Jeff, you put Not Java in the wrong column. /me ducks
On 08/12/2011 11:11 AM, Jeff Fearn wrote: > Hi everybody, as you all no doubt know we have been searching for an > alternative to FOP for some time. FOP has proven very expensive to > support and package, and has basically been a thorn in our side for ages :( > > Enter http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ a new approach to HTML->PDF > conversion. Now I've been rather negative about this approach since > quite frankly the output of existing tools is poor, but this tool takes > the output to a new level! > > I urge you to take a look at the test PDF [1] I generated for the > Publican Users' Guide before you write off this approach. > > After a few tweaks to the HTML-Single style-sheet the out put is on-par > with FOP. Clearly there are limitations to what this can do, but the > benefits of this over FOP are significant, and I think overall we'd get > a lot more return for our effort in fixing layout issues with this tool > than continuing smashing our faces against the impenetrable mountain of > pain of FOP. > > Initail thoughts wkhtmltopdf Vs FOP: > > Cons: > > Foot notes become end notes > > > Pros: > > Not Java > Layout matches HTML > Not Java > Layout synced with HTML > Not Java > Non Intel arches possible > Not Java > Fast > Not Java > Small memory footprint > Not Java > Maintainable > Not Java > > Discuss! > > Cheers, Jeff. > > 1: http://fedorapeople.org/~jfearn/PUG_test.pdf > > _______________________________________________ > publican-list mailing list > publican-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/publican-list > Wiki: https://fedorahosted.org/publican -- Give us your feedback on JBoss Enterprise Documentation, take the key survey: http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/361436/1065/ _______________________________________________ publican-list mailing list publican-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/publican-list Wiki: https://fedorahosted.org/publican
