27 Jan
2011
27 Jan
'11
11:47 p.m.
Hi,
I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta data
of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I worked on a PDF export options
page.
By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that allows
user to choose to export or not cover page, toc page, metadata page
attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box is
not checked it is not set and I found no way to use check boxes with actual
code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
#if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
#set($displayPdfCover = 1)
#else
#set($displayPdfCover = 0)
#end
and the same for pdftoc
(I could have put <input value="0"/> instead but it makes more sense to
have
<input value="1"/>)
Therefore I am proposing that we:
* update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not exported
by default
* update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
(pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
*page?format=pdf*it would be
*page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am not
planning to work on this.)
The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in this
page of the incubator so that it makes things clearer if needed:
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the feature
itself.
--
Thibaut
28 Jan
28 Jan
7:28 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Exposing PDF Export Options
Hi Thibaut,
You work could probably be integrated as part of the Multipage export feature.
See http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport
Check for example the PDF export options on
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport2Propos…
Thanks
-Vincent
On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
Hi,
I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta data
of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I worked on a PDF export options
page.
By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that allows
user to choose to export or not cover page, toc page, metadata page
attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box is
not checked it is not set and I found no way to use check boxes with actual
code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
#if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
#set($displayPdfCover = 1)
#else
#set($displayPdfCover = 0)
#end
and the same for pdftoc
(I could have put <input value="0"/> instead but it makes more sense to
have
<input value="1"/>)
Therefore I am proposing that we:
* update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not exported
by default
* update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
(pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
*page?format=pdf*it would be
*page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am not
planning to work on this.)
The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in this
page of the incubator so that it makes things clearer if needed:
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the feature
itself.
--
Thibaut
9:27 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Exposing PDF Export Options
From what I see Multipage export already plans to have
those export options,
right. But my development is about exporting as PDF when you
are on the
actual page, not in multipage export feature.
* Export
** Export as PDF
*** PDF Export Options
** Export as RTF
** Export as HTML
** Export as XAR
It is complementary.
--
Thibaut
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Hi Thibaut,
You work could probably be integrated as part of the Multipage export
feature.
See http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport
Check for example the PDF export options on
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport2Propos…
Thanks
-Vincent
On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
Hi,
I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta
data
of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I
worked on a PDF export
options
page.
By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that allows
user to choose to export or not cover page, toc page, metadata page
attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box is
not checked it is not set and I found no way to use check boxes with
actual
code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
#if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
#set($displayPdfCover = 1)
#else
#set($displayPdfCover = 0)
#end
and the same for pdftoc
(I could have put <input value="0"/> instead but it makes more sense to
have
<input value="1"/>)
Therefore I am proposing that we:
* update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not
exported
by default
* update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
(pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
*page?format=pdf*it would be
*page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am not
planning to work on this.)
The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in
this
page of the incubator so that it makes things
clearer if needed:
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the
feature
itself.
--
Thibaut
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9:54 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Exposing PDF Export Options
On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
From what I see Multipage export already plans to have
those export options,
right. But my development is about exporting as PDF when you are on the
actual page, not in multipage export feature.
* Export
** Export as PDF
*** PDF Export Options
** Export as RTF
** Export as HTML
** Export as XAR
It is complementary.
I think the idea is to have a single view to perform both single export and multiple
exports, possibly with a simplified UI when exporting a single page (ie no need to choose
the list of items to export or maybe keep it but have the current page preselected).
Thanks
-Vincent
--
Thibaut
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
> Hi Thibaut,
>
> You work could probably be integrated as part of the Multipage export
> feature.
> See http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport
>
> Check for example the PDF export options on
>
> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport2Propos…
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta
> data
>> of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I worked on a PDF export
> options
>> page.
>>
>> By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that allows
>> user to choose to export or not cover page, toc page, metadata page
>> attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box is
>> not checked it is not set and I found no way to use check boxes with
> actual
>> code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
>>
>> #if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
>> #set($displayPdfCover = 1)
>> #else
>> #set($displayPdfCover = 0)
>> #end
>> and the same for pdftoc
>>
>> (I could have put <input value="0"/> instead but it makes more
sense to
> have
>> <input value="1"/>)
>>
>> Therefore I am proposing that we:
>> * update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not
> exported
>> by default
>> * update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
>> (pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
>> *page?format=pdf*it would be
>> *page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
>>
>> Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am not
>> planning to work on this.)
>>
>> The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in
> this
>> page of the incubator so that it makes things clearer if needed:
>> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the
> feature
>> itself.
>> --
>> Thibaut
11:01 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Exposing PDF Export Options
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
Right, this also what I read in the specs. But I see no screen addressing
this issue. Maybe caty can tell us more about that?
IMO when we want to export one page (most of the time) user should not see
all those options. There should be 3 levels :
- "Export as PDF" button that exports the page as usual (with toc and
cover)
- "PDF export options" that allows to select Cover, Toc, etc.
- and a link to "Multipage Export" feature.
Or maybe we will have one "Export" link from pages that bring to multipage
export ?
From what I see Multipage export already plans to
have those export
options,
right. But my development is about exporting as
PDF when you are on the
actual page, not in multipage export feature.
* Export
** Export as PDF
*** PDF Export Options
** Export as RTF
** Export as HTML
** Export as XAR
It is complementary.
I think the idea is to have a single view to perform both single export and
multiple exports, possibly with a simplified UI when exporting a single page
(ie no need to choose the list of items to export or maybe keep it but have
the current page preselected).
Thanks
-Vincent
--
Thibaut
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>
wrote:
> Hi Thibaut,
>
> You work could probably be integrated as part of the Multipage export
> feature.
> See
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport
>
> Check for example the PDF export options on
>
>
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MultiExport2Propos…
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta
> data
>> of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I worked on a PDF export
> options
>> page.
>>
>> By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that
allows
>> user to choose to export or not cover
page, toc page, metadata page
>> attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box
is
>> not checked it is not set and I found no
way to use check boxes with
> actual
>> code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
>>
>> #if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
>> #set($displayPdfCover = 1)
>> #else
>> #set($displayPdfCover = 0)
>> #end
>> and the same for pdftoc
>>
>> (I could have put <input value="0"/> instead but it makes more
sense to
> have
>> <input value="1"/>)
>>
>> Therefore I am proposing that we:
>> * update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not
> exported
>> by default
>> * update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
>> (pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
>> *page?format=pdf*it would be
>> *page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
>>
>> Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am
not
>> planning to work on this.)
>>
>> The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in
> this
>> page of the incubator so that it makes things clearer if needed:
>> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the
> feature
>> itself.
>> --
>> Thibaut
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11:38 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Exposing PDF Export Options
On 01/27/2011 11:47 PM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
Hi,
I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta data
of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I worked on a PDF export options
page.
By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that allows
user to choose to export or not cover page, toc page, metadata page
attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box is
not checked it is not set and I found no way to use check boxes with actual
code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
#if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
#set($displayPdfCover = 1)
#else
#set($displayPdfCover = 0)
#end
and the same for pdftoc
You don't need to do that at all. The trick is to put:
<label><input type="checkbox" value="1"
name="pdfcover"/> Cover</label>
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="pdfcover" />
If the checkbox is selected, the browser sends both values to the
server: pdfcover=1&pdfcover=0
But request.pdfcover gets the first value it sees, 1.
If the checkbox is unselected, the browser sends only the hidden value:
pdfcover=0, so request.pdfcover will be 0.
This is how the checkbox display of object properties is implemented as
well.
But yes, displaying the PDF options is something that I wanted to do as
well, just that I never had the time for it.
(I could have put<input value="0"/>
instead but it makes more sense to have
<input value="1"/>)
Therefore I am proposing that we:
* update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not exported
by default
* update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
(pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
*page?format=pdf*it would be
*page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am not
planning to work on this.)
The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in this
page of the incubator so that it makes things clearer if needed:
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the feature
itself.
--
Thibaut
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
5:23 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [xwiki-users] Exposing PDF Export Options
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <sergiu(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
On 01/27/2011 11:47 PM, Thibaut Camberlin wrote:
Hum, ok. I found that technique on the net but it seems I did not get the
parameter correctly. Thanks for the info.
Hi,
I was writing a piece of code so that PDF export prints associated meta
data
of a page. Since I was in PDF macros code, I
worked on a PDF export
options
page.
By working on the PDF export options, I am using check boxes that allows
user to choose to export or not cover page, toc page, metadata page
attachments and comments. Issue I encountered is that when a check box is
not checked it is not set and I found no way to use check boxes with
actual
code from pdfhtmlheader.vm page:
#if("$!request.pdfcover" != '0')
#set($displayPdfCover = 1)
#else
#set($displayPdfCover = 0)
#end
and the same for pdftoc
You don't need to do that at all. The trick is to put:
<label><input type="checkbox" value="1"
name="pdfcover"/> Cover</label>
<input type="hidden" value="0" name="pdfcover" />
If the checkbox is selected, the browser sends both values to the
server: pdfcover=1&pdfcover=0
But request.pdfcover gets the first value it sees, 1.
If the checkbox is unselected, the browser sends only the hidden value:
pdfcover=0, so request.pdfcover will be 0.
This is how the checkbox display of object properties is implemented as
well.
But yes, displaying the PDF options is something that I wanted to do as
well, just that I never had the time for it.
Great. So is this going to be done via Multipage export (I am fine with that
but we need to have a simplified UI for when you are on a page and what to
export it, using options) or is it going to be stand alone (in which case I
can polish my code and contribute on a jira to be created) ?
(I could have put<input
value="0"/> instead but it makes more sense to
have
<input value="1"/>)
Therefore I am proposing that we:
* update pdfhtmlheader.vm page so that cover and toc page are not
exported
by default
* update existing pdf export button so that we keep the same behaviour
(pdfcover and pdftoc printed in PDF), meaning instead of
*page?format=pdf*it would be
*page?format=pdf&pdftoc=1&pdfcover=1*
Some UI will be needed afterward so that this page is exposed. (I am not
planning to work on this.)
The export options would be made in a template, but I put the code in
this
page of the incubator so that it makes things
clearer if needed:
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/PDFExport/ExportOptions
Thanks for your feedback on pdfhtmlheader.vm modification and on the
feature
itself.
--
Thibaut
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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