Ddoc to PDF

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Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> On 10/18/2010 06:54 AM, 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.
> 
> There's no need for all that. It took me a short time to produce a set
> of macros that would generate LaTeX files from ddoc. I'm sure I have it
> somewhere, or I could rewrite it. From there you get to produce high
> quality PDFs.
> 
> Andrei

Cool, it would be nice if you could find it. I have a D class for program 
listings (for a presentation with beamer), needs a little work but could be 
useful too.