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diff --git a/docs/going_further.rst b/docs/going_further.rst index ce9a8f3..c66f6c2 100644 --- a/docs/going_further.rst +++ b/docs/going_further.rst @@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ Going Further Why pydyf? ------------- -pydyf has been created to replace Cairo PDF generation in WeasyPrint_. +pydyf has been created to replace Cairo_ PDF generation in WeasyPrint_. -Indeed, there are some bugs in WeasyPrint caused by Cairo_ and Cairo has some -difficulties to make releases. -Also there are features which will be easier to implement while having more -control on the PDF generation. +Indeed, there were some bugs in WeasyPrint caused by Cairo, and new versions of +Cairo can take a long time to be released. There are also many features that +are easier to implement with more control on the PDF generation. So we created pydyf. @@ -20,13 +19,13 @@ So we created pydyf. Why Python? ----------- -Python is a really good language to design a small, OS-agnostic parser. As it -is object-oriented, it gives the possibility to follow the specification with -high-level classes and a small amount of very simple code. +Python is a really good language to design a small, OS-agnostic library. As it +is object-oriented, it gives the possibility to follow the PDF specification +with high-level classes and a small amount of very simple code. And of course, WeasyPrint is written in Python too, giving an obvious reason for this choice. -Speed is not pydyf’s main goal. Code simplicity, maintainability and -flexibility are more important goals for this library, as they give the -ability to stay really close to the specification and to fix bugs easily. +Speed is not pydyf’s main goal. Code simplicity, maintainability and +flexibility are more important goals for this library, as they give the ability +to stay really close to the specification and to fix bugs easily. |