Re: [Inkscape-user] postscript output is rotated 90 degrees?

In the long term, the right solution would probably be to add a portrait/landscape bit to the SVG file.

• The bit should be set to landscape if the user creates the file using File>New>...landscape.
• There should be a way to control the bit using the GUI.
• The rotation should also apply to bitmap printing, not just PS/EPS.
• The Print and Save As dialogs should probably also allow the rotation to be turned on or off.

Agreed. Someone will eventually need to write a much larger patch to implement all this.

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         pageLandscape = (
                (w>0 && h>0) // empty documents fail this sanity check
             && (w>h)   // implies, but does not prove, the user wanted landscape
             && (w>600) // approximate maximum printable width of an A4
         )

I think that makes sense. Now automatic rotation will only be triggered for drawings that are wider than the page. I applied this patch. Thank you.

(As you see, making patches is not difficult at all :)