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diff --git a/libraries/reportlab/README b/libraries/reportlab/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bc2ea13a14 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/reportlab/README @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +The ReportLab Open Source PDF library is a proven industry-strength +python-based PDF generating solution, suitable for web publishers, +developers or creative design professionals who need to quickly and +easily create or automate complex (even data-driven) documents. +It is released by ReportLab Inc., under BSD license. + +It has the following features: +- create professional portable documents +- real document layout engine (Platypus) +- flowable objects such as paragraphs, headlines, tables, images, +graphics, etc. +- arbitrary Type-1 fonts +- bitmap images, vector graphics +- library of reusable primitive shapes +- extensible widget library +- uses Python, a clean OO language +- layered architecture +- includes simple demos and more complex tools +- allows for any data sources +- fully available source code +- strong community support +- platform-independent +- includes PythonPoint - PDF Presentation Tool + +If pil (Python Imaging library) is installed (it is available from +Slackbuilds.org too), reportlab can use it for working with bitmap +images. |