[Ipe-discuss] [***SPAM***] Can one use landscape for drawing?

[Nathaniel Cunningham]

Nasser,
You can define a new style sheet (.isy file) with just 3 lines in it.  it
should look just like the "letterpaper" style given near the top of this
manual page:
http://ipe.otfried.org/manual/manual_27.html
...except that the dimensions will be appropriate for A4 paper, with the
width (1st number) larger than the height.  Give it a name (both the
filename and the ipestyle name) like "a4portrait" instead of "letterpaper".

Then load that file as a style sheet for your document using Edit --> Style
Sheets --> Add.  Then Edit --> Update Style Sheets to make it take effect.

Hope that works for you!

-- Nathaniel

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi <nma at 12000.org> wrote:

>
> I'd like to make a drawing where I want
> to put many items in it. It will be easier if I can
> make the IPE drawing rotate side-way so it is
> landscape instead of the default mode (portrait).
>
> i.e. the page will still be default A4 size when saved,
> but when I draw on the screen, if the drawing area is
> landscape it is easier for me to fit things on it
> when it is wider than taller.
>
> I looked at options to see if I can rotate canvas, but
> do not see such options. I do not know how to
> style sheets or any advanced features of IPE.
>
> thank you,
> --Nasser
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