you can use either Tex/LaTex or cl-pdf and cl-typesetting depending on the project requirements and/or constraints.
In general the way I work is avoid going on tangent about layout perfection and pixels counting/optimization. I'd do paper prototyping (pencil and paper), iterate as needed, then computer sketch (using inkscape) and when i get almost satisfied look I'll start coding the details you can automate a little bit of the process by doing the design in Inkscape and then parse the output SVG file to generate the cl-pdf and/or cl-typesetting code. (try using cl-html-parse). keep it simple and avoid the tendency of trying to develop a full svg2cl-pdf parser/compiler. this will help in case you wanted to hire a designer who will take care of pixels optimization. Regards, Ala'a On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Nico de Jager <n...@bitart.cc> wrote: > I am looking for tips to create professional multi-page reports, > invoices, etc, preferably producing standalone files like PDFs that can > be emailed. Automatic page calculation would be great, and I'd like to > include generated and static images (e.g. graphs and logos). > > The solution does not have to be open source, although most of my > applications are web based for which I do prefer GNU Linux as a hosting > platform (I am a LispWorks user and have both Linux and Windows > licenses). > > I know about cl-pdf and cl-typesetting, although I have only had a > fleeting glance at them. Maybe there is an easy WYSIWYG layout editor > that a list member can recommend among the hordes that Google spits > out. > > How do list members typically solve this (boring) problem with their CL > applications? > > Regards. > Nico > > _______________________________________________ > pro mailing list > pro@common-lisp.net > http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro > _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro