On 7.12.2013 23:05, Frank Arensmeier wrote:
> Actually, there is a renderer that is able to generate PDF from HTML with 
> really good results. Wkhtmltopdf (https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/). 
> It's basically a wrapper for the WebKit engine used by safari, chrome etc. 
> Not sure if the WebKit they are using right now is bleeding edge. Anyway, it 
> produces quite decent PDFs. 
> 
> I would definitely vote for the HTML route. Styling printable output with CSS 
> would make the whole development process much more easier and less time 
> consuming than it is today with XSL.

AFAIK web browsers, including those based on webkit, doesn't support
CSS3 modules that add basic features necessary for print output, e.g.:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85062

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