[OS X TeX] Autorotation again

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 3, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Oct 3, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Roberto Avanzi wrote:
>
>> Until a couple of days ago I used to modify /usr/texbin/simpdftex
>> to add a -dAutoRotatePages=3D/None parameter to the ps2pdf13 call.
>>
>> I would change lines 488-497 as follows
>>
>> 	if [ "${distillerfilter}" = "yes" ]; then
>> 		/bin/echo "### ${distillerprog} <${psfile} >${pdffile}"
>> 		"${distillerprog}" "-dAutoRotatePages=3D/None" <"${psfile}" >"$ 
>> {pdffile}" || \
>> 			{ /bin/echo "### FAILED to generate ${pdffile} (${status})"
>> 			  exit 1; }
>> 	else
>> 		/bin/echo "### ${distillerprog} ${psfile} ${pdffile}"
>> 		"${distillerprog}" "-dAutoRotatePages=3D/None" "${psfile}" "$ 
>> {pdffile}" || \
>> 			{ /bin/echo "### FAILED to generate ${pdffile} (${status})"
>> 			  exit 1; }
>>
>> I made a TL updare (using tlmgr) this morning and noticed that some
>> pages were again rotated automatically.  The /usr/texbin/simpdftex  
>> file
>> had been modified (updated?) and thus I modified the likes again.  
>> Now,
>> the result at the end of a compilation had become
>>
>> -dvar=name requires name=null, true, or false
>> ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.90958-1223061711/wurzel- 
>> utalca.pdf ()
>>
>> How can I turn autorotation  off again?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Roberto
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Since updates to simpdftex via tlmgr will wipe out any changes you  
> make directly to that script the idea is to use another technique.
>
> I don't know if you use TeXShop but this is what I'd do.  
> Unfortunately, simpdftex doesn't have an option to add options to  
> the ps2pdf call so you can't just add it in the TeXShop preferences.  
> However, if you use latexmk packaged for TeXShop (latest version is  
> Latexmk401TeXShop218.zip on <http://homepage.mac.com/herbs2> and it  
> comes with instructions to install and use it) you can add the  
> option to the $ps2pdf variable in ~/Library/TeXShop/bin/latexmkrc  
> like this
>
> $ps2pdf = 'ps2pdf14 -dAutoRotatePages=3D/None %O %S %D';
>
> (test it---you may have to escape the / by writing it as \/) and  
> then put
>
> %%!TEX TS-program = latexmk
>
> at the top fo the file.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>


Howdy,

I just checked and you do need to escape the /:

$ps2pdf = 'ps2pdf14 -dAutoRotatePages=3D\/None %O %S %D';

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)