there should be no dependence with plugin_wiki. I would take two concurrent indepenent non-exclusive approaches:
1) look into gluon.html DIV(...).flatten(render_markmin) and make a DIV(...).flatten(render_pdf) 2) look into markmin2latex.py and make a markmin2pypdf.py (notice that is already a markmin2pdf.py which uses markmin2latex.py). Massimo On Sep 28, 10:39 am, yamandu <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree we need both. > But how we are going to achieve this? > Will we need plugin_wiki? > > On Sep 28, 10:45 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am for a generic.pdf > > > I already have one for an app of mine that uses gluon/contrib/ > > markmin2pd.py (in plugin_wiki/views/plugin_wiki/page.pdf). > > > I think we need both a PDF helper and a generic.pdf > > > On Sep 27, 9:43 pm, Mariano Reingart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Great! > > > > I agree with your thoughts: > > > > A. Setting width attributes in SQLTABLE is not a nice hack, having a > > > easier way would enable one-liners reports! > > > Anyway, html renderer (using python HTMLParser) is complex and > > > limited, maybe using web2py HTML helpers directly(not serialized) > > > would be a better, simpler and more robust approach (leaving width > > > unnecesary), but this is a major redesign. > > > > B. PDF views would be great to separe presentation logic, but seems > > > views cannot be binary (and detecting the request extension in not so > > > clean either). There is a generic.pdf view that can be tested, but is > > > seems not working because some extra prints added by web2py templating > > > engine and/or some IO alteration/escaping. > > > > C. I think report classes (defining header and footer) should be in > > > modules to gain some performance. Also, there should be a simple > > > layout report class (header=report title, footer=report page), so we > > > can encapsulate common code, and later add that on pyfpdf packages or > > > maybe in web2py tools. > > > > If there is some concensus, we can make some patchs and try this > > > alternatives. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Mariano > > > Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.com > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM, yamandu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, I wrote a simple report the generates a PDF version using PyFPDF > > > > that comes now with web2py. > > > > > I´ts here:http://web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/99 > > > > > My goal is share and start a discussion to get this type of code > > > > better. > > > > So, please, test it and comment! > >
