[GNC] Export Report to PDF - characters split across pages

[Michael Hendry]

> On 19 Dec 2018, at 13:29, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> Op woensdag 19 december 2018 12:29:05 CET schreef Michael Hendry:
>> Here is a screen-shot to demonstrate the problem:
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mmde3eqphnhabp6/Screenshot%202018-12-19%2011.22.14
>> .png?dl=0
>> 
>> The report is readable, but inelegant.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Michael
> 
> 
> This is a known problem with webkitgtk-1, the library we use to display 
> reports and export to pdf.
> 
> The problem gets even worse with its successor webkitgtk-2 as it simply no 
> longer supports printing to pdf directly :(
> This more recent version is only supported on Linux. The old version is no 
> longer available on linux.
> So in the end that brings gnucash in the awkward position of not having a 
> proper solution to this particular issue on any platform.
> 
> The workarounds are as suggested: export to html, open that html in a real 
> browser and print/export to pdf from there.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert

Thanks, Geert (and Victor and David).

Now I know that it’s not a matter of my failing to spot an option within Gnucash, I’ll go for the “print-to-pdf” feature on my iMac - it’s a single step as opposed to HTML->PDF.

Michael