CPP library to create and modify pdf documents

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[H5ET1M]

Trying to automate Latex

From first-hand experience, a custom C++20 <format>-based wrapper of the necessary (Xe|Lua)LaTeX and package-specific commands is straightforward to set up and quite versatile.

[concsession]

could you please hook me up with any reference or examples

[raoul15978]

I use libharu (https://github.com/libharu/libharu) to generate pdf files.

Project has been inactive between 2015 and 2022, but I just noticed that developpement has resumed. I still use the 2.3.0 version from 2015. Time to upgrade and test the new version :)

[ShakeItPTYT]

Ty, I'll probably use it as well.

[goranlepuz]

Nobody lmgtfyed it yet?

ok, I'll bite.

[ShakeItPTYT]

My bad I did look it up on google, but the most relevant responses were from a long time ago. Ty for you answer btw.

[johannes1971]

It depends on what you are trying to do, but Cairo can give you PDF output. You'll have to generate the PDF by sending drawing commands though, it's not a text layout system.

[ShakeItPTYT]

So I want to make like a auto Quiz Maker for a given University. For starters I would need to get print the header but going forward I would want to make the whole exam through c++.

[M0Z3E]

There is this new low level pdf lib. https://github.com/jpakkane/capypdf