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How would that compare to, say, an HTML template + wkhtmltopdf? Also I feel like the biggest gripe with generating (long) PDFs from HTML are things such as pag

by Ecco 8y ago

How would that compare to, say, an HTML template + wkhtmltopdf? Also I feel like the biggest gripe with generating (long) PDFs from HTML are things such as page numbering, orphans and widows, semantically correct word-wrapping, page margins, etc... Chrome does a decent job but is nowhere close to what LaTeX can do.

jahewson 8y ago
CSS paged media supports page numbering, widow and orphan control and page margins. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Paged_Media https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Paged_Media
zulko 8y ago
I have gathered some comparisons in this wiki page: https://github.com/RelaxedJS/ReLaXed/wiki/ReLaXed-vs-other-solutions https://github.com/RelaxedJS/ReLaXed/wiki/ReLaXed-vs-other-s... It is open to contributions, so any thoughts welcome. In a nutshell, all your points are valid. Chrome is one of the best browsers, but still behind LaTeX in some aspects. But which will evolve faster in the future ?
- netheril96 8y ago
  > But which will evolve faster in the future ? Are you comparing Chrome and LaTeX? Chrome is certainly evolving faster overall, but features related to PDF printing have not changed much, or any at all.
- spronkey 8y ago
  I'd suggest there's quite a lot more inertia to overcome with Chrome (or any HTML/CSS-based tech) to get improvements in print features than with a non-web tech... But hey, no reason not to try :)
tingletech 8y ago
> Also I feel like the biggest gripe with generating (long) PDFs from HTML are things such as page numbering, orphans and widows, semantically correct word-wrapping, page margins, etc... a blog about this issue: http://www.pagedmedia.org http://www.pagedmedia.org