On Monday 06 December 2004 12:35, will@phototropia.org wrote:
> Friends:
> 1)     I have been using reportlab with great success to make dynamic
> reports in pdf.  Quixo's wiki has a reportlab page, and reportlab is
> mentioned in its docs.  Does an yone have experience/success using Quixote
> with reportlab?

My Quixote application uses Reportlab graphics to generate graphs on demand.
It will eventually also be using Reportlab to produce PDF versions of some of
the report-like pages that the application generates.

The only headaches so far seem to be font-related.  The app runs in both Linux
and Windows, and I have not yet gotten a grip on making sure that the
required fonts are installed and that Reportlab can find them.

With the application recently modified to use Unicode internally, I have to be
very careful about what text is sent to Reportlab, also apparently for
font-related reasons.

> 2)   More generally on the mailing list there are many questions about css
> and usage with xslt.  I was planning on using xslt/xhtml for my next web
> pages, but so many complain about xslt.  I am now planning on trying
> Quixote with PTL and checking out xslt/css/xhtml within Quixote as well
> until I find what works for me.  (It would be so nice for my web pages to
> have the layout/style power I now have with my printed docs).  Does this
> seem feasible/kosher?

My application uses XHTML and relies heavily on CSS.  There have been no
problems whatsoever doing that in Quixote.  I don't use PTL, but that would
not make any difference.
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Jim Dukarm
DELTA-X RESEARCH INC
Victoria BC Canada