Sebastian Hilbert wrote: > Hi all, > > Richard reminded me that there are talented people on this list with little > chance to contribute. > > Today I need your help on finding the best way to handle forms in GNUmed. > Here is what I had in mind. > > requirements: > - cross platform, write once -deploy on many platforms > - straight forward way of coming up and editing forms > - seperate forms from content > - ideally save a copy of a printed form > > problems: > - I know no python standard for printing , cross platform that is > > possible solutions: > - use LATEX for forms, create ps-files, feed them to the printer > --> LATEX forms are hard to build and maintain ? It's possible to use a simple extension to LaTeX which makes fixed-position forms fairly easy, look under gnumed/test-area/ian
> - use reportlab, a python library, abstracted rml (xml) forms if you like, > creates pdf No advantages over LaTeX AFAIK. No real disadvantages either. > - use the wxpython printing framework for drwaing text and graphics Good for fixed-position, for longer (possibly multi-page) reports/letters it gets a bit messier (but doable), you end up partially rewriting LaTeX/reportlab. Ian _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
