Hi Richard
Richard Ash wrote:
I have a probable bug, and a more general question about the possibilities of
customising the output of mwlib.rl
Bug: if I put
text_align = TA_LEFT
You need to import the file where TA_LEFT is defined before you can use it:
from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_LEFT
text_align = TA_LEFT
The more general question is about the different section styles defined in pdfstyles.py. There are lots of blocks like
if mode == 'license':
style.fontSize = 5
style.leading = 1
style.spaceBefore = 0
Is there any way I can disagree and (e.g.) change the font size for license
blocks because I want it bigger? It seems if I just over-ride it
unconditionally, then I will affect all text, but where do I get an object to
test against from, or is the customconfig.py mechanism not designed for this?
I must admit that currently you can't use the customconfig.py file to
change font size of the license for example. One could argue that the
pdfstyles file is poorly designed - but I am somewhat hesitant to change it.
The only solution which seems "practical" to me is to directly edit the
pdfstyles.py file. If you want to do this in a somewhat painless manner
you should probably use git to check out the mwlib.rl repository. If you
go this route you should familiarize yourself with git and python (a
little bit at least - indentation matters for example)
So stfw and rtfm ;)
Good starting points for that are:
* http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
* http://git-scm.com/
You'll also find countless well written tutorials for git elsewhere.
And of course you are always welcome to ask here.
Regards,
Volker
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