Re: [Docutils-develop] Getting to PDF or TIF or RTF, "best" way?

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On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:16:26PM -0700, Maillist wrote:
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> After 2 years of working with xsl-fo, and the current iterations of the
> Apache FOP project.  I would use XML-RPC / SOAP calls to generate the
> PDF from within Python when I needed it.  Now I've gone back to using
> ReportLab as my tool of choice for creating PDF documents from within
> Python, and I must say I'm *MUCH* happier and productive.

XSL-FO is looking like a dead end at this point... ("this point" being "30
minutes after I posted the question to the list")
 
> If you want to, and have the time for ReST to Reportlab PDF.  I would be
> willing to chip in, but I haven't the ability to lead such a project so
> I'd have to be a worker bee.

The Reportlab writer in the sandbox looks to be a start in the most
promising direction.  Anyone care to comment on it (completeness, TODO,
potential problems..)?

Regards,
    Tom