NAME¶
PostScript::File::Functions - Collection of useful PostScript functions
VERSION¶
This document describes version 2.20 of PostScript::File::Functions, released
February 11, 2012 as part of PostScript-File version 2.20.
SYNOPSIS¶
use PostScript::File;
my $ps = PostScript::File->new;
$ps->use_functions(qw( setColor showCenter ));
$ps->add_to_page("1 setColor\n" .
"400 400 (Hello, World!) showCenter\n");
DESCRIPTION¶
PostScript::File::Functions provides a library of handy PostScript functions
that can be used in documents created with PostScript::File. You don't
normally use this module directly; PostScript::File's
"use_functions" method loads it automatically.
POSTSCRIPT FUNCTIONS¶
boxPath¶
LEFT TOP RIGHT BOTTOM boxPath
Given the coordinates of the sides of a box, this creates a new, closed path
starting at the bottom right corner, across to the bottom left, up to the top
left, over to the top right, and then back to the bottom right.
clipBox¶
LEFT TOP RIGHT BOTTOM clipBox
This clips to the box defined by the coordinates.
drawBox¶
LEFT TOP RIGHT BOTTOM drawBox
This calls boxPath to and then strokes the path using the current pen.
fillBox¶
LEFT TOP RIGHT BOTTOM COLOR fillBox
This fills the path created by boxPath with "COLOR", which can be
anything accepted by setColor.
hLine¶
WIDTH X Y hline
Stroke a horizontal line with the current pen with the left endpoint at position
"X, Y", extending "WIDTH" points rightwards.
setColor¶
RGB-ARRAY|BW-NUMBER setColor
This combines "setgray" and "setrgbcolor" into a single
function. You can provide either an array of 3 numbers for
"setrgbcolor", or a single number for "setgray". The
"str" in PostScript::File function was designed to format the
parameter to this function.
showCenter¶
X Y STRING showCenter
This prints "STRING" centered horizontally at position X using
baseline Y and the current font.
showLeft¶
X Y STRING showLeft
This prints "STRING" left justified at position X using baseline Y and
the current font.
showLines¶
X Y LINES SPACING FUNC showLines
This calls "FUNC" for each element of "LINES", which should
be an array of strings. "FUNC" is called with "X Y STRING"
on the stack, and it must pop those off. "SPACING" is subtracted
from "Y" after every line. "FUNC" will normally be
"showCenter", "showLeft", or "showRight".
showRight¶
X Y STRING showRight
This prints "STRING" right justified at position X using baseline Y
and the current font.
vLine¶
HEIGHT X Y vline
Stroke a vertical line with the current pen with the bottom endpoint at position
"X, Y", extending "HEIGHT" points upwards.
METHODS¶
While you don't normally deal with PostScript::File::Functions objects directly,
it is possible. The following methods are available:
new¶
$funcs = PostScript::File::Functions->new;
The constructor takes no parameters.
add¶
$funcs->add('functionRequested', ...);
Add one or more functions to the procset to be generated. All dependencies of
the requsted functions are added automatically. See "POSTSCRIPT
FUNCTIONS" for the list of available functions.
add_to_file¶
$funcs->add_to_file($ps, $basename);
This is short for
$ps->add_procset( $funcs->generate_procset($basename) );
$ps should normally be a PostScript::File object. See "add_procset" in
PostScript::File.
generate_procset¶
($name, $code, $version) = $funcs->generate_procset($basename);
This collects the requsted functions into a block of PostScript code.
$name is a suitable name for the procset, created by appending the ids of the
requsted functions to $basename. If $basename is omitted, it defaults to the
class name with "::" replaced by "_".
$code is a block of PostScript code that defines the functions. It contains no
comments or excess whitespace.
$version is the version number of the procset.
In scalar context, returns $code.
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- "%s is not an available function"
- You requsted a function that this version of
PostScript::File::Functions doesn't provide.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT¶
PostScript::File::Functions requires no configuration files or environment
variables.
INCOMPATIBILITIES¶
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS¶
No bugs have been reported.
AUTHOR¶
Christopher J. Madsen "<perl AT cjmweb.net>"
Please report any bugs or feature requests to
"<bug-PostScript-File AT rt.cpan.org>" or through
the web interface at
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=PostScript-File
<
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=PostScript-File>.
You can follow or contribute to PostScript-File's development at
http://github.com/madsen/postscript-file
<
http://github.com/madsen/postscript-file>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Christopher J. Madsen.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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