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--- plugin:dw2pdf:pdftemplate [2017-11-19 23:36] – Klap-in
+++ plugin:dw2pdf:pdftemplate [2023-08-15 08:33] (current) – [Replacements] Klap-in
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 {{ :plugin:dw2pdf:pdfexport_with_default_tpl.png?direct&200|The default shipped PDF template}}
-To create a new template, just create a new folder within the plugin's ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/tpl/'' folder and put your header, footers, cover page, and style definitions in it. See ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/tpl/default'' for an example. Do //not modify// the template ''default'', this template will be overwritten on updates, so you will lose your changes.
+To create a new template, just create a new folder within the plugin's ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/tpl/'' folder and put your header, footers, cover page, and style definitions in it. See ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/tpl/default'' for an example. Do //**not modify**// the template ''default'', this template will be overwritten on updates, so you will lose your changes.
+After creation, you set in the [[plugin:config|Configuration Manager]] that your template should be used for exports. Eventually, if you like to change template incidentally, you can use the URL parameter ''&tpl=<foldername>''.
+Default the css is included for the print view (which replaces parts of the screen view to make it leaner - see also Print preview of your browser) of the wiki-[[:template]] and the active [[:plugins]]. The PDF-templates can override these styles.
 ===== Headers and Footers =====
-The following files can be created and will be used to set headers and footers on odd or even pages. Special headers/footers can be used on the first page of a document. If a file does not exist the next more generic one will be tried. Eg. if you don't differ between even and odd pages, just the ''header.html'' is used.
+The following files can be created and will be used to set headers and footers on odd or even pages. Special headers/footers can be used on the first page of a document. If a file does not exist the next more generic one will be tried. E.g. if you don't differ between even and odd pages, just the ''header.html'' is used.
   * ''header.html'' -- Header for all pages
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   * ''citation.html'' -- Citationbox to be printed after each article
   * ''cover.html'' -- If exists, added once before first page
   * ''back.html'' -- If exists, added once after last page
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   * ''@INC@'' -- the absolute wiki install directory on the filesystem
   * ''@DATE(<date>[, <format>])@'' -- formats the given date with [[config:dformat]] or with the given format such as ''%Y-%m-%e'', e.g. this would give just the current year ''@DATE(@DATE@,%Y)@''
+  * ''@USERNAME@'' -- name of the user who creates the PDF
 //Remark about Bookcreator//:
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   * ''@PAGEURL@'' -- URL to the article
   * ''@UPDATE@'' -- Time of the last update of the article
-  * ''@QRCODE@'' -- QR code image pointing to the original page url (requires an online generator, see config setting)
+  * ''@QRCODE@'' -- QR code image pointing to the original page url
 ===== Styles =====
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 You can use all the CSS that is understood by mPDF \\ (See https://mpdf.github.io/css-stylesheets/supported-css.html)
+==== Style sheets loaded by dw2pdf ====
+Some background about css file loading. The dw2pdf loads the print style sheets of the wiki including these of plugins to get a leaner appearance of the article. A first impression can be gotten by looking in the print preview of your browser. Note that due to limitations of the mPDF-library, the final pdf can look different.
+During the generation of the pdf the following files are tried to load in the given order:
+  * ''lib/styles/screen.css''
+  * ''lib/styles/print.css''
+  * per plugin:
+    * only if requested in config setting ''plugin»dw2pdf»usestyles'':
+      * ''lib/plugins/<plugin>/screen.css'' and ''screen.less''
+      * ''lib/plugins/<plugin>/style.css'' and ''style.less''
+    * ''lib/plugins/<plugin>/all.css'' and ''all.less''
+    * if exists:\\ ''lib/plugins/<plugin>/pdf.css'' and ''pdf.less''
+    * if pdf.css/pdf.less not exists:\\ ''lib/plugins/<plugin>/print.css'' and ''print.less''
+  * for the active [[:template]]:
+    * ''lib/tpl/<template>/pdf.css'' and ''pdf.less''
+    * ''lib/tpl/<template>/css/pdf.css'' and ''pdf.less''
+    * ''lib/tpl/<template>/styles/pdf.css'' and ''pdf.less''
+  * ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/conf/style.css'' (overwritten on each plugin update)
+  * ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/tpl/<pdf-template>/style.css'' (note that the supplied example pdf-template "default" is overwritten on each plugin update, so rename/copy that pdf-template folder before making changes)
+  * ''lib/plugins/dw2pdf/conf/style.local.css'' (not overwritten on plugin updates)