francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis) (05/19/91)
Several times I've read requests for page filters, and I would like to
add my chorus:
Page filtering for
1: Page collage - combine n pages on a single sheet, by either
grouping left-to-right, top-to-bottom, or vice-versa
2: Page ordering - reverse page order, even-odd page order.
3: Page Filtering - select page list
4: Sheaf grouping - Rearrange for sheaves of facing pages: i.e., like
a newspapaper (example: 24 pages, 2 sheaves:
(1,12), (2,11), (3,10), (4,9), (5,8), (6,7) - sheaf 1
(13,24),(14,23),(15,22),(16,21),(17,20),(18,19) - sheaf 2
so you can do simple binding and cutting.
with a simple call:
pspager [-coll [c=nxr=m | r=mxc=n] | -select [[N-M](odd|even|reverse|sheaf=nsheaves)]]
so you can do something like
cat mywork | pspager -select 1-24(sheaf=2)\ # get 24 sheets in bunches
|pspager -coll c=2 | tee fullist \ # condense, save
|pspager -sel 1-(odd) >oddpage # get odd pages (front)
pspager fullist -sel 1-(even) >evenpage # get even pages (back)
and get something reduced to two-page blocks on single sheets,
so you can print front-back sheaves, and bind nicely;
Some of this exists, but not grouped together nicely; if no one has
done it, I shall.
--
| Le Jojo: Fresh 'n' Clean, speaking out to the way you want to live
| today; American - All American; doing, a bit so, and even more so.clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (05/20/91)
In article <1519@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes: In article <1991May19.114911.8750@ircam.fr> francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis) writes: |Several times I've read requests for page filters, and I would like to |add my chorus: | |Page filtering for | 1: Page collage - combine n pages on a single sheet, by either | grouping left-to-right, top-to-bottom, or vice-versa | 2: Page ordering - reverse page order, even-odd page order. | 3: Page Filtering - select page list | 4: Sheaf grouping - Rearrange for sheaves of facing pages: i.e., like | a newspapaper (example: 24 pages, 2 sheaves: | (1,12), (2,11), (3,10), (4,9), (5,8), (6,7) - sheaf 1 | (13,24),(14,23),(15,22),(16,21),(17,20),(18,19) - sheaf 2 | so you can do simple binding and cutting. | with a simple call: | pspager [-coll [c=nxr=m | r=mxc=n] | -select [[N-M](odd|even|reverse|sheaf=nsheaves)]] | so you can do something like | cat mywork | pspager -select 1-24(sheaf=2)\ # get 24 sheets in bunches | |pspager -coll c=2 | tee fullist \ # condense, save | |pspager -sel 1-(odd) >oddpage # get odd pages (front) | pspager fullist -sel 1-(even) >evenpage # get even pages (back) | and get something reduced to two-page blocks on single sheets, | so you can print front-back sheaves, and bind nicely; Psxlate, bundled with psroff 3.0, does all of this when combined with psnup (comp.sources.misc volume 16). Psxlate *invokes* psnup, so it's all doable in one invocation. Ie: psxlate -brB -p2 >front < mywork psxlate -brE -p2 >back < mywork Will rearrange the input in sheaf ordering (assuming a reversing printer), and put the fronts in front, and the second invocation puts the rest in back. All 2-up. Psroff 3.0 Pl1's psxlate even understands Begin & End Document. The only thing psxlate/psnup won't do is top-to-bottom. Though, psnup could be easily modified to do that. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Domain: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: ...!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis; Ferret Mailing List: ferret-request@eci386; Psroff (not Adobe Transcript) enquiries: psroff-request@eci386 or Canada 416-832-0541. Psroff 3.0 in c.s.u soon!