The following code does what I need: https://github.com/kiss-web/Kiss/blob/master/src/main/java/org/kissweb/Groff.java
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:26 PM Blake McBride <bl...@mcbride.name> wrote: > A few years ago I thought of a really, really good use for groff and tbl. > Thought I'd share. > > I write (web-based) business applications. Often I have to generate > reports which largely mean PDF files. In the past, I used some open-source > PDF generation utilities. They worked, but what a nightmare! Handling > paging and lining everything up took hours. > > Then, a few years ago, I thought of generating groff/tbl input instead and > then calling those tools to generate the final PDF output. This made my > ability to produce reports skyrocket. I have a deep love of troff but > don't get to use it as much as I'd like. Now I'll be using it all of the > time. > > This is a great use of groff et al. I will be using it all of the time > now! > > Blake McBride > >
