[kmymoney] [Bug 492837] Income and Expenses report needs some HTML improvements

[Glenn]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492837

--- Comment #2 from Glenn <gemdancer at fastem.com> ---
OK, I understand better now about reports. The displayed report is actually
HTML, and the Export just outputs that same HTML to a file.
It is extra work to modify the HTML during the Export.
By definition, Export means it will be used outside of KyMyMoney, so it would
be nice if it actually worked properly outside of KyMyMoney.
You folks might want to think about that.

There is a workaround: Convert the HTML to PDF.
As the treasurer for an organization, I use the Export to generate reports to
present to the board.
HTML is not a good format for that, so I end up saving them as PDF from the web
browser.
Converting to PDF seems to ignore all the HTML issues and it comes out OK,
EXCEPT for the Grand Total row label not lining up with the numbers.

I also use Quickbooks for another organization, and it generates reports
directly in PDF format.
Although it is an extra step in KyMyMoney to convert from HTML to PDF, it is
more flexible because geeks like me can edit the HTML to customize the report.

Since I don't use the HTML format directly, I guess I should not worry about
correctness of the HTML, and just accept it as is.
I have been editing the HTML file to make it more correct, but it does not make
much difference in the PDF output, except for that Grand Total row.
I guess I can limit my editing to just that CSS vertical-align value so the
Grand Total row comes out right.
Maybe you can just change that, and I would not have to edit the HTML at all
(leaving the other problems intact)?

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