Re: Re: Alternatives for reST -> PDF

On 5/20/06, Felix Wiemann <Felix.Wiemann <at> gmx.net> wrote:
> > Using this approach, rst2pdf could just produce an XML or XHTML and
> > then convert it to PDF using a standard or custom CSS stylesheet.
>
> Yes, but why wouldn't you want to go via LaTeX instead of via XHTML?
> Especially if LaTeX's quality is so much better?

Suppose there was a tool that provided the same quality LaTeX does.
IMO, a CSS stylesheet is a much easier and cleaner way to specify
formatting. Also, I think there are more people with experience in CSS
(applied to web pages) than people really experienced in LaTeX. I am
not one of them, in fact I have almost no knowledge in CSS, but as far
as I have seen, if it works so well on screen formatting, I think it
would be great applied to printed pages.

Of course, since pdflatex is unmatched in quality, it is the 'least
bad' choice right now.

Regards,
Diego

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