On 25/07/18 04:57:13, James K. Lowden wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:26:57 -0500
Blake McBride <bl...@mcbride.name> wrote:
> Then, a few years ago, I thought of generating groff/tbl input
> instead and then calling those tools to generate the final PDF
output.
You're not the only one. https://github.com/jklowden/sqlrpt
In my retirement hobby/business of running a photographic studio I keep
my records in a GNU recfile (the simplest method I could find). Using
shell scripts heavily reliant on awk which are then piped through groff
I produce booking confirmations, model releases, and invoices as
properly typeset PDFs containing the studio logo, background images,
with "fill in the blanks" and "sign on the dotted line".
My models and clients are always impressed by the quality of my
paperwork. Sadly, they often comment on the versatility of Excel.
Robert
