[texhax] Landscape orientation with plain TeX

[Robin Fairbairns]

> >lscape could (i expect) be used with plain, if you
> >also load the plain version of the latex graphics package.
> 
> Could you maybe indicate a ctan address for this plain version?

macros/plain/graphics

> >lscape's code does
> >
> >  \clearpage % i.e., \vfill\eject
> >  <set page dimensions for landscape>
> >  <set up output routine to rotate \box255 by 90 degrees>
> >
> >at the start, and
> >
> >  \clearpage
> >  <restore output routine>
> >  <restore page dimensions>
> 
> This is very clear, but we should need in plain TeX a command similar to the
> LaTeX command
> \rotatebox#1#2.
> Any hint to build such a command?

i would copy it out of the relevant graphics package driver (e.g.,
dvips.def).  the macro naming convention is pretty straightforward in
those driver packages.

robin