Meta Configuration of Package python-ReportLab
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<package name="python-ReportLab" project="devel:python">
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<title>Open Source PDF library for Python</title>
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<description>This package is based on the package 'python-ReportLab' from project 'openSUSE:Factory'.
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See http://www.reportlab.org/rl_toolkit.html
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The ReportLab Open Source PDF library is a proven industry-strength PDF
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generating solution, that you can use for meeting your requirements and
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deadlines in enterprise reporting systems.
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Our free Open Source PDF library is suitable for web publishers,
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developers or creative design professionals who need to quickly and
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easily create or automate complex (even data-driven) documents. It lets
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you create professional documents programmatically without being locked
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into one special technology and/or platform. It has grown over years in
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response to the real-world requirements of large financial
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institutions' reporting needs, making it the trusted proven foundation
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of existing enterprise solutions rather than a just a fancy gimmick or
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interesting library.
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This library implements a flexible layout engine named Platypus that
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builds documents from components like headlines, paragraphs, fonts,
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tables, bitmap images, vector graphics, etc. These flowable elements
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are placed in a document "story" following a set of templates for
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frames, pages and the entire document itself. In addition to the
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standard 14 PostScript fonts there is full support for custom embedded
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Type-1 as well as for Asian fonts. The included graphics subpackage
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provides a set of primitive shapes as well as reusable widgets building
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on them. Among the sample collections is a very useful set of business
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chart diagrams, including bar charts, line charts and pie charts.
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Different renderers can be used to create vector graphics (in fact,
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even full document pages) as individual components not only in PDF, but
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also in EPS and in a variety of bitmap formats including JPEG, PNG,
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GIF, BMP and PICT.
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</description>
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<build>
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<disable repository="openSUSE_11.1"/>
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</build>
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</package>
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