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+ PythonPoint Demonstration
+ Andy Robinson
+ Reportlab Sample Applications
+
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+
+ Welcome to PythonPoint
+
+
+ ...a library for creating presentation slides.
+
+
+
+ PythonPoint
+
+ lets you create attractive and consistent presentation slides
+ on any platform. It is a demo app built on top of the PDFgen PDF library
+ and the PLATYPUS Page Layout library. Essentially, it converts slides
+ in an XML format to PDF.
+
+
+ It can be used right now to create slide shows, but will
+ undoubtedly change and evolve. Read on for a tutorial...
+
+
+
+
+ Smile and look them in the eye!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Part 1 – Feature Overview
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ XML Notation
+
+
+ You create slides in a text editor with a basic
+ XML syntax looking like this:
+
+
+
+ Welcome to PythonPoint
+
+
+ ...a library for creating presentation slides.
+
+ ]]>
+
+ Pythonpoint then converts these into slides. Just enter
+ "pythonpoint.py myfile.xml" to create a PDF document
+ (usually called "myfile.pdf", but you specify that in the XML).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Page Layout Model
+
+
+ The Page Layout model comes from PLATYPUS (Page Layout and Typography Using Scripts),
+ a key component of the toolkit. This covers concepts such as:
+
+
+ Reusable 'Drawable Objects'
+
+
+ Frames into which objects flow (like this one, around which we have drawn a border)
+
+
+ Style Sheets for text, table cells, line styles etc.
+
+
+ Wrapping, page breaking an document management logic
+
+
+ Everything is open and extensible. I hope a library of
+ reusable objects such as charts and diagrams will grow up.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Reuse and Consistency – Sections
+
+
+ You can create a 'section' spanning some or all tags in the presentation
+ and place graphics on this. The blue border and title come from the
+ section. Here's how we did the border:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ ...all slides go here...
+
+
+]]>
+
+ Thus you can re-brand an entire presentation for
+ a new audience in seconds.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Style Sheets
+
+
+ Paragraph styles are defined externally. You may specify a filename
+ from which to load a stylesheet with the stylesheet tag.
+
+
+ Thus you can have different sizes and formats by switching
+ stylesheets, or colour and black-and-white options.
+
+
+ When they are added, tables will be driven by line and cell
+ styles in a similar way.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Special Effects
+
+
+ Acrobat Reader supports tags to define page transition effects.
+ If you are reading this on screen, you should have seen a selection
+ of these:
+
+
+ Split
+
+
+ Blinds
+
+
+ Box
+
+
+ Wipe
+
+
+ Dissolve
+
+
+ Glitter
+
+
+ Each has a range of options to fine-tune.
+
+
+ When they are added, tables will be driven by line and cell
+ styles in a similar way.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Outlines and Hyperlinks
+
+
+ By default, we generate an outline view in the left pane to
+ help you navigate. Hyperlinks within documents are also
+ possible.
+
+
+ As far as we know, this is the first PDF library to expose
+ these features.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Basic Shapes
+
+
+ Here are some of the basic shapes available for decorating pages...
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ This is a\nmulti-line string\nplaced directly on the page.\n\nIt can be left-aligned,\ncentred,\nor right-aligned.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tables
+
+
+ The Table tag lets you paste in bulk data and format it attractively:
+
+
+
+ Division,Jan,Feb,Mar,Q1 Total
+ North,100,115,120,335
+ South,215,145,180,540
+ East,75,90,135,300
+ West,100,120,115,335
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Features Coming Soon
+
+
+ This is the first version that runs. A lot can now be added fairly easily:
+
+
+ Preprocessor to let you enter paragraphs and
+ bullets as one block of text, with less tag typing!
+
+
+ PIDDLE drawings
+
+
+ PINGO drawings – 'Object Graphics' tags with grouping and coordinate transformations
+
+
+ Speaker notes and a mode to print them
+
+
+ Tools to archive slides in a database and build presentations to order
+
+
+ ...what else can YOU think of?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Part 2 – Reference
+
+
+
+ This section covers all command line options
+ and tags currently in use.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Command Line Options
+
+
+ Usage (NT, or executable Unix script):
+
+
+
+ pythonpoint.py [/notes] myslides.xml
+
+
+
+ or (Win9x or non-executable script)
+
+
+
+ python pythonpoint.py [/notes] myslides.xml
+
+
+
+ Notes:
+
+
+ The resulting PDF file has the same
+ name as the input file.
+
+
+ The Speaker Notes mode prints a shrunken canvas with
+ room for notes around the edge. To create notes, make
+ an extra frame off the page. See the source of
+ Pythonpoint.xml slide 001 for an example.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "presentation"
+
+
+ This is the outermost tag in an XML file and is always required.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ filename (required)
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ section, stylesheet, slides
+
+
+
+ To Do:
+
+
+ Support for page sizes, opening modes
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "stylesheet"
+
+
+ This defines an external style sheet full of paragraph styles.
+ For now, these are Python modules conforming to a common interface,
+ and examples are given. If not declared, a default style sheet is
+ used. You are strongly advised to define your own style sheet,
+ as the built-in one will change a few more times.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ path, module, function
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Presentation, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ nothing
+
+
+ Example
+
+
+]]>
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "section"
+
+
+ A Section spans across a number of slides and can apply an
+ overall background to them. Place graphics directly within
+ the section tag, either before or after slides. This lets
+ you re-brand a presentation very quickly. Documents
+ may contain multiple sections; nesting of sections is
+ not (yet) permitted.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ name (required, but not used yet)
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Presentation
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ all graphic shapes; slides
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "slide"
+
+
+ Defines a single slide. The presentation effects are defined
+ in the PDF reference; best to just try the combinations.
+
+
+ Attributes (with defaults):
+
+
+ id (required)
+
+
+ title (required)
+
+
+ effectname: one of Split, Blinds, Box, Wipe, Dissolve, Glitter
+
+
+ effectdirection: '0','90','180' or '270'
+
+
+ effectdimension: 'H' or 'V' (Horiz./Vert.)
+
+
+ effectmotion: 'I' for inwards or 'O' for outwards
+
+
+ effectduration: time in seconds
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Presentation
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ all graphic shapes; frames
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "frame"
+
+
+ Defines a frame on the page which can hold content. You may have
+ as many frames as you like, to allow multi-column text or flow
+ around pictures.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ x, y, width, height (all required): in points
+
+
+ leftmargin, rightmargin, topmargin, bottommargin
+ (optional, default to zero) – define the 'inner rectangle' within
+ which content flows
+
+
+ border (defaults to 'false'): whether to show
+ a frame border – useful when designing pages.
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ all 'flowable objects' – paragraphs, images
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag family – "Flowable Objects"
+
+
+ Flowable Objects currently include Paragraphs, Preformatted text
+ (used for code printing, where the line breaks and spaces matter)
+ and inline Images. More will be added in future.
+ They negotiate with their containing frame about height and
+ width; paragraphs do what you would expect, while images are centred.
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ The three instances so far contain nothing.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "para" – Paragraphs
+
+
+ Paragraphs are used for wrapping text. They are very simple
+ – they have a style attribute,
+ and the stylesheet defines most attributes externally.
+ Currently we use a hack to handle 'bullets', which may be in
+ a different font (such as 'ZapfDingbats, specified in style)
+ and offset to the left. These are used
+ for bullets, numbering and definition lists
+ This will vanish as soon as one can
+ switch fonts in mid-paragraph (due mid April).
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ style (defaults to 'Normal') –
+ reference to stylesheet
+
+
+ bullettext –
+ text for the optional 'bullet' section. To be deprecated.
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Frame
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Their text
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "prefmt"
+
+
+ This is used for printing code, or other text which contains
+ line breaks.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ style (defaults to 'Normal') –
+ reference to stylesheet
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Frame
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ The text to be displayed
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "image" – flowing images
+
+
+ This is used for an image to be displayed inline within
+ the frame. It will be drawn at a scale of 1 pixel to
+ 1 point, and centred in the frame.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ filename (required)
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Frame
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+ To do
+
+
+ Rename it 'flowing image'? Control
+ over alignment and size if needed. Image caching.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "table" – tables
+
+
+ This lets you draw tables with a wide variety of formatting
+ options.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+
+ widths
+
+ (optional) in points (auto-sizes if not given)
+
+
+
+ heights
+
+ (optional) in points (auto-sizes if not given)
+
+
+
+ style
+
+ (optional) – name of a ReportLab
+ tablestyle defined in the stylesheet.
+
+
+
+ colDelim
+
+ (optional) – the column
+ delimiter string for bulk data; defaults to a comma.
+
+
+
+ rowDelim
+
+ (optional) – the line
+ delimiter string for bulk data; defaults to a carriage
+ return.
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Frame
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Bulk data, with the row and column delimiters
+ specified
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag family – "Drawable Objects"
+
+
+ These are objects which know how to draw themselves directly on
+ the page (or section template). Use them for designing the backdrop,
+ and for custom graphics.
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Varies.
+
+
+ To Do:
+
+
+ Will include the full PINGO object
+ model – a subset of SVG – allowing any vector graphics
+ at all.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "fixedimage"
+
+
+ This is an image draw directly at a fixed position –
+ for example, the logo at top left of the page.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ filename: required
+
+
+ x, y: required
+
+
+ width, height: optional, stretches image
+ to fit box if present.
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "rectangle"
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ x, y, width, height: required
+
+
+ fill, stroke: either 'None', or an
+ (r,g,b) tuple.
+
+
+ linewidth: defaults to 0 (hairline)
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "roundrect"
+
+
+ This is exactly like Rectangle,
+ but with an extra 'radius' attribute defining the corner
+ radius in points – default is 6 points.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "ellipse"
+
+
+ Draws an ellipse, defined by its
+ bounding box. Note that it can
+ create circles if height and width are equal.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ x1, y1, x2, y2: required
+
+
+ fill, stroke: either 'None', or an
+ (r,g,b) tuple.
+
+
+ linewidth: defaults to 0 (hairline)
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "polygon"
+
+
+ Draws a polygon from a list
+ of points you provide.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ points: list such as "(0,0),(50,0),(25,25)"
+
+
+ fill, stroke: either 'None', or an
+ (r,g,b) tuple.
+
+
+ linewidth: defaults to 0 (hairline)
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "line"
+
+
+ Draws a line.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ x1, y1, x2, y2
+
+
+ stroke: either 'None', or an
+ (r,g,b) tuple.
+
+
+ width: defaults to 0 (hairline)
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "string"
+
+
+ This places strings directly on the page. They may have
+ embedded newlines (use a '\n' in the XML), in which
+ case multi-line strings are printed. Left, right
+ and centre alignment are allowed.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ x, y: required
+
+
+ color: RGB colour tuple such as '(0,1,0)'
+
+
+ font: default is 'Times-Roman'
+
+
+ size: default 12
+
+
+ align: default 'left', allows
+ also 'right' or 'center'
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ The text of the string
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tag "customshape"
+
+
+ This looks in a specified Python module for a
+ 'drawable object' you write, and initialises
+ it with arguments you provide before drawing.
+ This must provide a 'self.drawOn(canvas)' method.
+
+
+ Attributes:
+
+
+ path: where to look; searches Python path
+ if None
+
+
+ module: module name
+
+
+ class: class name to create
+
+
+ initargs: tuple of arguments with which
+ to initialize the class.
+
+
+ align: default 'left', allows
+ also 'right' or 'center'
+
+
+ Contained By:
+
+
+ Slide, Section
+
+
+ Can Contain:
+
+
+ Nothing
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Part 3 – To Do
+
+
+ Lots of testing
+
+
+ Text preprocessor to let you input text, styles and images
+ in something easier to type
+
+
+ Support for Pingo (http://pingo.sourceforge.net/) drawings using
+ the Scalable Vector Graphics imaging model
+
+
+ Proper caching of flowing images
+
+
+ Basic Tables and Charts
+
+
+ Use new XML parsers as wel as xmllib
+
+
+ Slide indexing and database search tools
+
+
+ Speaker Notes mode
+
+
+ Naturally, help is extremely welcome :-)
+
+
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