[OS X TeX] TeXShop previews in portrait mode
AES
siegman at stanford.edu
Fri Jul 14 12:17:03 EDT 2006
I'm sorry -- I'm just not grasping how to preview portrait pages
(e.g., slides) in TeXShop, in Plain TeX.
The test input for a prototypical slide is
\magnification =\magstepN
\hsize = 10 truein
\vsize = 7 truein
\nopagenumbers
\hrule
\vfill
\centerline{SLIDE TITLE}
\bigskip
\centerline{Some slide content}
\vfill
\vfill
\hrule
\eject
where the \hrules are inserted temporarily to define the typeset
area, and the value N of the \magstep is manually adjusted during
composition to suit the amount and type of content on the slide.
The objectives are
(a) A preview of fixed size such that the typeset area (10 wide X 7
high) -- or if you like the page size, 11 X 8.5 -- comes close to
filling a preview window that's been adjusted to nearly fill my
screen (so I can see the largest preview of the slide); and
(b) To have this preview window *stay* that way when I change N and
re-typeset.
If I try to use Preview >> Magnification >> Fit to Window:
(a) I can't use the whole width of the preview window, only about 60%
of it, since the gray page boundary doesn't change to portrait; and
(b) When I change N and re-typeset, the entire slide either shrinks
in proportion or expands in proportion -- until part of it becomes
hidden on the right.
If I try to use Preview >> Magnification >> Fit to Width with a
suitable scale setting, when I increase N and re-typeset the entire
slide jumps upward (scroll bar jumps down), putting most of the slide
off the top of the window.
Is there a solution for this? (in *Plain* TeX and TeXShop 1.43)
Thanks . . .
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