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Re: translate/rotate combination

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On Friday, March 22, 2013 4:07:58 AM UTC-5, Lord K. wrote:
> Hi, I can't handle my combination of translate/rotate in the right way :-(
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> I want to "run" several postscript files and print them at various place 
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> on a huge poster.
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> I would like to define a function with parameters being: <file> <r> <x> 
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> <y>
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> meaning: go to (x,y) on the page, and rotate the TOP-LEFT edge of the 
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> content of <file> around this (x,y) location with an angle of <r>.
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> Bounding box of <file> is well-known and is the same for all files to be 
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> used: 200x2834.64
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> Here is my code:
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> /mypart {
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>   gsave
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>     translate
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>     rotate 0 -2834.64 translate
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>     save
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>       /showpage {} def
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>       /setpagedevice /pop load def
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>       0 0 translate
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>       1 1 scale
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>       exch run %(BBox of file is 200 x 2834.64)
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>     restore
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>   grestore
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> } bind def
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> (part_1.ps) 90 500 0 mypart
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> (part_2.ps) 0 2000 1000 mypart
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> But obviously it doesn't work at all. What is wrong? Regards.

BTW, that's a tight little procedure. You've been reading the Green Book, ain'tcha?

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translate/rotate combination "Lord K." <kax@kax.org> - 2013-03-22 09:07 +0000
  Re: translate/rotate combination luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2013-03-22 23:44 -0700
    Re: translate/rotate combination "Lord K." <kax@kax.org> - 2013-03-25 09:28 +0000
  Re: translate/rotate combination luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2013-03-22 23:46 -0700
  Re: translate/rotate combination John Deubert <john@acumentraining.com> - 2013-03-24 07:30 -0700

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