PostScript/Simple version 0.06p3
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This is a pre-release of version 0.06. Expect things to Not Work, and please
let me know if they do (or don't!). Thanks!
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PostScript::Simple allows you to have a simple method of writing PostScript
files from Perl. It has several graphics primitives that allow lines, circles,
polygons and boxes to be drawn. Text can be added to the page using standard
PostScript fonts.

Features include:

    Generation of multi-page PostScript files
    Generation of single-page EPS files
    Creating lines/circles etc.
    Rectangles and boxes
    Text
    Colour
    Pre-defined paper sizes
    Etc. etc.

A module that provides compatibility with the GD module calls might also one day
be written, so that programs may be easily be converted to produce PostScript.
Don't hold your breath.

The file examples/example.pl provides some bad examples of what this module
does.

Changes from 0.04: Watch Out! Several functions now have options passed by hash
reference, rather than the method used before. Your programs might break!  This
way is a lot tidier... sorry if this caused any problems.

For example, before:
  $p->box(10,10,20,20, 1);
  $p->text(15, 15, "Hello", 'right');
  $p->polygon("rotate=45", 1,1, 1,2, 2,2, 2,1, 1,1);

now:
  $p->box({filled=>1}, 10,10, 20,20);
  $p->text({align=>"right"}, 15,15, "Hello");
  $p->polygon({rotate=>45}, 1,1, 1,2, 2,2, 2,1, 1,1);


INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Matthew C. Newton / Newton Computing

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, version 2.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details,
available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks go to the following:

  m.s.withall@lut.ac.uk for help with the initial idea
  riechert@pobox.com for help with the distribution
  pkent@cpan.org for many updates and fixes
  dion@swamp.dk for updates for font encoding, text alignment and more
  michael.tomuschat@planet-interkom.de for several updates (not yet merged)
  cade@cpan.org for text rotate / align update stuff
  marty@ancient-scotland.co.uk for lots of useful discussion
  evoisard@ieee.org for useful chats about page sizes and landscape
  ewilhelm@azahner.com for the arc function
  peter.m.kuehn@t-online.de for inserting ps and eps code (not yet merged)
  astfgl@iamnota.org for circletext function and inserteps code

  ...and probably more, apologies if you are missing from this list and have
  contributed something.

  If you have sent me a patch for this module, and had no reply, please re-send
  it. I'm particularly bad at missing e-mails...

