[tex-live] Rotating column content of a two-column document using plain XeTeX : proof of concept
Philip Taylor
P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sun Jun 21 11:20:18 CEST 2015
% The addition of code to generate barcodes is left to the reader.
\parskip = 0 pt
\parindent = 0 pt
\let \\ = \par
\newdimen \labelwidth
\newdimen \labelheight
\newdimen \labelhsep
\newdimen \labelvsep
\labelwidth = 3 in
\labelheight = 2 in
\labelvsep = 1 cm
\def \newlabel #1{\vbox to \labelheight {\hsize = \labelwidth #1\\}}
\def \newlabelpair #1#2%
{%
\setbox 0 = \vbox
{\newlabel {#1}\vskip \labelvsep \newlabel {#2}}%
\special {pdf:literal direct 0 1 -1 0 0 -500 cm}
\unvbox 0
\eject
}
\newlabelpair
{Label 1, page 1\\which can be\\several lines long}
{Label 2, page 1\\which can be\\several lines long}
\newlabelpair
{Label 1, page 2\\which can be\\several lines long}
{Label 2, page 2\\which can be\\several lines long}
\newlabelpair
{Label 1, page 3\\which can be\\several lines long}
{Label 2, page 3\\which can be\\several lines long}
\end
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