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Feature Request: (Table) Listings for PDF
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Description
Background
The listings feature allows one to automatically populate the contents of a page. I expect it was intended for use only in websites, for example an overview of blogposts.
My Modification
I used the meta-data of chapters (title, meta-description) and a listing page to create an informative TOC. So rather than only showing chapter numbers and titles - readers now also see the meta-description as part of a table (without filter, sort etc).
Feature Request
The educational book we are creating should have both a HTML and a PDF version. Unfortunately, the listing page remains empty in the PDF output. I believe the table type should be suited for inclusion in a PDF - which is why I want to request it as a feature.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing listings feature and its table type, then compare how the listing page is handled in HTML versus PDF output. Done means a listing page populated from chapter metadata produces the requested table in the PDF version of the book.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100