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[groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator
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Blake McBride |
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[groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator |
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Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:26:57 -0500 |
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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Re: [groff] Groff & tbl as a report generator, James K. Lowden, 2018/07/24