From 004a0b996ff8f269451e07346f71a129a1f3fbaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pinky <> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:41:40 +0000 Subject: New trunk bzr revid: pinky-3f10ee12cea3c4c75cef44ab04ad33ef47432907 --- bin/reportlab/tools/pythonpoint/README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bin/reportlab/tools/pythonpoint/README (limited to 'bin/reportlab/tools/pythonpoint/README') diff --git a/bin/reportlab/tools/pythonpoint/README b/bin/reportlab/tools/pythonpoint/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f6d8808bdab --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/reportlab/tools/pythonpoint/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +PythonPoint is a utility for generating PDF slides from +a simple XML format - "PythonPoint Markup Language". + +This is early days. It lets you produce quite sophisticated +output, but the DTD will undoubtedly evolve and change. +However, I want people to be able to use it this summer so am +releasing now. + +It is part of the ReportLab distribution; if you have managed +to run the ReportLab tests, and have installed the Python +Imaging Library, usage should be straightforward. PIL is not +required to make slides, but the demo will have a few blanks if +you omit it. + +To use, cd to the pythonpoint directory and execute: + pythonpoint.py pythonpoint.xml +This will create pythonpoint.pdf, which is your manual. + +You can also try 'monterey.xml', which is a talk I gave +at the O'Reilly Open Source conference in Monterey +in summer 1999. + +We have issues to resolve over module load paths; +the easiest solution for now is to put the PythonPoint +directory on your path; work in a new directory; +and explicitly include the paths to any custom shapes, +and style sheets you use. + +- Andy Robinson, 6 April 2000 \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3