Re: [xwiki-devs] Slightly improved default pdf export look and feel

On 18 Nov 2018, at 14:10, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: Just checked and it’s weird since the jira ref is there: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/19d4f104f5f0da385d3871b3f8e9… Maybe we have a bug in the jira/github linking… Thanks -Vincent > > Maybe you could fix it by commenting in the jira issue with a link to the commit? > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> -Vincent >> >>> On 18 Nov 2018, at 11:26, Anca Luca <lucaa(a)xwiki.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> as promised, the pull request is now merged (for 10.10-rc-1) and documented >>> in the release notes for users. >>> >>> Anca >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 8:58 PM Anca Luca <lucaa(a)xwiki.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Vincent, >>>> >>>> done, I attached the same page exported with the previous export, for >>>> comparison. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:41 AM Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Anca, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for working on this. >>>>> >>>>> I wanted to quickly check it out so I went to the jira issue. What would >>>>> have been nice would have been to have two 2 PDF exports (one before and >>>>> one after), or simply 2 screenshots. Just to see visually what the changes >>>>> you made are looking like. But if you don’t have the time for this, don’t >>>>> worry, we can work with the text/PR. However, if you had some screenshots, >>>>> it could go in the Release notes to show the improvements to the user. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> -Vincent >>>>> >>>>>> On 21 Oct 2018, at 01:50, Anca Luca <lucaa(a)xwiki.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello devs, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've whipped up quickly a couple of changes to the default PDF export of >>>>>> the XWiki platform, to try to make it look a little nicer. >>>>>> I created the issue here https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-15761 and >>>>> the >>>>>> pull request here https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/pull/900 . >>>>>> I would like to merge that into master unless somebody has something >>>>>> against it, so please speak up now. >>>>>> >>>>>> Longer story: >>>>>> I know that "nicer" is a subjective term, and that a lot more can be >>>>> done >>>>>> to improve this default PDF export. My idea was that the current >>>>> defaults >>>>>> we have (for the font family, for example, or the information we >>>>> display in >>>>>> the pdf header/footer and the style associated) are not the result of an >>>>>> actual studied choice, iirc they are just defaults that were set like >>>>> that >>>>>> in the first version of that export and never changed. Thus, I don't see >>>>>> why we couldn't slightly change these defaults (without changing the >>>>>> information displayed or risking regressions) to have a slightly better >>>>>> looking default PDF, while still allowing all customizations just they >>>>> way >>>>>> they worked before. >>>>>> These modifications are not blocking nor replacing in any way the more >>>>>> serious improvements that can be done on the PDF export, they're just >>>>>> slightly improving the current defaults. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Anca