# Tikz page

Small macro to help building nice and complex page layout materials.


## Build

You can build the whole package using the `make` command.

## Installation

To install the `tkiz-page` package copy its directory to either to:

- `$TEXHOME/tex/latex/`
- `$TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/`
- `~/texmf/tex/latex/`
- `~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/`


## Usage

A simple page:

````Tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz-page}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand{\tikzpagelayout}{
  \tpshowframes
  \tikzpageputanchors
}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\end{document}
````

A more complex document:

```Tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz-page}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\definecolor{halfgray}{gray}{0.55}
\newcommand\anglei{-45}
\newcommand\angleii{45}
\newcommand\angleiii{225}
\newcommand\angleiv{135}
\newcommand{\tikzpagelayout}{
  \tpflip{
    \coordinate (aux1) at ([yshift=-15pt]page.northeast);
    \coordinate (aux2) at ([yshift=-410pt]page.northeast);
    \coordinate (aux3) at ([xshift=-4.5cm]page.northeast);
    \coordinate (aux4) at ([yshift=-150pt]page.northeast);
  }{
    \coordinate (aux1) at ([yshift=-15pt]page.northwest);
    \coordinate (aux2) at ([yshift=-410pt]page.northwest);
    \coordinate (aux3) at ([xshift=4.5cm]page.northwest);
    \coordinate (aux4) at ([yshift=-150pt]page.northwest);
    \renewcommand\anglei{-135}
    \renewcommand\angleii{135}
    \renewcommand\angleiii{-45}
    \renewcommand\angleiv{45}
  }
  \begin{scope}[halfgray!40,line width=12pt,rounded corners=12pt]
    \draw (aux1) -- coordinate (a) ++(\angleiii:5) -- ++(\anglei:5.1) coordinate (b);
    \draw[shorten <= -10pt] (aux3) -- (a) -- (aux1);
    \draw[opacity=0.6,halfgray,shorten <= -10pt] (b) -- ++(\angleiii:2.2) -- ++(\anglei:2.2);
  \end{scope}
  \draw[halfgray,line width=8pt,rounded corners=8pt,shorten <= -10pt]
  (aux4) -- ++(\angleiii:0.8) -- ++(\anglei:0.8);
  \begin{scope}[halfgray!70,line width=6pt,rounded corners=8pt]
    \draw[shorten <= -10pt] (aux2) -- ++(\angleiii:3) coordinate[pos=0.45] (c) -- ++(\anglei:3.1);
    \draw (aux2) -- (c) -- ++(\angleiv:2.5) -- ++(\angleii:2.5) -- ++(\anglei:2.5) coordinate[pos=0.3] (d);   
    \draw (d) -- +(\angleii:1);
  \end{scope}
}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\end{document}
```

See [tikz-page.pdf](tikz-page.pdf) for further help.


## Example

![tikz example](example.png)

## License

This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to the extent
permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, as
published by Sam Hocevar. See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more
details.

This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license
or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this
license is in:

http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt

and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
version 2006/05/20 or later.