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Sergio Ruiz
Sat, Jan 13, 2024 7:37 PM

Hi, all.

I am looking to create a newspaper like listing of movie showtimes.  Initially, I thought of using imagemagick’s annotate command to generate the output.

Thinking further, I thought it might be worthwhile to generate a LaTeX file, and render that to a jpg.

Then, I thought there might be a better way to do this natively in smalltalk.

Does anyone have any idea how I might generate a document that can be converted to an image with a reasonable amount of control of the layout?

Thanks!

Hi, all. I am looking to create a newspaper like listing of movie showtimes. Initially, I thought of using imagemagick’s annotate command to generate the output. Thinking further, I thought it might be worthwhile to generate a LaTeX file, and render that to a jpg. Then, I thought there might be a better way to do this natively in smalltalk. Does anyone have any idea how I might generate a document that can be converted to an image with a reasonable amount of control of the layout? Thanks!
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Richard Sargent
Sat, Jan 13, 2024 9:53 PM

Christian Haider has PDFtalk, originally in Visual works, but he and others
have created ports to GenStone, Squeak, and Pharo.

Bob Nemec created Report4PDF to make it easier to generate documents. Also,
originally in VW, but also ported to GS, Squeak, and Pharo.

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 11:37 Sergio Ruiz sergio.rrd@gmail.com wrote:

Hi, all.

I am looking to create a newspaper like listing of movie showtimes.
Initially, I thought of using imagemagick’s annotate command to generate
the output.

Thinking further, I thought it might be worthwhile to generate a LaTeX
file, and render that to a jpg.

Then, I thought there might be a better way to do this natively in
smalltalk.

Does anyone have any idea how I might generate a document that can be
converted to an image with a reasonable amount of control of the layout?

Thanks!

Christian Haider has PDFtalk, originally in Visual works, but he and others have created ports to GenStone, Squeak, and Pharo. Bob Nemec created Report4PDF to make it easier to generate documents. Also, originally in VW, but also ported to GS, Squeak, and Pharo. On Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 11:37 Sergio Ruiz <sergio.rrd@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all. > > I am looking to create a newspaper like listing of movie showtimes. > Initially, I thought of using imagemagick’s annotate command to generate > the output. > > Thinking further, I thought it might be worthwhile to generate a LaTeX > file, and render that to a jpg. > > Then, I thought there might be a better way to do this natively in > smalltalk. > > Does anyone have any idea how I might generate a document that can be > converted to an image with a reasonable amount of control of the layout? > > Thanks!
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sergio ruiz
Mon, Jan 15, 2024 4:02 AM

Thanks!

I think i am gonna try pdfkit.. or maybe the wkhtomtopdf package..

Thanks!

On Jan 13, 2024, at 4:53 PM, Richard Sargent richard.sargent@gemtalksystems.com wrote:

Christian Haider has PDFtalk, originally in Visual works, but he and others have created ports to GenStone, Squeak, and Pharo.

Bob Nemec created Report4PDF to make it easier to generate documents. Also, originally in VW, but also ported to GS, Squeak, and Pharo.

Thanks! I think i am gonna try pdfkit.. or maybe the wkhtomtopdf package.. Thanks! > On Jan 13, 2024, at 4:53 PM, Richard Sargent <richard.sargent@gemtalksystems.com> wrote: > > Christian Haider has PDFtalk, originally in Visual works, but he and others have created ports to GenStone, Squeak, and Pharo. > > Bob Nemec created Report4PDF to make it easier to generate documents. Also, originally in VW, but also ported to GS, Squeak, and Pharo. ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary Public Key: https://pgp.key-server.io/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x69B08F58923AB3A2 #BitMessage BM-NBaswViL21xqgg9STRJjaJaUoyiNe2dV @sergio_101@mastodon.social https://sergio101.com http://www.codeandmusic.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101
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Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas
Mon, Jan 15, 2024 4:45 PM

Hi Sergio,

We have a similar need to create high definition images to be shared in
social media for the #CandidatosEnDatos[1] project. What we did then was
to combine Pharo with LaTex via Mustache templates. If I would redo the
project today, I would use Typst[2][2a], to decouple PDF creation from
the huge LaTeX ecosystem and a nicer syntax with better error messages.
In fact, we are using Typst now because of that (but we have not redone
the Pharo integration via Mustache templates).

[1] https://mutabit.tiddlyhost.com/#CandidatosEnDatos
[2] https://typst.app/
[2a] https://github.com/qjcg/awesome-typst

Hope this helps,

Offray

On 13/01/24 14:37, Sergio Ruiz wrote:

Hi, all.

I am looking to create a newspaper like listing of movie showtimes.  Initially, I thought of using imagemagick’s annotate command to generate the output.

Thinking further, I thought it might be worthwhile to generate a LaTeX file, and render that to a jpg.

Then, I thought there might be a better way to do this natively in smalltalk.

Does anyone have any idea how I might generate a document that can be converted to an image with a reasonable amount of control of the layout?

Thanks!

Hi Sergio, We have a similar need to create high definition images to be shared in social media for the #CandidatosEnDatos[1] project. What we did then was to combine Pharo with LaTex via Mustache templates. If I would redo the project today, I would use Typst[2][2a], to decouple PDF creation from the huge LaTeX ecosystem and a nicer syntax with better error messages. In fact, we are using Typst now because of that (but we have not redone the Pharo integration via Mustache templates). [1] https://mutabit.tiddlyhost.com/#CandidatosEnDatos [2] https://typst.app/ [2a] https://github.com/qjcg/awesome-typst Hope this helps, Offray On 13/01/24 14:37, Sergio Ruiz wrote: > Hi, all. > > I am looking to create a newspaper like listing of movie showtimes. Initially, I thought of using imagemagick’s annotate command to generate the output. > > Thinking further, I thought it might be worthwhile to generate a LaTeX file, and render that to a jpg. > > Then, I thought there might be a better way to do this natively in smalltalk. > > Does anyone have any idea how I might generate a document that can be converted to an image with a reasonable amount of control of the layout? > > Thanks!
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sergio ruiz
Mon, Jan 15, 2024 5:06 PM

OH! This looks VERY cool! I have never seen typst before.

My needs are super simple. I am looking at using Aretfact (https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/blob/development/docs/Guide.md) for PDF generation.

Mustache seems like it might be a good fit for text generation.

Did you use a pharo integration to mustache?

Thanks!

On Jan 15, 2024, at 11:45 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas offray.luna@mutabit.com wrote:

templates. If I would redo the project today, I would use Typst[2][2a], to decouple PDF creation from the huge LaTeX ecosystem and a nicer syntax with better error messages. In fact, we are using Typst now because of that (but we have not redone the Pharo integration via Mustache templates).

OH! This looks VERY cool! I have never seen typst before. My needs are super simple. I am looking at using Aretfact (https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/blob/development/docs/Guide.md) for PDF generation. Mustache seems like it might be a good fit for text generation. Did you use a pharo integration to mustache? Thanks! > On Jan 15, 2024, at 11:45 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas <offray.luna@mutabit.com> wrote: > > templates. If I would redo the project today, I would use Typst[2][2a], to decouple PDF creation from the huge LaTeX ecosystem and a nicer syntax with better error messages. In fact, we are using Typst now because of that (but we have not redone the Pharo integration via Mustache templates). ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary Public Key: https://pgp.key-server.io/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x69B08F58923AB3A2 #BitMessage BM-NBaswViL21xqgg9STRJjaJaUoyiNe2dV @sergio_101@mastodon.social https://sergio101.com http://www.codeandmusic.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101
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Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas
Mon, Jan 15, 2024 6:48 PM

On 15/01/24 12:06, sergio ruiz wrote:

OH! This looks VERY cool! I have never seen typst before.

Thanks

My needs are super simple. I am looking at using Aretfact
(https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/blob/development/docs/Guide.md)
for PDF generation.

Mustache seems like it might be a good fit for text generation.

Did you use a pharo integration to mustache?

Yes. I used: https://github.com/noha/mustache

Cheers,

Offray

On 15/01/24 12:06, sergio ruiz wrote: > OH! This looks VERY cool! I have never seen typst before. Thanks > > My needs are super simple. I am looking at using Aretfact > (https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Artefact/blob/development/docs/Guide.md) > for PDF generation. > > Mustache seems like it might be a good fit for text generation. > > Did you use a pharo integration to mustache? > Yes. I used: https://github.com/noha/mustache Cheers, Offray
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