[GNC] PDF export of reports

[Geert Janssens]

Op zaterdag 26 januari 2019 00:40:11 CET schreef Tommy Trussell:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:57 PM Raimund Strehl <raimund.strehl at novamar.de>
> 
> wrote:
> > PDF export has a flaw.
> > I have tested this on several Windows 10 machines on Gnucash 2.6 and
> > 3.2/3.4.
> > 
> > Reports export fine to PDF, but at page transitions it can happen, that a
> > line of text gets cut in half.
> > 
> > First half is on the end of one page and other half is at the start of
> > next page.
> > 
> > This seems to happen independently of page size settings. If the lines in
> > the report /e.g. general ledger report by chance match with the space
> > available on the page it looks fine on that page,
> > but on the next page it can run into the problem.
> 
> ...
> 
> > Any ideas for a solution or a workaround??
> > 
> > As it is now, I have to export as HTML, import in Excel and then print a
> > useable PDF with clean page transitions
> 
> This is a known bug, and the good news is you already know the workaround!
> (Export as HTML, open the report in a web browser or some other program and
> print to PDF from there.) You'll find that it probably also affects reports
> sent to a printer.
> 
> I believe the bug has been addressed in NON-Windows versions of GnuCash,
> but still affects Windows due to an outdated software "library" outside the
> control of GnuCash developers.

Unfortunately it's only addressed for linux. On MacOS we have the same issue.

Other than that you're dead on.

Regards,

Geert