From: m h <ses...@gm...> - 2009-04-13 17:46:03
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Dave Kuhlman <dku...@pa...> wrote: > >> From: Aahz <aa...@py...> >> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:51:55 PM >> >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009, Alessandro Antonello wrote: >> > >> > My question is (finally): there is another way to produce PDF files >> > from RST files that does not use Latex? There is a way to create a >> > FO file (fo:xml) that I could use to create the PDF files from my RST >> > sources directly? >> >> Try the OpenOffice writer? > > Right. As the implementer of odtwriter, I can't pass up a chance > to second this suggestion. > > You will need to use the oowriter word processor, then do > File-->Export to PDF. (Currently there is no *automated* way to do > this. If anyone has a suggestion on how to automate the generation > of PDF by oowriter, please let me know.) I believe the next versions of OOo will have command line options to do this. So if rst2odt assumed installation of OOo, it could have options for pdf/.doc/.... conversion. > > If you need to customize the look of your PDF documents, make a > copy of styles.odt, modify the styles in that document in oowriter, > then use your modified styles.odt with the --stylesheet command > line option to rst2odt.py. See the odtwriter doc for more on the > specific styles that you can customize. > I second the stylesheet stuff. I've used it to generate python cheetsheets from rst. > Recently I put together my Python training materials into a Python > book. You can download a copy for free and see the result of the > use of rst2odt.py and oowriter to generate PDF here: > > http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/a-python-book/2599081 > http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/#a-python-book > http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_book_01.pdf > Wow, a lot of diverse info in that little book. Good job! -matt |