horizontal, #2]% \@@ipbefore %\doglobal\newcounter\combinedpagescounter \globallet\combinedpagescounter\@@ipstart \doifelse\@@ipalternative\v!b\!!doneafalse\!!doneatrue \doifelse\@@ipdirection\v!horizontal\docombinepageshorizontal\docombinepagesvertical#1 % watch the #1 ;-) \@@ipafter \egroup} % we work from left to right and from top to bottom \def\docombinepageshorizontal#1 {\if!!donea \doloop {\vbox to \textheight {\hsize\textwidth % ? ? \scratchdimen\@@ipdistance \!!widtha \dimexpr(\hsize-\@@ipnx\scratchdimen+\scratchdimen)/\@@ipnx\relax \!!heighta\dimexpr(\vsize-\@@ipny\scratchdimen+\scratchdimen)/\@@ipny\relax \dorecurse\@@ipny {\hbox to \hsize {\dorecurse\@@ipnx {\vbox to \!!heighta {\hsize\!!widtha \vsize\!!heighta \@@iptop \hbox to \hsize {\@@ipleft \ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipstop\relax \globallet\@@ipn\!!zerocount \else\ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipn \else \externalfigure[#1] [\c!object=\v!no, \c!page=\combinedpagescounter, \c!factor=\v!max, \c!background=\@@ipbackground, \c!backgroundcolor=\@@ipbackgroundcolor, \c!frame=\@@ipframe]% \fi\fi \@@ipright} \@@ipbottom}% \doglobal\increment\combinedpagescounter \hfil}% \hfilneg} \vfil}% \vfilneg}% \page \ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipn \exitloop\fi} \else \doloop {\startbaselinecorrection \scratchdimen\@@ipdistance \!!widtha\dimexpr(\hsize-\@@ipnx\scratchdimen+\scratchdimen)/\@@ipnx\relax \hbox to \hsize {\dorecurse\@@ipnx {\doglobal\increment\combinedpagescounter \ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipn \else \expanded{\externalfigure[#1] [\c!page=\combinedpagescounter, \c!width=\the\!!widtha,% todo \freezedimenmacro \c!background=\@@ipbackground, \c!backgroundcolor=\@@ipbackgroundcolor, \c!frame=\@@ipframe]}% \hfill \fi}\hfillneg}% \stopbaselinecorrection \ifnum\combinedpagescounter<\@@ipn\relax \@@ipinbetween \else \exitloop \fi} \fi} % we work from top to bottom and from left to right, no alternative=b \def\docombinepagesvertical#1 {\doloop {\vbox %to \textheight % neccesary? {\hsize\textwidth \vsize\textheight \scratchdimen\@@ipdistance \!!widtha \dimexpr(\hsize-\@@ipnx\scratchdimen+\scratchdimen)/\@@ipnx\relax \!!heighta\dimexpr(\vsize-\@@ipny\scratchdimen+\scratchdimen)/\@@ipny\relax \hbox to \hsize {\dorecurse\@@ipnx {\vbox to \vsize {\hsize\!!widtha \dorecurse\@@ipny {\@@iptop \hbox to \hsize {\@@ipleft \vbox to \!!heighta {\hsize\!!widtha \vsize\!!heighta \ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipstop\relax \globallet\@@ipn\!!zerocount \else\ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipn \else \externalfigure[#1] [\c!object=\v!no, \c!page=\combinedpagescounter, \c!factor=\v!max, \c!background=\@@ipbackground, \c!backgroundcolor=\@@ipbackgroundcolor, \c!frame=\@@ipframe]% \fi\fi}% \@@ipright} \doglobal\increment\combinedpagescounter \@@ipbottom} \vfil}% \hfil} \hfilneg} \vfilneg} \page \ifnum\combinedpagescounter>\@@ipn \exitloop\fi}} \protect

\starttext

\framed{\combinepages[your-pdf][nx=4,ny=6,direction=vertical]}

\framed{\combinepages[your-pdf][nx=4,ny=6]}

\stoptext

Wolfgang

2006/10/10, Hans Hagen :

Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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I changed the macro to a (for mee) more readable form.

i changed your first patch to an 'alternative c' option with split up macro's directiuon is reserved for directional typesetting

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\doifelse\@@ipdirection\v!horizontal\docombinepageshorizontal\docombinepagesvertical#1

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% watch the #1 ;-)

see patch i sent you; we can avoid the #1 ; will be in the next beta

also imagine that #1 is blabla and not a \cs ... in sich cases you really need {#1}

so: ...[alternative=a|b|c|horizontal|vertical]

Hans

Hi Hans, if I look at your it seems to me alternative=horizontal|vertical will be similiar to alternative=b and not horizontal==a and vertical==c as I thought. You're right about the #1 but this is my method of lerning of TeX. Help other people and try to understand how things work. Wolfgang

2006/10/10, Hans Hagen :

Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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2006/10/10, Hans Hagen mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>:

Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > I changed the macro to a (for mee) more readable form. i changed your first patch to an 'alternative c' option with split

up

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macro's directiuon is reserved for directional typesetting > > > > >

\doifelse\@@ipdirection\v!horizontal\docombinepageshorizontal\docombinepagesvertical#1

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> % watch the #1 ;-) > > see patch i sent you; we can avoid the #1 ; will be in the next beta

also imagine that #1 is blabla and not a \cs ... in sich cases you really need {#1}

so: ...[alternative=a|b|c|horizontal|vertical]

Hans

Hi Hans,

if I look at your it seems to me alternative=horizontal|vertical will be similiar to alternative=b and not horizontal==a and vertical==c as I thought.

can you test the beta? the code is in there now

Hans

Hi Hans, I looked yesterday only at your E-Mail, after I tried today the new beta everything works fine and as expected with all alternatives. Wolfgang