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Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper

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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 11:53:48 AM UTC-5, tlvp wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 21:53:41 -0700 (PDT), luser- -droog wrote:
> 
> > On Jul 6, 5:33 pm, tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlL...@att.net> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 03:39:26 -0700 (PDT), Ross Presser wrote:
> >>> On Friday, July 6, 2012 2:33:36 AM UTC-4, tlvp wrote:
> >>>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:11:31 -0700 (PDT), luser- -droog wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> tlvp wrote:
> >>>>>> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 19:32:14 -0700 (PDT), luser- -droog wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>>> I usually hate helvetica. But it looks pretty good here. :|
> >>
> >>>>>>> 515(2)08:15 PM:ps 0> cat cal3.ps
> >>>>>>> %!
> >>>>>>> %cal3.ps
> >>>>>>> %3"x5" Calendars - M. Joshua Ryan (luser.droog -- gmail.com)
> >>>>>>> %Usage:
> >>>>>>> %  gs [-doptions] cal3.ps
> >>>>>>> %  gs [-doptions] -- cal3.ps month year
> >>>>>>> %-doptions ("environment" variables):
> >>>>>>> %  -dmonth=mm   set starting month (1 = January)
> >>>>>>> %  -dyear=yyyy  set starting year (> 1750, please)
> >>>>>>> % --- [snip] ---
> >>
> >>>>>> Hmm ... 5-up, 3"x5", 8.5"x11" paper -- only layout I can see is, roughly:
> >>
> >>>>>> +-+---+
> >>>>>>| |   |
> >>>>>>| +---+
> >>>>>> +-|   |
> >>>>>>| +---+
> >>>>>>| |   |
> >>>>>> +-+---+
> >>
> >>>>>> (with half-inch gap-adjustments that ASCII art just can't handle, and all
> >>>>>> best viewed with a fixed width font).
> >>
> >>>>>> OK -- but two pages of that gets you only 10 months.
> >>>>>> And three pages gets you 15 months, more'n 1 year. So let me ask:
> >>>>>> is the goal a 10-month academic year calendar, omitting Jul/Aug?
> >>>>>> or am I missing something obvious here :-) ?
> >>
> >>>>>> Cheers, -- tlvp
> >>
> >>>>> It was for samizdat 3x5 cards (to fit standard 3x5" card holders).
> >>>>> So we squeeze as many as will fit on bargain cardstock, and cut
> >>>>> them apart. Hence, no borders (ugly artifacts on cut edge).
> >>
> >>>>> But, like a proud papa, I had to share.
> >>>>> Now there's yet another spot on the web to learn "how to draw
> >>>>> outline text in postscript", p.e.
> >>
> >>>> Right. I got that. My hang-up: when two sheets of letter-size card-stock
> >>>> give you only 10 cards, and you want a year's worth of months @ 1 mo./card,
> >>>> and the last two months will start -- but not use up -- a third letter-size
> >>>> sheet of card-stock, what do you put on the three "extra" cards there?
> >>
> >>>> Now d'ya see where I was getting hung up?
> >>
> >>>> Cheers, -- tlvp
> >>>> --
> >>>> Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
> >>
> >>> Put the code on two of them (so you have it next year for the next calendar) and add a kitten picture for the third.
> >>
> >> Ah :-) ! Thank you! Cheers, -- tlvp
> > 
> > As written, the program will simply advance to the next year and
> > fill out the page. But, yeah, kittens would be better.
> > Or, instead of the code itself, it could print the command-lines
> > to produce the next set.
> > 
> > I've added a "paper' layout with proper edges and gaps.
> > But now I need to suppress the year on each month and
> > add some kind of banner element for when the year changes.
> 
> Idea: make A4- or letter-size sheets with 6-up month rectangles in a 2-by-3
> array, each 2.7" x 5", and paste the printed, cut-apart results onto 3x5s.
> Two sheets, six months each, 1 year, with no overage and no underrun.
> 
> Idea free for the taking, no royalty required :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp

I've added your suggestion as -sformat=6up, but since I'm
having difficulty with googlegroups, I posted it to
code.google.com/p/xpost/downloads/list

This new version also incorporates several waves of client 
corrections and other clean-ups.

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    5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-03 19:32 -0700
      Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-07-04 03:45 -0400
        Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-05 16:11 -0700
          Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-07-06 02:33 -0400
            Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2012-07-06 03:39 -0700
              Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-07-06 18:33 -0400
                Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-06 21:53 -0700
                Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-07-07 12:53 -0400
                Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-14 15:14 -0700
                Re: 5up 3x5" Calendars on letter paper tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-07-15 02:04 -0400

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