[pro] Professional Reports

[Ala'a Mohammad]

you can use either Tex/LaTex or cl-pdf and cl-typesetting depending on
the project requirements and/or constraints.

In general the way I work is avoid going on tangent about layout
perfection and pixels counting/optimization. I'd do paper prototyping
(pencil and paper), iterate as needed, then computer sketch (using
inkscape) and when i get almost satisfied look I'll start coding the
details

you can automate a little bit of the process by doing the design in
Inkscape and then parse the output SVG file to generate the cl-pdf
and/or cl-typesetting code. (try using cl-html-parse). keep it simple
and avoid the tendency of trying to develop a full svg2cl-pdf
parser/compiler. this will help in case you wanted to hire a designer
who will take care of pixels optimization.

Regards,

Ala'a

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Nico de Jager <ndj at bitart.cc> wrote:
> I am looking for tips to create professional multi-page reports,
> invoices, etc, preferably producing standalone files like PDFs that can
> be emailed. Automatic page calculation would be great, and I'd like to
> include generated and static images (e.g. graphs and logos).
>
> The solution does not have to be open source, although most of my
> applications are web based for which I do prefer GNU Linux as a hosting
> platform (I am a LispWorks user and have both Linux and Windows
> licenses).
>
> I know about cl-pdf and cl-typesetting, although I have only had a
> fleeting glance at them. Maybe there is an easy WYSIWYG layout editor
> that a list member can recommend among the hordes that Google spits
> out.
>
> How do list members typically solve this (boring) problem with their CL
> applications?
>
> Regards.
> Nico
>
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