Evaluate the use of wkhtmltopdf

[javiereguiluz]

Try https://github.com/antialize/wkhtmltopdf for generating PDF files instead of PrinceXML library.

Evaluate the use of wkhtmltopdf as a fallback for users who don't/can't use PrinceXML.

[stloyd]

I would like to suggest here snappy (and probably KnpSnappyBundle).

[javiereguiluz]

@stloyd thanks for your suggestion. If I use wkhtmltopdf I think it would make sense to use snappy.

[DIOHz0r]

What about using html2pdf ??, its free http://www.tufat.com/s_html2ps_html2pdf.htm and here is a fork more updated https://github.com/danieleds/html2pdf_fork

[silentworks]

Please do add in support for snappy, this would be great.

[neoshadybeat]

:+1: for snappy

[javiereguiluz]

It seems that the wkhtmltopdf project is no longer maintained. Unfortunately, I don't know any other tool with a similar quality level as PrinceXML.

[neoshadybeat]

@javiereguiluz last commit was a month ago

https://github.com/antialize/wkhtmltopdf

[javiereguiluz]

@neoshadybeat you are right! I browsed https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ and that site seems dead (the last news was published on May 23 2012).

I'm going to reopen this issue to evaluate again the use of wkhtmltopdf.

[neoshadybeat]

@javiereguiluz an annotation, if you try to use wkhtml2pdf, download it from the https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ instead of macports or debian/ubuntu repo, the version of qt is not properly patched and all the functionalites doesn't work, if I can help you with anything, tell me

[Purus]

Implementation of this will make easy-book trully opensource removing the need of PrinceXML.

[ashkulz]

@javiereguiluz: I'm currently maintaining wkhtmltopdf, which is now hosted on http://wkhtmltopdf.org

[Purus]

Thanks @ashkulz for jummping in. EasyBook will be super awesome if it uses wkhtmltopdf instead of PrinceXML.