Looking PDF module

[Hegedüs Ervin]

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking a good PDF module for Python 2.x - I've never used
any PDF in Python, I don't know, what would be a good choice.

There are several PDF tool for Python - this is my problem

What I need:
- utf8 support
- create header and footer
- (in headers there are small images)
- tables
- left and right side handling (this will be a book)
- various page numbering (eg.: I/1, I/2, ... or simple numeric
form)
- TOC generating


Any help would comes well,

thanks:


a.

 

[mando]

Take a look to reportlab:

http://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/

Bye bye

Luca

 

[Hegedüs Ervin]

hello,

Take a look to reportlab:

http://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/

thanks, I'll check it out,


a.

 

[neil.suffield]

You might also want to have a look at Pisa ( http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/
) . It's based on reportlab but might suit you better.

 

[Cameron Laird]

You might also want to have a look at Pisa (http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/
) . It's based on reportlab but might suit you better.

There's more to the story. As with many things, the answer is, "it
depends".
In this case, there are so many variables that I probably should write
up an
article outlining the pertinent ones ...

Hegedüs Ervin, it's quite likely that ReportLab will be a good
technical fit
for you. Are you in a position to pay licensing fees for advanced
features?
Do you have any requirements to *merge* PDF instances? How stringent
are your
performance requirements?

 

[Ervin Hegedüs]

hello,

Hegedüs Ervin, it's quite likely that ReportLab will be a good
technical fit
for you.

it's a good news

Are you in a position to pay licensing fees for advanced
features?

no

Do you have any requirements to *merge* PDF instances?

may be, hope I don't, but currently I don't know,

How stringent
are your
performance requirements?

there isn't stringent...


thanks:


a.

 

[jmfauth]

[...]

Any help would comes well,

thanks:

I do not really understand the relation
Python <-> "this will be a book".

For editing purpose, do you need to extract your raw material for
somewhere? to create graphics? to parse files?

or

Are you expecting to compose your book with Python knowing you
have the existing material (texts, pictures, ...) and a PDF tool?

In the former case, generate a TeX text file (.tex).
In the latter case, use TeX.