A big yes and it is very easy. I assume you know how
to write a plain text file with Python :-).
Use your Python to generate a .tex file and let it compile
with one of the pdf TeX engines.
Potential problems:
- It requires a TeX installation (a no problem).
- Of course I requires some TeX knowledge. Learning it
is not so complicate. Learn how to use TeX with a text
editor and you will quickly understand what you have to
program in Python. Bonus: you learn at the same time
a good text editing engine.
I can not figure out something more simple, versatile and
powerful.
jmf
This is a good idea. Thank you. I wanted to learn TeX anyway. The TeX
installation is problematic. I also want to use this under MS Windows.
Yes, I know here is MikTeX for Windows. But there is significant
difference. ReportLab can be embedded into a small program created with
py2exe. LaTeX on the other side is a 150MB separate installation package
that must be installed separately by hand.
But in my particular case, it is still a good solution.
Thanks,
Laszlo
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