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RE: XHTML to PDF

2003-07-25 10:41:48
Sean,

At 10:47 AM 7/25/2003, you wrote:
In regards to the XHTML to PDF transformations and the responses received
from my original post:

...

My take-home message there
is that the methods are maturing to the point where the transformations
are now, at least, possible, but the HTML/XHTML variations mean that the
results of transforming to PDF are mixed at best.  The cost/benefit ratio
isn't where it needs to be.

Yes, exactly. Also, people's requirements for the PDF are so various that a generalized solution will also be difficult on that account.

A partial solution, however, would still be better than nothing. Really what we may need is a kind of toolkit or box of templates. This merges into the whole upconverting-from-HTML problem, which can be a bear. You may need a whole production pipeline, starting with HTML Tidy, and possibly allowing for some human editorial intervention (depending on what your HTML looks like coming in).

Cheers,
Wendell


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