Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:11:05 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced printing/layout tools Message-ID: <4B3E3AB9.40306@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20100101184219.6cd84f19.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4B3E3121.6060106@polands.org> <20100101184219.6cd84f19.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2010-01-01 11:42, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:30:09 -0600, Doug Poland<doug@polands.org> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've been tasked to print a phonebook style directory for an >> organization. The data will be coming out of a MySQL database and can >> be easily saved as comma-delimited, or whatever text format I need. >> >> My specific question is, what open source tools would one use to tackle >> a project like this? I'm very comfortable in a CLI and do not >> require/desire a GUI. > > I'd suggest to use awk + LaTeX. I've been very happy with this > combination for a various number of tasks - just as you mentioned: > Data coming from some kind of database (MySQL, CSV or whatever) > and should then be layouted. > > Thanks for the info. I had a feeling I'd be introduced to LaTeX sooner or later. Should be plenty of web resources for such a venerable tool. -- Regards, Doug
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