Groff is another ruby pdf generator that doesn’t reinvent the wheel.
It use the always present groff command (on all macs and *nix), and ps2pdf from ghostscript package.
If you load it within rails, you will get a TemplateEngine for free
Some resources to get you started:
The recommended way is that you get the gem:
# add GitHub to your local list of gem sources: gem sources -a http://gems.github.com/ # install the gem: gem install guillermo-groff
Just add a simple require to the end of “config/environment.rb”:
gem 'guillermo-groff' require 'groff'
That’s it. Remember to install the gem on all machines that you are deploying to.
Create a view named index.pdf.groff with these content
.AUTHOR "<%= author = %x(who am i).split(" ").first.capitalize %>"
.DOCTYPE LETTER
.PRINTSTYLE TYPESET
.START
.DATE
<%= Time.now.strftime "%A, %d %b %Y %H:%M" %>
.TO
User of Groff
.FROM
Guillermo Álvarez
guillermo@cientifico.net
.GREETING
Hi
Enjoy using groff
.CLOSING
Bye
- Authors
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Guillermo Álvarez <guillermo@cientifico.net>
- Thanks
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Willpaginate as I used as scaffold for the template engine and gem