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## Description
Pyladoc is a python package for programmatically generating HTML and
PDF/LaTeX output. This package targets specifically applications where reports
or results with Pandas-tables and Matplotlib-figures are generated programmatically
to be displayed as website and as PDF document without any manual formatting
steps.
or results with Pandas-tables and Matplotlib-figures are generated
to be displayed as website and as PDF document without involving any manual
formatting steps.
This package focuses on the "Document in Code" approach for cases
where a lot of calculations and data handling is done but not a lot of
document text needs to be displayed.
document text needs to be displayed. The multiline string capability of Python
handles this very well. In comparison to "Code in Document"-templates
python tools supports this approach out of the box.
As backend for PDF generation LaTeX is used. There are excellent engines for
rendering HTML to PDF available, but even if there is no requirement for an
accurate typesetting, placing programmatically content of variable
rendering HTML to PDF, but even if there is no requirement for an
accurate typesetting and what not, placing programmatically content of variable
composition and element sizes on fixed size pages without manual intervention
is a hard problem that LaTeX is very capable of.
is a hard problem where LaTeX is superior.
## Example outputs
The following documents are generated by [tests/test_rendering_example1_doc.py](tests/test_rendering_example1_doc.py):
- HTML: [test_html_render1.html](https://html-preview.github.io/?url=https://github.com/Nonannet/pyladoc/blob/main/tests/out/test_html_render1.html)
- PDF: [test_latex_render1.pdf](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nonannet/pyladoc/refs/heads/main/tests/out/test_latex_render1.pdf)
The documents are generated by the script [tests/test_rendering_example1_doc.py](tests/test_rendering_example1_doc.py).
### Supported primitives
- Text (can be Markdown or HTML formatted)
- Headings
- Tables (Pandas, Markdown or HTML)
- Matplotlib figures
- LaTeX equations (Block or inline)
- Named references for figures, tables and equation
- LaTeX equations (block or inline)
- Named references for figures, tables and equations
### Key Features
- HTML and PDF/LaTeX rendering of the same document
- Single file output including figures
- Figure and equation embedding in HTML by inline SVG, SVG in Base64 or PNG in Base64
- Figure embedding in LaTeX as PGF/TikZ
- Tested on Linux and Windows
### Usage Scenarios
- Webservices
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pip install pyladoc
```
## Dependencies
Pyladoc depends on the markdown package.
Optional dependencies are:
- Matplotlib python package for rendering LaTeX equations for HTML output
- LaTeX for exporting to PDF or exporting Matplotlib figures to LaTeX (PGF/TikZ rendering)
- Pandas and Matplotlib for including Pandas Tables and Matplotlib figures (obviously)
## Usage
It is easy to use as the following example code shows: