Fixing pdf generation issue

pelican/generators.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import logging
 import datetime
 import subprocess
 
+from codecs import open
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import chain
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
 
 from pelican.contents import Article, Page, Category, is_valid_content
 from pelican.readers import read_file
-from pelican.utils import copy, process_translations, open
+from pelican.utils import copy, process_translations
 from pelican import signals
 
 
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ class ArticlesGenerator(Generator):
             if 'category' not in metadata:
 
                 if os.path.dirname(f) == article_path:  # if the article is not in a subdirectory
-                    category = self.settings['DEFAULT_CATEGORY'] 
+                    category = self.settings['DEFAULT_CATEGORY']
                 else:
                     category = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(f))\
                                 .decode('utf-8')
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ class ArticlesGenerator(Generator):
 
         self.authors = list(self.authors.items())
         self.authors.sort(key=lambda item: item[0].name)
-            
+
         self._update_context(('articles', 'dates', 'tags', 'categories',
                               'tag_cloud', 'authors', 'related_posts'))
 
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ class PagesGenerator(Generator):
         self.hidden_translations = []
         super(PagesGenerator, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         signals.pages_generator_init.send(self)
- 
+
     def generate_context(self):
         all_pages = []
         hidden_pages = []
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ class PdfGenerator(Generator):
             output_pdf = os.path.join(output_path, filename)
             # print "Generating pdf for", obj.filename, " in ", output_pdf
             with open(obj.filename) as f:
-                self.pdfcreator.createPdf(text=f, output=output_pdf)
+                self.pdfcreator.createPdf(text=f.read(), output=output_pdf)
             logger.info(u' [ok] writing %s' % output_pdf)
 
     def generate_context(self):