[Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

* Wade Stuart [2010-03-26 01:45]: > * Aristotle Pagaltzis [2010-03-25 17:05]: > >And how is Xvfb (which is an X11 server) a solution the > >problem of requiring an X11 server? > > It is a virtual frame buffer that allows x11 requiring apps to > run without a full display/head. What besides that i

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

On Mar 25, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis > And how is Xvfb (which is an X11 server) a solution the problem > of requiring an X11 server? I've used it before to run unit tests from batch under Solaris where no interactive X display is attached for code targeted to run using WxWidgets on W

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

On Mar 25, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Wade Stuart [2010-03-22 22:35]: >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis > >wrote: >>> * Adam Sjøgren [2010-03-16 18:15]: An alternative could perhaps be CutyCapt: * http://cutycapt.sourceforge.net/ >>> >

[Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

* Wade Stuart [2010-03-22 22:35]: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > > * Adam Sjøgren [2010-03-16 18:15]: > > > An alternative could perhaps be CutyCapt: > > > > > > * http://cutycapt.sourceforge.net/ > > > > It requires an X11 server, so it isn’t. > > > Xvfb has been

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Gabriel Andrade [2010-03-16 16:50]: > > http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ > > That looks interesting, thanks! > > > * Adam Sjøgren [2010-03-16 18:15]: > > An alternative could perhaps be CutyCapt: > > > > * http://cutycapt.sourc

[Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

* Gabriel Andrade [2010-03-16 16:50]: > http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ That looks interesting, thanks! * Adam Sjøgren [2010-03-16 18:15]: > An alternative could perhaps be CutyCapt: > > * http://cutycapt.sourceforge.net/ It requires an X11 server, so it isn’t. The wkhtmltopdf doesn’t

[Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:58:24 +0100, Aristotle wrote: > On our project, we dropped some cash coin to buy a licence for > PrinceXML . That thing is totally awesome, > you give it pretty much any old XHTML with CSS and it spits out > a PDF that looks the way you’d expect. An a

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Ovid [2010-03-16 11:25]: >> And trying to pass Acid2 in a PDF renderer? Wow. > > Yeah, it was one of the first renderers to pass the test suite, > beating out several of the big browsers. A magical piece of work. > > Regards, > -- >

[Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

* Ovid [2010-03-16 11:25]: > And trying to pass Acid2 in a PDF renderer? Wow. Yeah, it was one of the first renderers to pass the test suite, beating out several of the big browsers. A magical piece of work. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // _

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

--- On Mon, 15/3/10, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > From: Aristotle Pagaltzis > As a rule I don’t like closed-source, binary stuff, but > PrinceXML has proven to be an exception. Holy crap. After going through samples on their site, I'm very impressed. And trying to pass Acid2 in a PDF rendere

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

JJ Allen gave MiltonKeynes.pm a good talk on what he uses to generate PDF invoices etc. for Penny's Arcade website http://www.pennysarcade.co.uk/files/Creating_PDF_files_with_Catalyst.pdf To use it 1. Install OpenOffice, use Writer to create a PDF form, export as PDF http://danilop.wordpress.com/

[Catalyst] Re: Which C::View::PDF should I use?

* Steve Kleiman [2010-03-14 17:10]: > I've been using iText (http://itextpdf.com/) after using > PDF::API2 for years. API2 hasn't grown and even once you know > it, it's tricky to use. The community is inactive. > > iText is Java and the community is vibrant. I'll have my > Catalyst app assemble a