[erlang-questions] ANN: erlPress_core V. 0.01

[Jesse Gumm]

Way to go, Lloyd!

I know you've been working your tail off to get this out, so I'm glad to
see it finally make its way out.

Cheers, dude!

-Jesse

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 11:48 AM <lloyd@REDACTED> wrote:

> Generate PDFs from your Erlang applications.
>
> GitHub: writersglen:erlPress_core
>
> MIT license.
>
> erlPress_core modifies and extends the Hugh Watkins fork of Erlang
> Erlguten originally developed by Joe Armstrong.
>
> Joe Armstrong set out an ambitious goal: "Better than TeX."
>
> http://erlang.org/euc/04/erlguten.pdf
>
> But development flagged.
>
> erlPress_core picks up the baton. With your creative and technical help,
> our aspiration is to bring Joe's vision to reality and beyond.
>
> We see erlPress_core as the base for many as yet-to-be-developed Erlang
> applications for creative print media publishing tools.
>
> To see current functionality, display .../pdf/galleys/ep_show_n_tell.pdf.
> For source see ../src/tests/ep_show_n_tell.erl.
>
> erlPress_core is not yet the polished gem we envision. Your help in
> buffing up rough edges and fleshing out functionality is heartily welcome.
>
> Among other things, Erlguten source contains still more hidden gems than
> we've been able to dig out for lack of technical understanding or time.
> We'd love to integrate them into erlPress_core.
>
> High on our help-wanted list: typefaces in erlPress_core are currently
> limited to PostScript Type I. Support for OTF, TTF, and/or maybe TeX fonts
> rank high on our road map. Your help here would be welcomed and much
> appreciated. We have ideas how this can be done if you're interested.
>
> And more... we look forward to the creative applications that
> erlPress_core will enable you to build.
>
> P.S. Thanks to Frank Muller and others who have encouraged and supported
> development of erlPress_core.
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