[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tapped at Saturday, December 03, 2005 8:49 AM:
> On 2005-11-29 @ 12:04:34 (week 48) Mark Schoonover wrote: > >>> I do this by creating LaTeX and then using the latex filter with >>> the "pdf" output type. >>> >>> >> http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs/plain/Manual/Filters.html#latex_outputT >> ype_ >>> >>> Another (in my mind harder but perhaps more flexible) approach would >>> be to create XSL-FO output and run it through something like fop. >>> >>> Dave... >> >> Thanks Dave. Don't know anything about LaTeX, but that's easy to >> fix! So, in a nutshell, it looks like I create a LaTeX page with >> what I need, then TT will magically convert it to PDF?? > > Hi Mark, > > Sorry for me speaking up this late in the thread. Currently I only > read > my mail during the weekend (a temporary situation I hope to solve in > the > coming month). > > About a year ago I had a similar wish. What I came up with is this: > first use TT to create DocBook output. Next use tools that know > DocBook > to create all the types of document formats you want. For me this > proved > to be an extremely flexible solution. However I had to learn DocBook > (XML) and XSL for it, which took me some time. I never regretted it > though. From one set of plaintext files I can now create PDF, Word, > OOo > Writer, XHTML webpages and XHTML slides for presentations. I was > hoping > to write an article about my setup and methodology, but due to a > recent > change of jobs what little spare time I had has gone the way of the > dodo... > > HTH > > Grx HdV HdV, Thanks for the info! I didn't think about DocBook, I'll check that out. My other option was to write a TT wrapper to use PDF::API2, and use that. Your approach might be easier, I don't know. I started learning LaTeX, but it's a bit difficult to get started. I'll check out DocBook and see how difficult that is. If you have an example template that I could use to learn?? Thanks again. Mark _______________________________________________ templates mailing list [email protected] http://lists.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates
