SVG.pm version 0.50
12 October 2001

SVG.pm is a perl extention to generate stand-alone or inline SVG (scaleable vector graphics) images using the W3C SVG xml recommendation.

Refer to the pod for full documentation and an example script, or to http://roasp.com/SVG.html . 

The pod resides in SVG::manual

(c) 2001 Ronan Oger, RO IT Systems, GmbH ronan@roasp.com

This software is provided as is and without warranty. 
It is freely distributed under the general perl license.

CONTENTS
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OVERVIEW

DOCUMENTATION
    POD in HTML format
    Tutorials
INSTALLATION
    *NIX AND WIN32 SYSTEMS WITH MAKE OR EQUIVALENT
    WIN32 SYSTEMS WITHOUT MAKE OR EQUIVALENT
EXAMPLES
KNOWN BUGS

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OVERVIEW

SVG.pm makes it possible to generate fully-functional SVG images in perl.
100% of the SVG tags are supported.

DOCUMENTATION
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The following documentation is available:

POD in HTML format

Version 1.10 POD 17 October, 2001
http://roasp.com/SVG.html

http://roasp.com/tutorial/
http://test.hackmare.com/tutorial/


INSTALLATION
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The easiest way to do this if your systems supports it is to use the perl CPAN module:


Installation Without using the perl CPAN module
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First download the tar file
Make sure you have the latest version by going to

ftp://test.hackmare.com/pub/Current
ftp://roasp.com/pub/Current


UNIX, LINUX, BSD, OSX and WINDOWS with tar, a make program, and a c compiler
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on the command line, type:

	tar -xvfz SVG-0.20.tar.gz
	
	perl Makefile.PL

	make 

	make test

	make install



WIN32 SYSTEMS WITHOUT nmake
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win32 note: There is no ppm yet for this module. 
You need to either install it using nmake or you have to install to a local dirctory and explicitly call the module by using one of the following line in your calling program:

#using use lib
use lib 'path/where/the/release/is/located';

-or-

#using BEGIN block
BEGIN {
	push @INC 'path/to/svg.pm/file'; #where the SVG.pm file lives
	push @INC 'path/to/svg.pm/file/SVG'; # where the Utils.pm file lives
}

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EXAMPLES

The following files are supplied as example scripts:
examples/svgtest2.pl
examples/SVG_02_sample.pl
examples/image_sample.pl
examples/inline_sample.pl
examples/yaph5.cgi
examples/starpath.cgi
examples/svg.pl
examples/sun_text_sample.pl
examples/svg.pl
examples/inlinesvg.pl

These files are installed where the SVG directory lives in the perl installation.


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KNOWN BUGS

07.10.01
When generating a path element by directly inputing the string data
the path definition (d=>'M 1 1 L 2 2...'), rather than the hash output of the
get_path method, the string must contain no new-line characters.

09.10.01 Does not support the path element d definition 'A' or 'a'
SUPPORT

More information is available from

http://roasp.com


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