RE: [docbook-apps] Python to PDF via XSL-FO

I am a newbie to DocBook and so take my comments w/ a grain of salt.

Check out

http://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/rl-toolkit/

Why not go from Python to PDF directly?

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Shipman [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 1:54 PM
To: docbook-apps mailing list
Cc: John Shipman
Subject: [docbook-apps] Python to PDF via XSL-FO


As much as I love XSLT (half-kidding here), I have several
applications to generate PDFs from databases, and from other
sources that XSLT can't reach directly.

Since I discovered SQLAlchemy (http://www.sqlalchemy.org), life
is much nicer: In Python, I can pull data from SQL databases
without getting any actual SQL on my paws.

These applications use Python and its wonderful lxml module to
produce XSL-FO files, which I can then run through XEP or FOP.

I've built a little Python module to assist in the generation of
XSL-FO:

     http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/projects/fohelpers

If anyone finds this module useful, or if you have feedback on its
usefulness, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Are there other mailing lists that might reach potential users?

Best regards,
John Shipman (), Applications Specialist, NM Tech Computer
Center,
Speare 146, Socorro, NM 87801, (575) 835-5735, http://www.nmt.edu/~john
   ``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.''  --Dave Farber

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