Re: [SLUG] Open Source Document Template Filling Options
Anthony Wood wrote: We do quite complex document template filling (50 page documents, conditional text etc.) already, using perl and latex. This is quite good, looks very nice etc, but the set up of a new template (especially a large one) is quite complex and requires a knowledge of LaTeX and perl. Until now it has been reports of our own services which were output in PDF (using pdflatex) which was fine, but now we would like to output in a format which is GUI editable whilst still holding document structure (e.g. change a heading and the table of contents is updated) I am just starting to use the Template Toolkit. http://www.template-toolkit.org/ and see http://www.template-toolkit.org/info.html It allows you to separate the Perl from the markup language you are using, whether HTML or LaTeX. That way the LaTeX expert doesnt get Perl in their way or vice-versa. Im very plaesed with it. -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1724 Fx: 9514 1460 UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Open Source Document Template Filling Options
We do quite complex document template filling (50 page documents, conditional text etc.) already, using perl and latex. This is quite good, looks very nice etc, but the set up of a new template (especially a large one) is quite complex and requires a knowledge of LaTeX and perl. Until now it has been reports of our own services which were output in PDF (using pdflatex) which was fine, but now we would like to output in a format which is GUI editable whilst still holding document structure (e.g. change a heading and the table of contents is updated) Has anyone used other solutions for something similar? I was thinking my options were: XML + XSLT - rtf OpenOffice scripting - rtf, pdf, doc OpenOffice for layout - latex - rtf/pdf latex2rtf doesn't seem to hold document structure well, even skips the table of contents alltogether openoffice latex output plugin looked like it was doing things the right way. any pointers, tips, experiences cheers -- Woody -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Open Source Document Template Filling Options
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 04:42:32PM +1100, Anthony Wood wrote: Until now it has been reports of our own services which were output in PDF (using pdflatex) which was fine, but now we would like to output in a format which is GUI editable whilst still holding document structure (e.g. change a heading and the table of contents is updated) XML + XSLT - rtf Why not XML + XSLT - LaTeX - pdflatex - PDF? LaTeX output is, in terms of XSLT, just another output format. Then pdflatex can do the right thing with your ToC and the rest. A program I've been looking at, PHPReports, has the reports being described by an XML file itself, so it's pretty much XML + XML + XSLT and so on. If you need to design reports easily, and don't want to screw with your XSLT all the time, that could be another tidy option. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
