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logicallee

>overall the output looks ugly (compared to TeX)

what doesn't!

>What is the advantage over simply creating an appropriate LaTeX/ConTeXt document in the background and serving that?

the obvious advantage is that you wouldn't have to learn LaTeX/ConTeXt, no?

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Pdfmake could generate LaTeX, which can then be properly compiled to a pdf (potentially with texlive.js).

In Haskell this is possible with similar DSLs. Very useful to generate reports.

You do need to learn _a_ way to generate document. I don't see how the JS method is easier than, say, using a ConTeXt Lua Document (CLD). I'd really like to compare samples.

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