I think we just need ANY html editor... the only issue are TABLEs.
On May 30, 1:06 pm, Jason Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Me thinks of an HTML version in Javascript built into web2py. > Me faints. > --- > Jason > > On 05/30/2011 05:39 PM, Mariano Reingart wrote: > > > > > > > > > @mart: yes, the visual designer requires only wxpython (and pyfpdf). > > > I'm working on html conversion enhancements and there are some advance > > on utf-8 support, they will be fixed soon. > > > Best regards, > > > Mariano Reingart > >http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar > >http://reingart.blogspot.com > > > Mariano Reingart > >http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar > >http://reingart.blogspot.com > > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Massimo Di Pierro > > <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In trunk, web2py tries to use markmin2pdflatex is installed. If not it > >> uses pyfpdf. pyfpdf fails on some html, for example if table do not > >> follow the pyfpdf specs. I believe Marino is working on making pyfpdf > >> more forgiving. > > >> Massimo > > >> On May 29, 10:39 pm, Christopher Steel<chris.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I am going try things out again when I get a chance. This stuff is > >>> just great. I love the fact that we build on a solid API so in the end > >>> we get the GUI and command line and API access for developers and the > >>> blind. It totally rocks!!! > > >>> Markmin to PDF would be very interesting as well.. > > >>> Chris > > >>> On May 27, 12:08 pm, Mariano Reingart<reing...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> Regarding PyFPDF: > >>>> Headers should be rendered. > >>>> Tables need at least a first TH, prior any TD, who indicates column > >>>> width (and it is wise to use THEAD and TBODY when you have multiple > >>>> pages), see:http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/WriteHTML > >>>> <table border="0" align="center" width="50%"> > >>>> <thead><tr><th width="30%">Header 1</th><th width="70%">header > >>>> 2</th></tr></thead> > >>>> <tbody> > >>>> <tr><td>cell 1</td><td>cell 2</td></tr> > >>>> <tr><td>cell 2</td><td>cell 3</td></tr> > >>>> </tbody> > >>>> </table> > >>>> I'm planning to fix this issues, to cover more basic html conversions. > >>>> You can see what can do pyfpdf in this > >>>> file:http://pyfpdf.googlecode.com/files/html.pdf > >>>> BTW, did you see the new visual designer of pdf templates? > >>>>http://code.google.com/p/pyfpdf/wiki/Templates?ts=1306512231&updated=... > >>>> It is a wx application, and I'm planning to connect it using DAL to > >>>> ease template/report generation (I think this is much easier and > >>>> manageable way than converting html). > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Mariano > >>>> Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.com > >>>> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Massimo Di Pierro > >>>> <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> There are still problems...it does not render headers and tables... > >>>>> On May 26, 11:06 pm, Massimo Di Pierro<massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> I just made a change to trunk about. the new generic.pdf uses pyfpdf > >>>>>> and it is smart in locating files for including images. > >>>>>> massimo > >>>>>> On May 26, 10:44 pm, Christopher Steel<chris.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> I think report.pdf required reportlab? Massimo had an application for > >>>>>>> creating forms that used markmin and latex. > >>>>>>> This web2py app includes a plugin that implements an assortment of pdf > >>>>>>> stuff (mostly your implementation of pyfpdf and the report.pdf, was > >>>>>>> that a Google thing?. > >>>>>>> Anyway the plugin is handy for testing and experimenting and includes > >>>>>>> some other PDF examples, one with a different font. > >>>>>>>http://code.google.com/p/uc-pyfpdf/ > >>>>>>> If you need some testing let me know, I love PDF's > >>>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>>> Chris > >>>>>>> On May 26, 3:48 pm, Mariano Reingart<reing...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> Putting the following code in generic.pdf and getting report.pdf > >>>>>>>> does not work? > >>>>>>>> (also, per default there is a generic.pdf made by massimo that uses > >>>>>>>> markmin and latex if I remember it correctly) > >>>>>>>> from gluon.contrib.pyfpdf import FPDF, HTMLMixin > >>>>>>>> from gluon.sanitizer import sanitize > >>>>>>>> class MyFPDF(FPDF, HTMLMixin): > >>>>>>>> pass > >>>>>>>> pdf=MyFPDF() > >>>>>>>> pdf.add_page() > >>>>>>>> html=response.render('%s/%s.html' % > >>>>>>>> (request.controller,request.function)) > >>>>>>>> html = sanitize(html, escape=False) > >>>>>>>> pdf.write_html(html) > >>>>>>>> response.headers['Content-Type']='application/pdf' > >>>>>>>> response.write(pdf.output(dest='S'), escape=False) > >>>>>>>> Mariano > >>>>>>>> Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.comOnThu, > >>>>>>>> May 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, luifran<lbernalhernan...@yahoo.es> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> if I have a view , for example report.html, how I render this view > >>>>>>>>> in > >>>>>>>>> pdf with the generic pdf? > >>>>>>>>> On 4 oct 2010, 17:08, Mariano Reingart<reing...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:10 AM, mdipierro<mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > >>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> I am sure this can also be done and better with pyfpdf but I have > >>>>>>>>>>> not > >>>>>>>>>>> tried. Perhaps Mariano can help us > >>>>>>>>>> Having latest web2py versions (including pyfpdf), write in a > >>>>>>>>>> views/generic.pdf: > >>>>>>>>>> ---- begin file ---- > >>>>>>>>>> {{ > >>>>>>>>>> from gluon.contrib.pyfpdf import FPDF, HTMLMixin > >>>>>>>>>> from gluon.sanitizer import sanitize > >>>>>>>>>> class MyFPDF(FPDF, HTMLMixin): > >>>>>>>>>> pass > >>>>>>>>>> pdf=MyFPDF()pdf.add_page() > >>>>>>>>>> html=response.render('%s/%s.html' % > >>>>>>>>>> (request.controller,request.function)) > >>>>>>>>>> html = sanitize(html, escape=False)pdf.write_html(html) > >>>>>>>>>> response.headers['Content-Type']='application/pdf' > >>>>>>>>>> response.write(pdf.output(dest='S'), escape=False) > >>>>>>>>>> }} > >>>>>>>>>> ---- end file--- > >>>>>>>>>> At MyFPDF class you can add headers and footers. > >>>>>>>>>> The sanitize part is to strip some HTML tags that cannot be > >>>>>>>>>> rendered > >>>>>>>>>> (ie. javascript). > >>>>>>>>>> As some DIVs contents and similar may still pass (like menus), a > >>>>>>>>>> better alternative may be render only certains portions of the > >>>>>>>>>> page in > >>>>>>>>>> a custom view: > >>>>>>>>>> pdf.write_html(str(XML(CENTER(section), sanitize=False))) > >>>>>>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>>>>>> Mariano > >>>>>>>>>> Reingarthttp://www.sistemasagiles.com.arhttp://reingart.blogspot.com
