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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jirka Kosek e-mail: [email protected] http://xmlguru.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------ Professional XML consulting and training services DocBook customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing ------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO JTC1/SC34 rep. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bringing you XML Prague conference http://xmlprague.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------
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