Re: [groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator

[Blake McBride]

The following code does what I need:
https://github.com/kiss-web/Kiss/blob/master/src/main/java/org/kissweb/Groff.java


On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:26 PM Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:

> A few years ago I thought of a really, really good use for groff and tbl.
> Thought I'd share.
>
> I write (web-based) business applications.  Often I have to generate
> reports which largely mean PDF files.  In the past, I used some open-source
> PDF generation utilities.  They worked, but what a nightmare!  Handling
> paging and lining everything up took hours.
>
> Then, a few years ago, I thought of generating groff/tbl input instead and
> then calling those tools to generate the final PDF output.  This made my
> ability to produce reports skyrocket.  I have a deep love of troff but
> don't get to use it as much as I'd like.  Now I'll be using it all of the
> time.
>
> This is a great use of groff et al.   I will be using it all of the time
> now!
>
> Blake McBride
>
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