Re: [Docutils-users] [Docutils-develop] rst2pdf.py

[Martin B. <bl...@fu...>]

On 7/12/06, G. Milde <g....@we...> wrote:
> On 11.07.06, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Martin Blais apparently wrote:
> > > I've added a new tool in my sandbox: rst2pdf.py,
> ...
>
> > I am not trying to object,
> > just to raise a question of naming.
> >
> > The name rst2pdf seems like one that should be reserved
> > for some "ultimate" approach to the problem, which I am
> > guessing will not be via LaTeX.
>
> After following the "PDF writer discussion" for a while, I doubt there will
> be *one* "ultimate" approach, as there are too different expectations. Nor
> is there a need to limit the pdf conversion to one way.
>
> I fully agree that a more specific name is needed, thouhg. (The end user can
> then decide, which of the writers he|she will link to a rst2pdf executable.)
>
> > Although rather ugly, perhaps rst2pdf4latex would be more appropriate.
>
> I do not like "rst2pdf4latex" because it is misleading (at least in my
> non-native understanding of English): the script doesnot produce pdf
> *for*  latex but *via* latex (pdflatex).
>
> "rst2pdflatex" is short but still ambiguous.
>
> As (in my understanding), the script is an instance of a set of rst2pdf
> converters, it should start with rst2pdf and append the specific info.
>
> I vote for  "rst2pdf_pdflatex.py" or "rst2pdf-pdflatex.py".

I really, really, really don't care about the name.
Anybody having problems running the script so far?

cheers,