[lug] Typesetting Programs

[Evelyn Mitchell]

* On 2002-12-12 21:30 David Morris <lists at morris-clan.net> wrote:
> 
> The purpose of that specific task is a sold as a database:
> create a report on database content.  The difference, and
> this is a problem with linux-based databases in general, is
> that a simple report will not do.  I need to do some
> computing on the results before it is reported, then a nice
> document must be created.  The end result is in some cases a
> deliverable to a very high profile customer, and will be
> used by techs for years to come.  This means a carefully
> crafted document, not just any simple output format.  The
> traditional way of doing this (at least for at my company)
> is to do things the hard way and either manually
> generate/format such documents, or use WYSIWYG tools that
> offer a fraction the functionality (or maintainability) of
> somethign like LaTeX.

ReportLab was designed specifically for this.

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