From: Useko Netsumi <_no-spam_usenets@...>
Date: 2003-11-17T10:22:19+09:00
Subject: Re: PDF output how-to ...

Opps ... sorry ...what I meant to say is ...

.....it with or without Ruby in mind?(Use straight LaTex or other formatting
tools).

PS: I used PHP since mod_ruby/eruby are not updated for the Ruby 1.8 and the
latest Apache. Anyone has any info?

"Useko Netsumi" <_no-spam_usenets@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:boo2s5$1h0fmm$1@ID-205437.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Thank George, I'll take a look at them as you suggested.
>
> From your experience, is it easier to use it with or without PHP in mind?
>
>
>
> "George N. White III" <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
> news:Pine.SGI.4.58.0311100842380.209471@montigo.bio.dfo.ca...
> > On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Useko Netsumi wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any example on how to format my photo(and some text
description
> > > such as title, description, location, and date/time) to a PDF file.
> >
> > This sort of task that requires a proper document layout program.  There
> > is a lot of information needed to lay out a PDF document, mainly to deal
> > with fonts, so you are better off generating a source file that can be
> > passed to a layout package.
> >
> > One that is both excellent and free is pdftex.  There are good TeX
distros
> > for all widely used and other platforms.  They all provide lots of
> > examples and documentation, and are supported by a large user community.
> > The most robust approach is to convert your image to PDF format (e.g.,
> > using gimp or ImageMagick) and then "place" the image in a document.
> >
> > > I'd like to be able to fit as much as possible in a page(approx. 3-4
> > > photos) but do not want to cross-page that is if it does not fit for
the
> > > whole pic, then go to the next page.
> > >
> > > Anyone has any tips on how to do it, perhaps some simple example on
how
> > > to do it in Ruby.
> >
> > Take a look at the example documents at http://www.pragma-ade.com, which
> > were mostly generated using the ConTeXt macro package with pdftex.  The
> > input files are simple ASCII with markup codes to control the layout,
and
> > there is also support for XML.
> >
> > --
> > George N. White III  <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca>
> >   Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
>