Les Denham wrote:
On Thursday 04 October 2007, you wrote:
The .lyx file format is a text format, modifying it should be no harder
than modifying latex. LyX can even import latex files, if you
prefer to modify/generate latex code.
LyX has enough batch features that a script can create
Les Denham wrote:
On Thursday 04 October 2007, you wrote:
The .lyx file format is a text format, modifying it should be no harder
than modifying latex. LyX can even import latex files, if you
prefer to modify/generate latex code.
LyX has enough batch features that a script can create
Les Denham wrote:
On Thursday 04 October 2007, you wrote:
The .lyx file format is a text format, modifying it should be no harder
than modifying latex. LyX can even import latex files, if you
prefer to modify/generate latex code.
LyX has enough batch features that a script can create
Les Denham wrote:
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Richard Heck wrote:
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that
vary in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the
Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm facing a similar, but different problem. I need to revise a series of 28
reports which are largely identical except for coverage of different
geographical areas. Much of the information is in several databases. The
revision is needed because data
On Thursday 04 October 2007, you wrote:
The .lyx file format is a text format, modifying it should be no harder
than modifying latex. LyX can even import latex files, if you
prefer to modify/generate latex code.
LyX has enough batch features that a script can create pdf/ps without
anyone
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
put the files specific to the areas in directories area1 area2, etc
(or another name). Do a
ln -s area1 area
Prepare the report by including all special files as area/file1.eps or
whatever.
The to create the reports you can do a
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:47:54 am Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
Doh! After spending several hours fiddling with passepartout and verifying
that it will do everything I need I discovered that xml2ps
Les Denham wrote:
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Richard Heck wrote:
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that
vary in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the
Les Denham [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm facing a similar, but different problem. I need to revise a series of 28
reports which are largely identical except for coverage of different
geographical areas. Much of the information is in several databases. The
revision is needed because data
On Thursday 04 October 2007, you wrote:
The .lyx file format is a text format, modifying it should be no harder
than modifying latex. LyX can even import latex files, if you
prefer to modify/generate latex code.
LyX has enough batch features that a script can create pdf/ps without
anyone
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
put the files specific to the areas in directories area1 area2, etc
(or another name). Do a
ln -s area1 area
Prepare the report by including all special files as area/file1.eps or
whatever.
The to create the reports you can do a
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:47:54 am Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
Doh! After spending several hours fiddling with passepartout and verifying
that it will do everything I need I discovered that xml2ps
Les Denham wrote:
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Richard Heck wrote:
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that
vary in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the
Les Denham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm facing a similar, but different problem. I need to revise a series of 28
> reports which are largely identical except for coverage of different
> geographical areas. Much of the information is in several databases. The
> revision is needed because
On Thursday 04 October 2007, you wrote:
> The .lyx file format is a text format, modifying it should be no harder
> than modifying latex. LyX can even import latex files, if you
> prefer to modify/generate latex code.
>
> LyX has enough batch features that a script can create pdf/ps without
>
On Thursday 04 October 2007, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> put the files specific to the areas in directories area1 area2, etc
> (or another name). Do a
> ln -s area1 area
>
> Prepare the report by including all special files as area/file1.eps or
> whatever.
>
> The to create the reports you can
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:47:54 am Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
> generate your Postscript.
Doh! After spending several hours fiddling with passepartout and verifying
that it will do everything I need I discovered that xml2ps
Hi,
Please excuse this somewhat offtopic question. I'm posting it here because I
expect that some of the people on this list may have dabbled with all of
these technologies, and might have some useful experience to share. You may
wish to reply off-list. Suggestions of better fora are very
Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.. but here are two other
suggestions:
Generate SVG and use inkscape to generate the Postscript (via command
line).
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
Since you mentioned small chunks of text I
Shawn Willden wrote:
Hi,
Please excuse this somewhat offtopic question. I'm posting it here because I
expect that some of the people on this list may have dabbled with all of
these technologies, and might have some useful experience to share. You may
wish to reply off-list. Suggestions of
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:47:54 am Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
I really like this idea. It looks like I might even be able to use
passepartout's GUI to address another part of my problem: How to
What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a template,
with specific values pulled from a database. I'm trying to determine what
i'm not sure what exactly you mean by the 'locations specified by
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Shawn Willden wrote:
What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a
template, with specific values pulled from a database.
I'm facing a similar, but different problem. I
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that vary
in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the common parts out into separate files, and include them. You can
do this in LyX
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Richard Heck wrote:
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that
vary in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the common parts out into
2. Export to LaTeX.
this step has both advantages and disadvantages. keeping .lyx for generating
let you edit any of the files lately with lyx, generating with lyx can make
some steps more comfortable such as converting from various formats via its
converter sections etc. comprehend lyx file
Hi,
Please excuse this somewhat offtopic question. I'm posting it here because I
expect that some of the people on this list may have dabbled with all of
these technologies, and might have some useful experience to share. You may
wish to reply off-list. Suggestions of better fora are very
Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.. but here are two other
suggestions:
Generate SVG and use inkscape to generate the Postscript (via command
line).
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
Since you mentioned small chunks of text I
Shawn Willden wrote:
Hi,
Please excuse this somewhat offtopic question. I'm posting it here because I
expect that some of the people on this list may have dabbled with all of
these technologies, and might have some useful experience to share. You may
wish to reply off-list. Suggestions of
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:47:54 am Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
I really like this idea. It looks like I might even be able to use
passepartout's GUI to address another part of my problem: How to
What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a template,
with specific values pulled from a database. I'm trying to determine what
i'm not sure what exactly you mean by the 'locations specified by
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Shawn Willden wrote:
What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a
template, with specific values pulled from a database.
I'm facing a similar, but different problem. I
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that vary
in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the common parts out into separate files, and include them. You can
do this in LyX
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Richard Heck wrote:
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that
vary in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the common parts out into
2. Export to LaTeX.
this step has both advantages and disadvantages. keeping .lyx for generating
let you edit any of the files lately with lyx, generating with lyx can make
some steps more comfortable such as converting from various formats via its
converter sections etc. comprehend lyx file
Hi,
Please excuse this somewhat offtopic question. I'm posting it here because I
expect that some of the people on this list may have dabbled with all of
these technologies, and might have some useful experience to share. You may
wish to reply off-list. Suggestions of better fora are very
Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.. but here are two other
suggestions:
Generate SVG and use inkscape to generate the Postscript (via command
line).
Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
generate your Postscript.
Since you mentioned "small chunks of text" I
Shawn Willden wrote:
Hi,
Please excuse this somewhat offtopic question. I'm posting it here because I
expect that some of the people on this list may have dabbled with all of
these technologies, and might have some useful experience to share. You may
wish to reply off-list. Suggestions of
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:47:54 am Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Or generate XML and use Passepartout's typesetting engine xml2ps to
> generate your Postscript.
I really like this idea. It looks like I might even be able to use
passepartout's GUI to address another part of my problem: How to
> What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
> placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a template,
> with specific values pulled from a database. I'm trying to determine what
i'm not sure what exactly you mean by the 'locations specified
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Shawn Willden wrote:
> What I need to do is to programmatically generate a postscript document,
> placing images and small chunks of text at locations specified by a
> template, with specific values pulled from a database.
I'm facing a similar, but different problem.
Les Denham wrote:
My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that vary
in each of the reports from the various databases.
Take the common parts out into separate files, and include them. You can
do this in LyX
On Wednesday 03 October 2007, Richard Heck wrote:
> Les Denham wrote:
> > My current ideas of how to do this are the following:
> > 3. Write a Perl script to generate the same LaTeX, pulling the parts that
> > vary in each of the reports from the various databases.
>
> Take the common parts out
> 2. Export to LaTeX.
this step has both advantages and disadvantages. keeping .lyx for generating
let you edit any of the files lately with lyx, generating with lyx can make
some steps more comfortable such as converting from various formats via its
converter sections etc. comprehend lyx file
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