Render PDF

render_pdf is python script based on weasyprint that converts any source code to pdf file.

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Single Code Base

Two Source Codes Side By Side

Features

This script has the following features.

• syntax highlighting for any source code using pygments.
• line number for the source code.
• rendering any online materials or source code by downloading it.

Installation

You can install this package from the pypi index using the following commands.

For Linux Based OS

pip install render_pdf

For windows

python -m pip install render_pdf

Usage

This script can be used in variety of ways. The following examples and the results are stored in the example directory in this repository.

• rendering single source code from local directory

render ./example/render.py -o ./example/render.pdf

• rendering multiple source codes from local directory

render ./setup.py ./example/render.py -o ./example/render.pdf

rendering two source codes side by side for comparison.

render -y ./setup.py ./example/render.py -o ./example/render.pdf

rendering source code by downloading from the internet.

To render the setup.py file from this repository by downloading it from github server. P

render https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endalk200/render_pdf/main/setup.py -o setup.pdf

Source Code

You can see the source code by cloning the repository as follows.

git clone https://github.com/endalk200/render_pdf.git