CiceroMark -> PDF transformation

[dselman]

Implement a transformation (similar to the markdown-html HtmlTransformer) that generates a PDF document from a CiceroMark DOM.

Describe the solution you'd like
Implement a visitor using the https://pdfkit.org library, generating paragraphs and formatted text.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Tried to fine a lightweight HTML -> PDF library (pure JS) but come up empty.

Additional context
Something small, fast and lightweight that is 100% JS. A bonus would be the ability to customise look and feel etc.

[peterhunn]

Could https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF (docs: http://raw.githack.com/MrRio/jsPDF/master/docs/) be an option?

[dagolinuxoid]

@peterhunn it's a pretty cool pdf generator.

[devcer]

Hey, I would like to take this up. Can you help me get started with this?

[jolanglinais]

@devcer I believe @dselman would be the best to give you a bit of guidance on this one.

[dselman]

Both pdfkit and jsPDF look like active projects in widespread use, and both MIT licensed. I don't have a strong preference for one or the other -- as long as they work in a Node.js environment. Having both Node.js and webpage usage would be even better.

I suggest playing with the API and looking at the output and performance and posting back findings here.

[jolanglinais]

@devcer any progress on this?

[dselman]

Another one: https://www.npmjs.com/package/markdown-pdf

[Anubhavshakya]

@irmerk Can I work on this issue ?

[dselman]

https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake

Takes a declarative approach, which could make this really easy. We just have to transform the CiceroMark DOM into the JSON used by pdfmake.

[dselman]

Implemented by #243