Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-18 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/18/2012 9:31 AM, Laszlo Nagy wrote: capable of that. Another requirement would be: easy installation under unix and windows, good multilingual support. By using 3.3, your Python string manipulations will act the same on all platforms, even when using extended plane (non-BMP) characters.

Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-18 Thread wxjmfauth
Le mardi 18 septembre 2012 15:31:52 UTC+2, Laszlo Nagy a écrit : > > I understood, you have Python on a platform and starting > > > from this you wish to create pdf files. > > > Obviously, embedding "TeX" is practically a no solution, > > > although distibuting a portable standalone TeX distribu

Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-18 Thread Laszlo Nagy
I understood, you have Python on a platform and starting from this you wish to create pdf files. Obviously, embedding "TeX" is practically a no solution, although distibuting a portable standalone TeX distribution is a perfectly viable solution, especially on Windows! To "I wanted to learn TeX

Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-18 Thread wxjmfauth
Le mardi 18 septembre 2012 11:04:19 UTC+2, Laszlo Nagy a écrit : > > 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. > > > > > >

Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-18 Thread Laszlo Nagy
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 know

Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-18 Thread wxjmfauth
Le lundi 17 septembre 2012 10:48:30 UTC+2, Laszlo Nagy a écrit : > Reportlab is on the wall of shame. http://python3wos.appspot.com/ > > > > Is there other ways to create PDF files from python 3? There is pyPdf. I > > haven't tried it yet, but it seem that it is a low level library. It > > d

Re: reportlab and python 3

2012-09-17 Thread Joel Rivera
On 2012-09-17 03:47, Laszlo Nagy wrote: Reportlab is on the wall of shame. http://python3wos.appspot.com/ Is there other ways to create PDF files from python 3? There is pyPdf. I haven't tried it yet, but it seem that it is a low level library. It does not handle "flowables" that are automatical

reportlab and python 3

2012-09-17 Thread Laszlo Nagy
Reportlab is on the wall of shame. http://python3wos.appspot.com/ Is there other ways to create PDF files from python 3? There is pyPdf. I haven't tried it yet, but it seem that it is a low level library. It does not handle "flowables" that are automatically split across pages. It does not han