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[Docutils-users] Problem with latex writer

[David A. <da...@bo...>]

I'm no LaTeX expert, but it doesn't seem to be able to handle the
verbatim section below, citing a "runaway argument".

    \begin{center}
    \parbox{\admwidth}{\textbf{Note}

    MPL's placeholders are in the \texttt{mpl::placeholders}
    namespace.  In this book we will usually assume that you have
    written
    \begin{quote}
    \begin{verbatim}
    using namespace mpl::placeholders;
    \end{verbatim}
    \end{quote}

    so that they can be accessed without qualification.
    }
    \end{center}

This was generated by the following ReST:

    .. Note::  MPL's placeholders are in the ``mpl::placeholders``
       namespace.  In this book we will usually assume that you have
       written
       ::

         using namespace mpl::placeholders;

       so that they can be accessed without qualification.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com

[Docutils-users] Another Problem with latex writer

[David A. <da...@bo...>]

David Abrahams <da...@bo...> writes:


The literal text fragment below:

    In keeping with our quest for polymorphism, ``lambda`` is also a unary
    metafunction returning a metafunction class.  In other words, we could
    have written 

    .. parsed-literal::

       template <class X>
       struct times4
           : twice<**typename mpl::lambda<mpl::plus<_1,_1> >::type**, X>
       {};

Comes out as:

    In keeping with our quest for polymorphism, \texttt{lambda} is also a unary
    metafunction returning a metafunction class.  In other words, we could
    have written
    \begin{quote}
    \begin{verbatim}
    template <class X>
    struct times4
        : twice<\textbf{typename mpl::lambda<mpl::plus<_1,_1> >::type}, X>
    {};
    \end{verbatim}
    \end{quote}

Which in turn is displayed as:

    In keeping with our quest for polymorphism, lambda is also a unary metafunction returning a metafunction
    class. In other words, we could have written
    template <class X>
    struct times4
    : twice<\textbf{typename mpl::lambda<mpl::plus<_1,_1> >::type}, X>
    {};

Note the appearance of TeX directives in the output.
I'm beginning to wonder about using this toolchain to get from
ReST->PDF.  Maybe ReST->DocBook->PDF is a better bet.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com

Re: [Docutils-users] Another Problem with latex writer

[David G. <go...@py...>]

David Abrahams wrote:
> I'm beginning to wonder about using this toolchain to get from
> ReST->PDF.

The code is all open & free (gratis & libre).  Patches are gratefully
accepted!

I don't know TeX well, so can't address these issues.  Engelbert Gruber
(main author of the LaTeX writer) wasn't subscribed to this list, so I
forwarded your messages.  Best to also submit a bug report on SF so it won't
be forgotten.

> Maybe ReST->DocBook->PDF is a better bet.

Give the code in sandbox/oliverr/docbook a try.  Once it's in good shape
(that may already be true, I don't know), it can be added to the core.

-- David Goodger    http://starship.python.net/~goodger

Programmer/sysadmin for hire: http://starship.python.net/~goodger/cv

[Docutils-users] Re: Another Problem with latex writer

[David A. <da...@bo...>]

David Goodger <go...@py...> writes:

>> Maybe ReST->DocBook->PDF is a better bet.
>
> Give the code in sandbox/oliverr/docbook a try.  Once it's in good shape
> (that may already be true, I don't know), it can be added to the core.

We've done some things successfully with it.  It seems to choke on
section numbering, as evidenced by this fragment:

--
--------------------------------
 A Deeper Look at Metafunctions
--------------------------------

.. section-numbering::

In this chapter we're going to take a closer look at the structure of
metafunctions, and as promised we'll begin to formalize what we mean
by "metafunction" a bit.

The Form of Metafunctions
=========================
--

...
  File "c:\src\docutils\docutils\docutils\nodes.py", line 1246, in unknown_visit
    raise NotImplementedError('visiting unknown node type: %s'
NotImplementedError: visiting unknown node type: generated

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com