How to write RTF from Python?

[Scott Simmonds]

An option to consider would be to generate an XML file from Python,
then run Jade (the DSSSL processor) on the XML output with RTF as the
output format.
There are a few options for the choice of XML schema, Docbook
certainly has stylesheets that support RTF, and I think TEI do too
(DITA as well ?), or you could roll your own if you want to do battle
with DSSSL :)
This is also a crossplatform approach as jade will run on Unix and
Windows.

Cheers,
Scott.


achrist at easystreet.com wrote in message news:<3EA97D61.3CC9FE74 at easystreet.com>...
> Any suggestions of the shortest path from a Python program to RTF
> output?  RTF seems to be the best (reasonable combination of 
> features and compatability) common denominator for exporting
> data so that (windows) users can bring it into their own word
> processing program, whatever that may be.  (Any problem with
> that?)
> 
> Requirements are about like this:
> 
> 1. Don't need an edit control, just want to write a file, but if
> I have to open an edit window, I can.
> 
> 2. Don't want to do too much fancy.  Text, headings, bulleted
> lists,  maybe some variations in font size.
> 
> 3. Development platform is WinNT, target platform is any reasonably
> recent Windows machine (eg either anything newer than Win95 release 1
> or Win98 or better). 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> 
> Al