Ddoc to PDF

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:54:13 +0100, Alix Pexton wrote:

> On 17/10/2010 18:45, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Apparently, it is fairly simple to convert plain text files to PDF.
>>
>> http://re-factor.blogspot.com/2010/10/text-to-pdf.html
>>
>> Which suggests to me it should be equally simple to create a Ddoc macro
>> file to allow Ddoc to emit pdf files directly.
>>
>> Anyone want a nice weekend project to product this?
> 
> I read the PDF spec once*, I can see in my mind what a PDF generated by
> DDoc could look like, and I'm quite confident in saying that it is
> nothing like as pretty or simple to produce as the current, most basic
> HTML output.
> 
> The "Hello Worlrd" for PDF (found in appendix H of the spec) makes DNA
> look simple and concise**.
> 
> [...]
> 
> I still think it would be more than 1 weekend's work though***.

I, too, suspect it would be quite a lot of work.  The path of least 
resistance would probably be to go via LaTeX.  Making DDOC macros for 
LaTeX output sounds more like a one-weekend mini project.

-Lars