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author: ''
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date: 2009/09/28 11:24
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slug: BB837
tags: programming, pyqt, python, qt, rst2pdf
title: 'Bookrest: it was meant to be a stylesheet editor.'
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updated: 2009/09/28 11:24
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In my original post about it I was referring to Bookrest as a `stylesheet editor`_ for `rst2pdf <http://rst2pdf.googlecode.com>`_, because that's what I wanted, a way to test style changes and see what they did.

Of course, one thing lead to another and it's starting to look more like a word processor than anything else, but ... well, how about a stylesheet editor?

Sure, you can use the "Style" tab, and edit at will, but that's not exactly fun for everyone.

So, let's work on one. Here's the video of the current status:

.. raw:: html

   <object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-Cvog6axkw&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-Cvog6axkw&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object>

Of course, this is about 1/20th of the stylesheet editor, but at least the dialog is there, and most of the remaining work is wiring dialogs, which is quick using designer.

.. _stylesheet editor: //ralsina.me/weblog/2009/09/19.html#BB830