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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I have enjoyed switching mine to HTML format which I then generate a PDF from. The only downside is that different browsers can render stuff slightly different, but that's normally fixable with one line css change. And it's not like I need to update my resume constantly on different machines.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I was on Word, then LibreOffice Writer.
Now thinking of making it a markdown source, with CSS styling to get an HTML based PDF. This way, the same source can be used on a webpage with different generation code.

This seems to me, to be simpler than L^A^T~E~X, but still good enough for a resume.

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

There is a standard called json-resume with a lot of generators for html and pdf or react-resume which is more like a CMS (not entirely sure about spelling, to lazy to search for it now)

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

But I need to add that I never made it work for me because they are not really good for scientific CVs

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 5 months ago

Interesting, but not appealing to me.
I have already been enchanted by discount and mesmerised by kramdown.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I like this idea. What tool do you use for converting the markdown to html?

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

kramdown and discount are 2 fun little tools.

kramdown is more fully featured and is a Ruby Gem.
discount is made in C and is more suitable if you are using it in an on-the-fly render process (∵ lesser CPU cycles), but it has lesser ~~functionality~~ features.