README.md in erb_latex-0.0.1 vs README.md in erb_latex-0.2.0
- old
+ new
@@ -8,24 +8,28 @@
## Use Case
[Argosity](http://argosity.com/) uses this for several different projects
- * [Nathan](http://nathan.stitt.org/) originally used a bare-bones of this to generate his resume.
+ * I originally used a bare-bones & hacky version to generate my resume in both HTML & PDF
* [Stockor](http://stockor.org/), our open-source ERP platform. It's used for building all the form that output as PDF.
- * Generating proposals for client projects.
+ * Generating proposals for client projects. Hit me up with a consulting request and you'll probably receive one!
-## Api Docs
+## Links
-Are hosted at [nathan.stitt.org/code/erb-latex/](http://nathan.stitt.org/code/erb-latex/)
+API docs are hosted at [nathan.stitt.org/code/erb-latex/](http://nathan.stitt.org/code/erb-latex/)
+The source is on github at [github.com/nathanstitt/erb_latex](https://github.com/nathanstitt/erb_latex)
+
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'erb_latex'
+You'll also need a working tex installation, in particular the xelatex binary. You can get that from [TeX Live](https://www.tug.org/texlive/).
+
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
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```latex
\lettrine[lines=2]{T}{hank} you for your your consideration.
Please let us know if we can help you any further at all and don't forget to fill out the speakers notes.
-<%=q message %>
+<%=q @message %>
Thank you,
-<%=q author %>
+<%=q @author %>
```
The following will convert it to a pdf
```ruby
require "erb_latex"
tmpl = ErbLatex::Template.new( 'body.tex', {
- :layout=>'layout.tex',
- :data=>{
- :author=>"Nathan",
- :messge = "Please call our department at 555-5555"
+ layout: 'layout.tex',
+ partial_path: '/my/partials/directory',
+ packages_path: '/location/of/custom/latex/packages',
+ data: {
+ author: "Nathan",
+ messge: "Please call our department at 555-5555"
}
})
tmpl.to_file('thank-you.pdf')
```
## Guard plugin