% % These macros allow you to rotate or flip a \TeX\ box. Very useful for % sideways tables or upsidedown answers. % % To use, create a box containing the information you want to rotate. % (An hbox or vbox will do.) Now call \rotr\boxnum to rotate the % material and create a new box with the appropriate (flipped) dimensions. % \rotr rotates right, \rotl rotates left, \rotu turns upside down, and % \rotf flips. These boxes may contain other rotated boxes. % % Originally written by Tomas Rokicki, and distributed with dvips. % Modified for Textures by Barry Smith, Blue Sky Research, 08Jul94 \catcode`\@=11 \newdimen\rotdimen \newbox\rotbox \def\rotstart#1{\special{postscript 0 0 transform}% get current point \special{rawpostscript gsave itransform 2 copy translate #1 neg exch neg exch translate}}% #1 can be any origin-fixing transformation \def\rotfinish{\special{rawpostscript currentfont grestore setfont}}% gets back in synch % % First, the rotation right. The reference point of the rotated box % is the lower right corner of the original box. % \def\rotr#1{\rotdimen=\ht#1\advance\rotdimen by\dp#1% \hbox to\rotdimen{\hskip\ht#1\vbox to\wd#1{\rotstart{90 rotate}% \box#1\vss}\hss}\rotfinish} % % Next, the rotation left. The reference point of the rotated box % is the upper left corner of the original box. % \def\rotl#1{\rotdimen=\ht#1\advance\rotdimen by\dp#1% \hbox to\rotdimen{\vbox to\wd#1{\vskip\wd#1\rotstart{270 rotate}% \box#1\vss}\hss}\rotfinish}% % % Upside down is simple. The reference point of the rotated box % is the upper right corner of the original box. (The box's height % should be the current font's xheight, \fontdimen5\font, % if you want that xheight to be at the baseline after rotation.) % \def\rotu#1{\rotdimen=\ht#1\advance\rotdimen by\dp#1% \hbox to\wd#1{\hskip\wd#1\vbox to\rotdimen{\vskip\rotdimen \rotstart{-1 dup scale}\box#1\vss}\hss}\rotfinish}% % % And flipped end for end is pretty ysae too. We retain the baseline. % \def\rotf#1{\hbox to\wd#1{\hskip\wd#1\rotstart{-1 1 scale}% \box#1\hss}\rotfinish}%