ReportLab notes

Installation

They don't tell you how to install it from sources. They assume you know something about Python! Tsk. That leaves me out. Welll... okay... maybe not; the generic python setup thing works:

 % python setup.py build
 % su
 # python setup.py install

Accelerator

There is an extra package to download that is an accelerator written in 'c'. I have not tried it yet.

There is also mention of a separate package for generating raster bit maps; likewise I have not looked into it yet.

The whole reportlab thing at this point is just filling a checkbox for iMap requirements. I have installed it but will worry about the fine points later.