Laszlo Nagy wrote: > I'm looking for a library that can do the following: > > * Parse a simple structured text file (XML or HTML etc.) > * Render its output to an image > * I would like to give the maximum width of the image (but not the > minimum) > * I would like to use my custom TrueType fonts, and some basic > formatting: colors, underline, numbered and bulleted lists > * I would like to embed some PNG (transparent) images, and align > them inside the text > * The library should be able to calculate the size of the image > before rendering > * The library should be able to render the image into memory > * It should be reasonably fast > * It should be independent of windowing toolkits (PIL is okay) > > > Why I need this: create widgets in GUI applications, for example: > > * A label that can display formatted text > * A new grid cell renderer that can display small images and text as > well > * Hint window (tooltip) that has formatted text and images > * Create automatic signatures for e-mails (not GUI related) > * etc
After reading this, I still do not understand why you want to do this with images. Virtually any GUI toolkit can display text, most can natively display HTML, just look at Qt for a good example. So why not just use the native features? Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
