Html 2 pdf

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Hi

IIs there a gem for converting html to pdf?

I need to build a routine to step through a website and create a pdf from the
downloaded pages.

Thanks in advance

david Southwell

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David Southwell wrote:

Hi

IIs there a gem for converting html to pdf?

I need to build a routine to step through a website and create a pdf from the
downloaded pages.

Thanks in advance

david Southwell

If not, you could probably just shell out to the open source htmldoc
Easy Software Products. There's a Perl interface you can learn
from, HTML-HTMLDoc
(http://search.cpan.org/~mkfrankl/HTML-HTMLDoc-0.10/\). Or you could
build something out of "hpricot" and "pdf-writer".

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I have one that only works on OSX, but it works well. Lemme know if you want it and I'll try to dig it up.

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On Jul 18, 2007, at 07:56 , David Southwell wrote:

IIs there a gem for converting html to pdf?

I need to build a routine to step through a website and create a pdf from the
downloaded pages.

4

If not, you could probably just shell out to the open source htmldoc
http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/\. There's a Perl interface you can learn
from, HTML-HTMLDoc

This would probably work pretty good. I've done it before. A ruby
wrapper for this would be most appreciated, if anyone is looking for a
project!

(http://search.cpan.org/~mkfrankl/HTML-HTMLDoc-0.10/\). Or you could
build something out of "hpricot" and "pdf-writer".

If you do this, I suggest using Ruport instead of PDF::Writer for your
PDF stuff. Of course, Ruport just wraps PDF::Writer, but it fixes
some bugs (thanks to Austin Ziegler) and adds some higher level
features and helps wrap the formatting code.

Some relevant docs if that's feasible for you:

http://rubyreports.org/cheatsheets/formatting.html
http://ruportbook.com/printable_documents.html
http://ruportbook.com/integration.html#pdf_writer_proxy
http://ruportbook.com/renderer_logic.html

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On 7/18/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:

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No Good.
It doesn't even fully support HTML 4 !
And no support for stylesheets...?
There must be other alternatives.
OS X has built-in print to PDF (has had for many years) so there must be GNU tool to do it.

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On Jul 18, 2007, at 10:17 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

David Southwell wrote:

Hi

IIs there a gem for converting html to pdf?

I need to build a routine to step through a website and create a pdf from the
downloaded pages.

Thanks in advance

david Southwell

If not, you could probably just shell out to the open source htmldoc
http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/\. There's a Perl interface you can learn
from, HTML-HTMLDoc
(http://search.cpan.org/~mkfrankl/HTML-HTMLDoc-0.10/\). Or you could
build something out of "hpricot" and "pdf-writer".

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I want it:)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Davis [mailto:ryand-ruby@zenspider.com]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:00 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: html 2 pdf

On Jul 18, 2007, at 07:56 , David Southwell wrote:

IIs there a gem for converting html to pdf?

I need to build a routine to step through a website and create a
pdf from the
downloaded pages.

I have one that only works on OSX, but it works well. Lemme know if
you want it and I'll try to dig it up.

7

Sure, but nothing I'm aware of that doesn't require a full browser renderer
to work. The print to PDF feature as I understand it uses a modified print
"driver" that converts the post script output into a PDF doc instead of
sending it to a printer. This is a far cry from just taking an aribtrary
html file and making it a PDF.

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On 7/20/07, John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@gmail.com> wrote:

On Jul 18, 2007, at 10:17 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> David Southwell wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> IIs there a gem for converting html to pdf?
>>
>> I need to build a routine to step through a website and create a
>> pdf from the
>> downloaded pages.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> david Southwell
>>
>
> If not, you could probably just shell out to the open source htmldoc
> Easy Software Products. There's a Perl interface you can learn
> from, HTML-HTMLDoc
> (http://search.cpan.org/~mkfrankl/HTML-HTMLDoc-0.10/\). Or you could
> build something out of "hpricot" and "pdf-writer".
>
No Good.
It doesn't even fully support HTML 4 !
And no support for stylesheets...?
There must be other alternatives.
OS X has built-in print to PDF (has had for many years) so there must
be GNU tool to do it.

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