Il 18/05/2016 00:58, David Wright ha scritto: > I have no idea of exactly what you do during your mailmerge, but I > think what Rodary was suggesting might have been a script-driven > combination of database (like postgresql) and text processor > (like TeX/LaTeX) finished off with pdftk, to replace your use of > database (?) and word processor (LibreOffice). > > The suggestion is that you have better control of more robust tools > than your present system, described as fragile, limited and, now, > broken. > > I typed mail merge latex into google and got some interesting hits > on CTAN and stackexchange. However, it would be presumtuous to make > more than a suggestion.
sure, I can think of several alternatives, just the type of task is not very suitable for that - and the main aim of this mail was a bit more altruistic: to verify the existence of a real bug, to fill up a ticket. (I'm also trying to avoid Java as much as possible, generally successful). All the best, and thanks. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html