% % 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 \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}% % % Now the user interface for LaTeX: \rotate[type]{text} where % ``type'' is `l' for left, `r' for right, `u' for upside-down, or % `f' for flip. `l' is the default. % \def\rotate{\@ifnextchar[{\@rotate}{\@rotate[l]}} \def\@rotate[#1]#2{\setbox\@rotbox=\hbox{#2}\@nameuse{@rot#1}\@rotbox}