[reportlab-users] Submit code changes for consideration

[David Hughes]

I've recently joined this list after getting involved in creating pdf 
tables and charts using Reportlab in a wxPython project for the first time 
and I'm *very* pleased with the way it has gone.

Possibly through my own ignorance, I found it necessary to make a few 
small changes to the charting software to achieve what I wanted. Is there 
a process for having these reviewed to see if they might be generally 
useful?

The changes are:

1. Add UniCode type to the valid _isString types in lib/validators.py

2. To charts/barcharts.py, add "colorList = AttrMapValue(None, desc='List 
of (lists of) color index numbers, one per data item.')" and associated 
code to allow the colours of individual bars to be specified in similar 
fashion to pie chart wedges.

3. To charts/piecharts.py, add code to avoid wedge labels overwriting each 
other especially with a number of adjacent, thin wedges. I'll try and ftp 
a before and after example of this to reportlab.com/incoming (....Yes, 
just sent forestfield.zip that said it was received OK). 

Regards,

David Hughes
Forestfield Software Ltd
www.forestfield.co.uk