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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building PDF with Open Source Solution
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-07 18:35:37


John Maddock wrote:
>> I don't know if is in the same category of software you're
>> discussing, but i found a library sometime ago for generating PDFs
>> from C++: http://libpdfxx.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html
>
> Nope, doesn't even come close - converting from FO XML and getting
> all the pagination correct in the output is a hugely complex job -
> probably why there's only ever been one solution that's even come
> close to getting it right - and even they (XEP that is) don't handle
> everything.

And BTW - who cares XEP is open source or not. We're only
interested in the result (and the cost) not the software.

what about using pandoc to convert docbook to pdf ? Has anyone
looked into this?

Robert Ramey

>
> John.


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