Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread Axel Kielhorn
Am 02.12.2013 um 23:23 schrieb NMPOST7: > The only remaining problem : the margin. The pages on the right (and the > cover) > run off the margins. No, they don't. Your paper runs out. The A5 paper is 420 x 595 points. The resulting A4 paper should be twice that size: 595 x 840 points (the exac

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread Axel Kielhorn
Am 03.12.2013 um 01:05 schrieb NMPOST7: > My copy of KOMA-Script is old (2005) and I cannot find the command > \setkomafont{disposition} in it The old name for "disposition" was "sectioning", this still works, according to the manual. Axel ---

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread NMPOST7
On 02/12/2013 23:23, NMPOST7 wrote: > Regarding pdfpages: I had a quick look at the documentation. I shall read it > again, when I have a bit more energy.I shall be grateful for your explanation > on > how to use your file below: > > %!TEX TS-program = pdflatex > %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode >

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread NMPOST7
On 02/12/2013 11:46, Peter Dyballa wrote: > > Am 02.12.2013 um 08:22 schrieb NMPOST7: > >>> ! Package polyglossia Error: The current roman font does not contain the >>> Malaya >>> lam script! >>> (polyglossia)Please define \malayalamfont with >>> \newfontfamily. >> > > I am s

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread NMPOST7
On 02/12/2013 11:27, Peter Dyballa wrote: > > Am 01.12.2013 um 21:45 schrieb NMPOST7: > >> ! Package polyglossia Error: The current roman font does not contain the >> Malaya >> lam script! >> (polyglossia)Please define \malayalamfont with >> \newfontfamily. > > I don't see th

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread NMPOST7
On 02/12/2013 09:22, Axel Kielhorn wrote: > It seems you have defined a malayalam font. > But you are using a roman font which does not include the malayalam script. > Why? Where could I be using a roman front? Shall appreciate where exactly it occurs > Well, KOMA Script uses an sf font for secti

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 02.12.2013 um 08:22 schrieb NMPOST7: >> ! Package polyglossia Error: The current roman font does not contain the >> Malaya >> lam script! >> (polyglossia)Please define \malayalamfont with >> \newfontfamily. > I am sure this happened with your older mal-sample.tex file… Your

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 01.12.2013 um 21:45 schrieb NMPOST7: > ! Package polyglossia Error: The current roman font does not contain the > Malaya > lam script! > (polyglossia)Please define \malayalamfont with \newfontfamily. I don't see this, I see that you are using a KOMA-Script option when loading

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-02 Thread Axel Kielhorn
Am 02.12.2013 um 08:22 schrieb NMPOST7: > On 01/12/2013 21:45, NMPOST7 wrote: >> On 01/12/2013 21:33, Peter Dyballa wrote: >>> Then you just need to read the documentation! It has hundreds of options >>> you can tweak. >> They are sorted in paragraphs in the documentation. And KOMASCRIPT has an

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread NMPOST7
On 01/12/2013 21:45, NMPOST7 wrote: > On 01/12/2013 21:33, Peter Dyballa wrote: >> Then you just need to read the documentation! It has hundreds of options you >> can tweak. > They are sorted in paragraphs in the documentation. And KOMASCRIPT has an eye > on > book binding > (could be even two).

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread NMPOST7
On 01/12/2013 21:33, Peter Dyballa wrote: > Then you just need to read the documentation! It has hundreds of options you > can tweak. They are sorted in paragraphs in the documentation. And KOMASCRIPT has an eye on book binding (could be even two). (I don't remember all the details, I am more int

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 01.12.2013 um 21:10 schrieb NMPOST7: > The document uses KOMASCRIPT. Then you just need to read the documentation! It has hundreds of options you can tweak. They are sorted in paragraphs in the documentation. And KOMASCRIPT has an eye on book binding (could be even two). (I don't remember a

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread NMPOST7
On 01/12/2013 11:52, Peter Dyballa wrote: > booklet'? And have you tried the booklet package? > I just tried the booklet package! with the earlier attachment. Among other forms, I used the following \usepackage[print,1to1,landscape]{booklet} But the results were not good. Well, I need to keep

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 01.12.2013 um 12:38 schrieb NMPOST7: >> It's also possible to try 'texdoc -l a5' and then try the a5comb package… > > How do this. I am not following the flow. This is no "flow". Texdoc is a command to find documentation inside the TeX installation, Texdoc also allows to open a programme to

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread Marco Pessotto
NMPOST7 writes: > On 01/12/2013 10:14, Marco Pessotto wrote: >> I'd suggest my perl module https://metacpan.org/release/PDF-Imposition >> (to be installed, e.g., with "cpanm PDF::Imposition" or equivalent > > Thank you Marco. In LaTeX I generate a4 portrait format documents. However, > as I > ne

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread Philip Taylor
Peter Dyballa wrote: > Have you tried to print your PDF file and arrange it to be printed as two or > four pages on one sheet of paper? Modern printer (driver)s are indeed extremely clever at such things, as are commercial printers such as Fileprint.Org whom I use a great deal. I do not remem

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread NMPOST7
On 01/12/2013 11:52, Peter Dyballa wrote: > Have you tried the command 'texdoc -l booklet'? No, Peter. I did not know this command, but shall try it out straight away And have you tried the booklet package? No, I haven't as I did not know such a package existed! Silly of me, it is a logical tho

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread NMPOST7
On 01/12/2013 10:14, Marco Pessotto wrote: > I'd suggest my perl module https://metacpan.org/release/PDF-Imposition > (to be installed, e.g., with "cpanm PDF::Imposition" or equivalent Thank you Marco. In LaTeX I generate a4 portrait format documents. However, as I need the document in book form (

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 01.12.2013 um 04:10 schrieb NMPOST7: > As I am doing documentation in Malayalam using XeLaTeX I woul appreciate any > help in changing the script that generates the booklet Have you tried the command 'texdoc -l booklet'? And have you tried the booklet package? It's also possible to try 'tex

Re: [XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-12-01 Thread Marco Pessotto
NMPOST7 writes: > Dear All, > > I have a script, which I downloaded from the net (I think from Stackexchange) > for generating booklets (a5 format from a4). The script works well for my > LaTeX > documents. (Engine: latex) > > As I am doing documentation in Malayalam using XeLaTeX I woul appreci

[XeTeX] generating a booklet pdf a4 to a5 in XeLaTeX

2013-11-30 Thread NMPOST7
Dear All, I have a script, which I downloaded from the net (I think from Stackexchange) for generating booklets (a5 format from a4). The script works well for my LaTeX documents. (Engine: latex) As I am doing documentation in Malayalam using XeLaTeX I woul appreciate any help in changing the scri