rst2pdf Tool for transforming reStructuredText to PDF using ReportLab
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Tool for transforming reStructuredText to PDF using ReportLab The usual way of creating PDF from reStructuredText is by going through LaTeX. rst2pdf provides an alternative by producing PDF directly using the ReportLab library.Installation:Download it from this site, theninstall manuallypython setup.py installor try the egg with the provided buildout:python bootstrap.pybin/buildoutyou'll get a rst2pdf executable in the bin directoryor get it via PyPI:easy_install rst2pdf Here are some key features of "rst2pdf": · User-defined page layout. Multiple frames per page, multiple layouts per document. · Cascading stylesheet mechanism, define only what you want changed. · Supports TTF and Type1 font embedding. · Any number of paragraph styles using the class directive. · Any number of character styles using text roles. · Custom page sizes and margins. · Syntax highlighter for many languages, using Pygments. · Supports embedding almost any kind of raster or vector images. · Fast · Supports hyphenation (using wordaxe). · Full user's manual (PDF version) What's New in This Release: · Fix Issue 219 (incompatibility with reportlab 2.1) · Added pdf_default_dpi option for pdfbuilder · More style docs in the manual · Better styling of lists · Fix bug reported in comments in my blog where a stylesheet with showHeader=True and no explicit header caused an exception. · Fixed Issue 215: crashes in bookrest's background renderer.

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