noWord

non-WYSIWYG document generator.

• Introduction
• Input files
• Build-in block types
• Application modules
• Testing
• Developer

Introduction

The idea behind the project is to provide a very efficient text processing framework for software developers or other IT professionals offering the following features:

• command line user interface (no GUI) for extrem productivity
• source files are exclusivly plain text files (git-able, pull-request, etc)
• strict seperation between content and layout
• foundation for complexe document generation task (not included in this project)
• easy indexing of documents in noSql databases

The first two points make it very easy to integrate the noWord processor in any software development environment (IDE, source code, build chain) which makes it very convinent for software developers.

The following illustration outlines the main components of the noWord system.

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Input files

doc_info.yaml

This files contains global settings of the document like:

• doc id, version, author, etc
• templates
• processing instructions

Content files

As content file format we chose YAML over json for it's multiline support. The content file is organized in blocks. Each block is a dictionary which should have at least one entry: type. All other entries are block type specific.

- type    : chapter
  title   : Some title

- type    : text
  content : >
    Some multiline text ...
    Another line

- type    : list
  content :
    - Item 1
    - Item 2

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Build-in block types

Basic text elements

• Text block
• Chapter block
• Title block
• Newpage block
• vSpace block
• List block
• Table block
• Line block

External assets

• Image block
• PDF block

Document structure elements

• Tabel of Content block
• Anchor block
• Decoration block
• StickToBottom block
• Measure block

External data processing

• Resource block
• Transformation block
• Foreach block
• Value block
• Chart block
• Progressbar block
• TodoItem block

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Application modules

Block type Plugins

You can define your own block types using the plugin mecanism.

Templates

For maximum flexibility, you can write you own templates using python.

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Testing

Functional Testing

For each plugin a functional test was implemented. The following document describes the functional test: tests.md

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Developer

Built With / Credits

• ReportLab - ReportLab is the time-proven, ultra-robust open-source engine for creating complex, data-driven PDF documents and custom vector graphics.

• Font Awesome - Font Awesome is a scalable vector icons library that can instantly be customized.

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Matthias Müller - mmuellersk

Contributers

• Benoist Wolleb
• Sebastien Pasche
• Cyril Sester
• Daniel Fernandes
• David Zéni
• Cédric Monard

License

This project is licensed under the GPL License - see the LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• Hat tip to anyone who's code was used
• Inspiration
• etc

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