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Implement many more nodes
Adds these new styling and formatting nodes
* strike
* highlight
* linebreaks
* pagebreaks
* Hyperlinks
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# Notare
A Ruby gem for creating docx files with a simple DSL
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
```ruby
gem 'notare'
```
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install notare
## Usage
### Basic Example
```ruby
require 'notare'
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.p "Hello World"
end
```
### Paragraphs
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
# Simple paragraph
doc.p "This is a paragraph."
# Paragraph with multiple text runs
doc.p do
doc.text "First part. "
doc.text "Second part."
end
end
```
### Text Formatting
Formatting uses nested blocks. Nesting combines formatting styles.
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.p do
doc.text "Normal text "
doc.b { doc.text "bold" }
doc.text " and "
doc.i { doc.text "italic" }
doc.text " and "
doc.u { doc.text "underlined" }
doc.text " and "
doc.s { doc.text "strikethrough" }
end
# Nested formatting (bold + italic)
doc.p do
doc.b do
doc.i { doc.text "bold and italic" }
end
end
# Show edits (strikethrough old, bold new)
doc.p do
doc.s { doc.text "old text" }
doc.text " "
doc.b { doc.text "new text" }
end
end
```
### Headings
Use `h1` through `h6` for document headings:
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.h1 "Document Title"
doc.h2 "Chapter 1"
doc.h3 "Section 1.1"
doc.h4 "Subsection"
doc.h5 "Minor heading"
doc.h6 "Smallest heading"
# Headings with formatted content
doc.h2 do
doc.text "Chapter with "
doc.i { doc.text "emphasis" }
end
end
```
### Styles
Notare includes built-in styles and supports custom style definitions.
#### Built-in Styles
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.p "This is a title", style: :title
doc.p "A subtitle", style: :subtitle
doc.p "A quotation", style: :quote
doc.p "puts 'code'", style: :code
end
```
#### Custom Styles
Define your own styles with text and paragraph properties:
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
# Define custom styles
doc.define_style :warning,
bold: true,
color: "FF0000",
size: 14
doc.define_style :note,
italic: true,
color: "0066CC",
font: "Georgia"
doc.define_style :centered,
align: :center,
size: 12
# Apply to paragraphs
doc.p "Warning message!", style: :warning
doc.p "Centered text", style: :centered
# Apply to text runs
doc.p do
doc.text "Normal text, "
doc.text "important!", style: :warning
doc.text ", and "
doc.text "a note", style: :note
end
end
```
#### Style Properties
**Text properties:**
- `bold: true/false`
- `italic: true/false`
- `underline: true/false`
- `strike: true/false` - strikethrough
- `highlight: "yellow"` - text highlight (see colors below)
- `color: "FF0000"` (hex RGB)
- `size: 14` (points)
- `font: "Arial"` (font family)
**Highlight colors:** `black`, `blue`, `cyan`, `darkBlue`, `darkCyan`, `darkGray`, `darkGreen`, `darkMagenta`, `darkRed`, `darkYellow`, `green`, `lightGray`, `magenta`, `red`, `white`, `yellow`
**Paragraph properties:**
- `align: :left / :center / :right / :justify`
- `indent: 720` (twips, 1 inch = 1440 twips)
- `spacing_before: 240` (twips)
- `spacing_after: 240` (twips)
### Lists
#### Bullet Lists
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.ul do
doc.li "First item"
doc.li "Second item"
doc.li { doc.b { doc.text "Bold item" } }
end
end
```
#### Numbered Lists
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.ol do
doc.li "First"
doc.li "Second"
doc.li "Third"
end
end
```
### Tables
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.table do
doc.tr do
doc.td "Header 1"
doc.td "Header 2"
end
doc.tr do
doc.td "Cell 1"
doc.td { doc.b { doc.text "Bold cell" } }
end
end
end
```
### Images
Images can be added to paragraphs, table cells, and list items. Supports PNG and JPEG formats.
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
# Simple image (uses native dimensions)
doc.p do
doc.image "photo.png"
end
# Image with explicit dimensions (inches, cm, or pixels)
doc.p do
doc.image "logo.png", width: "2in", height: "1in"
end
# Specify only width (height auto-calculated to maintain aspect ratio)
doc.p do
doc.image "banner.jpg", width: "5cm"
end
# Image with text in the same paragraph
doc.p do
doc.text "Company Logo: "
doc.image "logo.png", width: "0.5in", height: "0.5in"
end
# Image in a table cell
doc.table do
doc.tr do
doc.td "Product"
doc.td do
doc.image "product.jpg", width: "1in", height: "1in"
end
end
end
# Image in a list item
doc.ul do
doc.li do
doc.image "icon.png", width: "16px", height: "16px"
doc.text " List item with icon"
end
end
end
```
### Line Breaks
Use `br` for soft line breaks within a paragraph (text continues in the same paragraph but on a new line):
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.p do
doc.text "Line one"
doc.br
doc.text "Line two (same paragraph)"
doc.br
doc.text "Line three"
end
# Useful for addresses
doc.p do
doc.b { doc.text "Address:" }
doc.br
doc.text "123 Main Street"
doc.br
doc.text "Anytown, ST 12345"
end
end
```
### Page Breaks
Use `page_break` to force content to start on a new page:
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
doc.h1 "Chapter 1"
doc.p "Content of chapter 1..."
doc.page_break
doc.h1 "Chapter 2"
doc.p "This starts on a new page."
end
```
### Hyperlinks
Add clickable links with `link`:
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("output.docx") do |doc|
# Link with custom text
doc.p do
doc.text "Visit "
doc.link "https://example.com", "our website"
doc.text " for more info."
end
# Link showing the URL as text
doc.p do
doc.text "URL: "
doc.link "https://example.com"
end
# Link with formatted content
doc.p do
doc.link "https://github.com" do
doc.b { doc.text "GitHub" }
end
end
# Links in lists
doc.ul do
doc.li do
doc.link "https://ruby-lang.org", "Ruby"
end
doc.li do
doc.link "https://rubyonrails.org", "Rails"
end
end
# Email links
doc.p do
doc.text "Contact: "
doc.link "mailto:hello@example.com", "hello@example.com"
end
end
```
### Complete Example
```ruby
Notare::Document.create("report.docx") do |doc|
doc.p "Monthly Report"
doc.p do
doc.text "This report contains "
doc.b { doc.text "important" }
doc.text " information."
end
doc.p "Key Points:"
doc.ul do
doc.li "Revenue increased by 15%"
doc.li "Customer satisfaction improved"
doc.li { doc.i { doc.text "See appendix for details" } }
end
doc.p "Summary Table:"
doc.table do
doc.tr do
doc.td "Metric"
doc.td "Value"
end
doc.tr do
doc.td "Revenue"
doc.td "$1.2M"
end
doc.tr do
doc.td "Growth"
doc.td { doc.b { doc.text "15%" } }
end
end
end
```
## API Reference
| Method | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `p(text, style:)` | Create a paragraph with text and optional style |
| `p(style:) { }` | Create a paragraph with block content and optional style |
| `text(value, style:)` | Add text with optional style to the current context |
| `h1(text)` - `h6(text)` | Create headings (level 1-6) |
| `b { }` | Bold formatting |
| `i { }` | Italic formatting |
| `u { }` | Underline formatting |
| `s { }` | Strikethrough formatting |
| `br` | Line break (soft break within paragraph) |
| `page_break` | Page break (force new page) |
| `link(url, text)` | Hyperlink with custom text |
| `link(url) { }` | Hyperlink with block content |
| `define_style(name, **props)` | Define a custom style |
| `ul { }` | Bullet list |
| `ol { }` | Numbered list |
| `li(text)` | List item with text |
| `li { }` | List item with block content |
| `table { }` | Table |
| `tr { }` | Table row |
| `td(text)` | Table cell with text |
| `td { }` | Table cell with block content |
| `image(path, width:, height:)` | Insert image (PNG/JPEG). Dimensions: `"2in"`, `"5cm"`, `"100px"`, or integer pixels |
## Development
After checking out the repo, run `bundle install` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake test` to run the tests.
```bash
bundle install
bundle exec rake test # Run tests
bundle exec rake rubocop # Run linter
bundle exec rake # Run both
```
## License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](LICENSE.txt).