> generation. The requirements are at the end of the day, the document > must be a PDF with consistent headers and footers, and a TOC that
Just a suggestion that works well for us - use TT2 to generate DocBook format XML. The advantages of DocBook are that you can convert it to PDF using FO, but also to HTML, compiled HTML, whatever else from a single source. DocBook has good support for stuff like TOCs and chapter references and whatall else you would expect in something that is for technical writers, and is itself well-documented. The downside is that I was slightly irked by the quality of the WYSIWYG editors available, XMLMind is the best of a fairly bad bunch. You will probably need an editor like that alongside TT. hth, jamie > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Joslin > Sent: 12 March 2004 16:17 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Templates] Rendering a document to PDF > > > All, > I'm investigating several different options for > automating a document > generation. The requirements are at the end of the day, the document > must be a PDF with consistent headers and footers, and a TOC that > includes page numbers, since the hard copy will be used rather than a > PDF with links in the TOC. The document will contain system > information > harvested from a variety of shell commands. > Has anyone here done something similar that could offer > some advice on > what technology to use? I really like the TT2 syntax and > functionality, > and would prefer to do all the 'harvesting' in a template, and then > perhaps hand off the intermediate markup (html or xml) to > something else > to render it in PDF form. > > Any suggestions? > > Andy "newb" J. > > [Imagine a witty sig here] > > _______________________________________________ > templates mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates > Visit our website at http://www.ubs.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. _______________________________________________ templates mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates
