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authorMarc Tamlyn <marc.tamlyn@gmail.com>2012-04-17 17:37:18 +0100
committerMarc Tamlyn <marc.tamlyn@gmail.com>2012-04-17 17:37:18 +0100
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-rw-r--r--docs/conf.py14
-rw-r--r--docs/index.rst49
-rw-r--r--docs/installation.rst57
-rw-r--r--docs/usage.rst2
4 files changed, 80 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b224335..a8227a3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
import sys, os
+from wkhtmltopdf import get_version
+
# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
@@ -41,16 +43,16 @@ master_doc = 'index'
# General information about the project.
project = u'django-wkhtmltopdf'
-copyright = u'2011, Charles Denton, George Hickman'
+copyright = u'2012, Incuna Ltd'
# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.1'
+version = get_version()
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.1.2'
+release = get_version()
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ latex_elements = {
# (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
latex_documents = [
('index', 'django-wkhtmltopdf.tex', u'django-wkhtmltopdf Documentation',
- u'Charles Denton, George Hickman', 'manual'),
+ u'Incuna Ltd', 'manual'),
]
# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ latex_documents = [
# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
man_pages = [
('index', 'django-wkhtmltopdf', u'django-wkhtmltopdf Documentation',
- [u'Charles Denton, George Hickman'], 1)
+ [u'Incuna Ltd'], 1)
]
# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ man_pages = [
# dir menu entry, description, category)
texinfo_documents = [
('index', 'django-wkhtmltopdf', u'django-wkhtmltopdf Documentation',
- u'Charles Denton, George Hickman', 'django-wkhtmltopdf', 'One line description of project.',
+ u'Incuna Ltd', 'django-wkhtmltopdf', 'One line description of project.',
'Miscellaneous'),
]
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 04dec19..560d8af 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,53 @@
-=====================================
+==================
django-wkhtmltopdf
-=====================================
+==================
-Render PDFs in Django using the `wkhtmltopdf`_ library.
+``django-wkhtmltopdf`` allows a Django site to output dynamic PDFs. It utilises
+the wkhtmltopdf_ library, allowing you to write using the technologies you know
+- HTML and CSS - and output a PDF file.
.. _wkhtmltopdf: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/
+Quickstart
+==========
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ pip install django-wkhtmltopdf
+
+Grab the wkhtmltopdf binary_ for your platform.
+
+.. _binary: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/downloads/list
+
+``settings.py``
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ INSTALLED_APPS = (
+ # ...
+ 'wkhtmltopdf',
+ # ...
+ )
+
+``urls.py``
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ from django.conf.urls.defaults import url, patterns
+ from wkhtmltopdf.views import PDFTemplateView
+
+ urlpatterns = patterns('',
+ url(r'^pdf/$', PDFTemplateView.as_view(template_name='my_template.html',
+ filename='my_pdf.pdf'), name='pdf'),
+ )
+
+Contribute
+==========
+
+You can fork the project on Github_.
+
+.. _Github: http://github.com/incuna/django-wkhtmltopdf
+
Contents
========
@@ -14,4 +56,3 @@ Contents
installation
usage
-
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 98aadc0..0cf448b 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-Installation
-============
+Full Installation Notes
+=======================
-Package
--------
-PyPI
-~~~~
+Installing the Package
+----------------------
+
+From PyPI
+~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: bash
pip install django-wkhtmltopdf
-GitHub
-~~~~~~
+From source
+~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: bash
@@ -21,38 +22,34 @@ GitHub
python setup.py install
-Binary
-------
-
-Find the relevant download link on the ``wkhtmltopdf`` project `downloads page`_.
-
-This requires libfontconfig (on Ubuntu: ``sudo aptitude install libfontconfig``).
-
-.. _downloads page: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/downloads/list
+Installing the Binary
+---------------------
-.. note::
+Find the relevant version of the ``wkhtmltopdf`` binary from the project
+`downloads page`_.
- The wkhtmltopdf downloads page can be quite confusing. Make sure you get
- wkhtmltopdf (there are a few different libraries on there) and the correct platform.
+You might need to install ``libfontconfig``.
+You can alternatively install wkhtmltopdf from source via Homebrew or
+apt-get/aptitude, but as this requires a full compilation of QT it's not
+recommended.
.. note::
- At the time of writing it was possible to install wkhtmltopdf from Homebrew
- and apt-get/aptitude but required compilation of QT which can take quite a
- while so the binary installation is recommended.
-
+ The downloads page can be quite confusing. Make sure you get wkhtmltopdf
+ (there are a few different libraries on there) and the correct platform.
.. note::
- There is an known issue on 64bit machines where wkhtmltopdf will fail
+ There is an known issue on 64bit machines where ``wkhtmltopdf`` will fail
silently. `This page`_ details ways to get around this but the easiest
way to fix the issue is to install the 32bit binary.
+.. _downloads page: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/downloads/list
.. _this page: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/wiki/static
-Django
-------
+Setting up your Django
+----------------------
Add ``wkhtmltopdf`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``:
@@ -64,13 +61,11 @@ Add ``wkhtmltopdf`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``:
# ...
)
-By default it will execute the first wkhtmltopdf command found on your ``PATH``.
+By default it will try to execute the ``wkhtmltopdf`` command from your ``PATH``.
-If you can't add wkhtmltopdf to your ``PATH``, you can set ``WKHTMLTOPDF_CMD`` to a specific execuatable:
-
-e.g.: in ``settings.py``
+If you can't add wkhtmltopdf to your ``PATH`` or you want to use some other
+version, you can use the ``WKHTMLTOPDF_CMD`` setting:
.. code-block:: python
WKHTMLTOPDF_CMD = '/path/to/my/wkhtmltopdf'
-
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index fe883f3..8f8d797 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Point a URL at PDFTemplateView:
.. code-block:: python
from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
- from django_wkhtmltopdf.views import PDFTemplateView
+ from wkhtmltopdf.views import PDFTemplateView
urlpatterns = patterns('',