Research/Web-to-print - Revision history

Andre: /* Weasyprint */

2015-11-25T16:24:21Z

Weasyprint

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	==Weasyprint==		==Weasyprint==
			[[Research/Web-to-print/WeasyPrint]]

	''[https://pypi.python.org/pypi/WeasyPrint WeasyPrint] is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.<br/>It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.''		''[https://pypi.python.org/pypi/WeasyPrint WeasyPrint] is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.<br/>It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.''
	<ref name="weasyprint1">“WeasyPrint Documentation — WeasyPrint 0.22 Documentation.” http://weasyprint.org/docs/.</ref>		<ref name="weasyprint1">“WeasyPrint Documentation — WeasyPrint 0.22 Documentation.” http://weasyprint.org/docs/.</ref>

Andre: /* Weasyprint */

2015-11-25T11:41:28Z

Weasyprint

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	==Weasyprint==		==Weasyprint==
	''WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.<br/>It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.''		''[https://pypi.python.org/pypi/WeasyPrint WeasyPrint] is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.<br/>It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.''
	<ref name="weasyprint1">“WeasyPrint Documentation — WeasyPrint 0.22 Documentation.” http://weasyprint.org/docs/.</ref>		<ref name="weasyprint1">“WeasyPrint Documentation — WeasyPrint 0.22 Documentation.” http://weasyprint.org/docs/.</ref>

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	}		}
	</source>		</source>


	==wkhtmltopdf==		==wkhtmltopdf==

Andre: Andre moved page Web-to-print to Research/Web-to-print

2015-06-25T13:42:46Z

Andre moved page Web-to-print to Research/Web-to-print

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Andre at 13:42, 25 June 2015

2015-06-25T13:42:34Z

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	''This page is dedicated to research on web-to-print approaches and workflows.'' ~~'''Deadline for research:''' June 26~~		''This page is dedicated to research on web-to-print approaches and workflows.''

	=Starting points=		=Starting points=

Andre: /* negative aspects */

2015-06-16T14:51:00Z

negative aspects

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	===negative aspects===		===negative aspects===
	* Can be difficult to install, due to the dependencies. In Debian no issue was experienced. In Mac OSX, still trying to manage the installation.		* Can be difficult to install, due to the dependencies. In Debian no issue was experienced. In Mac OSX, still trying to manage the installation.
			* It's more than difficult to install! It's very hard. It's dependencies seem to belong to another era and have small communities and scarce documentation

	===sample output===		===sample output===
	[[File:Sample_Beyondsocial.pdf]]		[[File:Sample_Beyondsocial.pdf]]

Andre at 13:14, 16 June 2015

2015-06-16T13:14:31Z

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	==Weasyprint==		==Weasyprint==
	''WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.''		''WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.<br/>It is based on various libraries but not on a full rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.''
	<ref name="weasyprint1">WeasyPrint ~~documenation~~ http://weasyprint.org/docs/</ref>		<ref name="weasyprint1">“WeasyPrint Documentation — WeasyPrint 0.22 Documentation.” http://weasyprint.org/docs/.</ref>

	Can be used as a Python library or as a standalone program. Remarks below refer to use as standalone program, so far.		Can be used as a Python library or as a standalone program. Remarks below refer to use as standalone program, so far.
	===positive aspects===		===positive aspects===
	* Uses HTML and CSS to layout the PDF, which means a smoother learning curve from web to print.		* Uses HTML and CSS to layout the PDF, which means a smoother learning curve from web to print.
	* Supports features like page size, page number, custom typography, allowing the production of a PDF with high level of control in terms of design.		* Supports features like page size, page number, hyphenation in several languages (w/ [http://pyphen.org/ pyphen lib])custom typography, allowing the production of a PDF with high level of control in terms of design.
	* Very simple and easy to understand syntax, does not require proficiency in command line.		* Very simple and easy to understand syntax, does not require proficiency in command line.
	Example:<source lang="bash">weasyprint http://beyond-social.org/wiki/index.php/Hybrid_Publishing beyondsocial.pdf -s style.css </source>		Example:<source lang="bash">weasyprint http://beyond-social.org/wiki/index.php/Hybrid_Publishing beyondsocial.pdf -s style.css </source>
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	~~<references/>~~

	==wkhtmltopdf==		==wkhtmltopdf==
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	===Usage for teaching===		===Usage for teaching===
	This works quite poorly, so we see no place for this in education. Recent versions of Chrome (post-webkit) actually perform worse than before, so there is little hope for improvements in the future.		This works quite poorly, so we see no place for this in education. Recent versions of Chrome (post-webkit) actually perform worse than before, so there is little hope for improvements in the future.

			=references=
			<references/>

	[[Category:research]]		[[Category:research]]

Andre: /* Weasyprint */

2015-06-16T11:25:52Z

Weasyprint

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	==Weasyprint==		==Weasyprint==
			''WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license.''
			<ref name="weasyprint1">WeasyPrint documenation http://weasyprint.org/docs/</ref>

	Can be used as a Python library or as a standalone program. Remarks below refer to use as standalone program, so far.		Can be used as a Python library or as a standalone program. Remarks below refer to use as standalone program, so far.
	===positive aspects===		===positive aspects===
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	</source>		</source>

			<references/>

	==wkhtmltopdf==		==wkhtmltopdf==

Andre: /* positive aspects */

2015-06-16T11:20:32Z

positive aspects

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	* Uses HTML and CSS to layout the PDF, which means a smoother learning curve from web to print.		* Uses HTML and CSS to layout the PDF, which means a smoother learning curve from web to print.
	* Supports features like page size, page number, custom typography, allowing the production of a PDF with high level of control in terms of design.		* Supports features like page size, page number, custom typography, allowing the production of a PDF with high level of control in terms of design.
	* Very simple and easy to understand syntax, does not require proficiency in command line. Example:<source lang="bash">weasyprint http://beyond-social.org/wiki/index.php/Hybrid_Publishing beyondsocial.pdf -s style.css </source>		* Very simple and easy to understand syntax, does not require proficiency in command line.
	weasyprint [source html document~~] [~~pdf ~~result]~~ -s [css file~~] (~~-s being the flag to include the CSS that will overwrite existing CSS rules used in the web version)		Example:<source lang="bash">weasyprint http://beyond-social.org/wiki/index.php/Hybrid_Publishing beyondsocial.pdf -s style.css </source>

			Example explained: <source lang="bash">weasyprint source-html-document pdf-output -s css-file</source>
			* <code>-s</code> being the flag to include the CSS that will overwrite existing CSS rules used in the web version

	===negative aspects===		===negative aspects===

Lucia Dossin: /* style.css */

2015-06-12T12:33:32Z

style.css

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	[[File:Sample_Beyondsocial.pdf]]		[[File:Sample_Beyondsocial.pdf]]

	==style.css==		====style.css====
	<source lang="css">		<source lang="css">
	html, body{		html, body{

Lucia Dossin: /* sample output */

2015-06-12T12:33:08Z

sample output

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	[[File:Sample_Beyondsocial.pdf]]		[[File:Sample_Beyondsocial.pdf]]

			==style.css==
	<source lang="css">		<source lang="css">
	html, body{		html, body{