On Oct 22, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Kirby Krueger wrote:
If you go to catalystframework.org, it says on the main page:
And in case you want PNG or PDF output, you'll need just a few
lines...
Can someone give me those few lines? :-)
This is more than likely referring to the fact that Catalyst is output
agnostic.
I'm a bit surprised that there's no Catalyst::View::Something::PDF
by now, which makes me worry that it's hard. Most days I'd be happy
to look into this, but I'm under the scheduling gun right now in a
fairly panic-inducing way, so quick and dirty is unusually appealing.
I don't need to create PDF files for distribution, just something
printable with more layout control than HTML is willing to give me.
Maybe PDF is a rabbit hole, and someone else has a bright idea?
First: I'm biased.
Faced with a similar idea I created Graphics::Primitive:
http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Graphics::Primitive
It's relevant because of the Catalyst View I made for same:
http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Catalyst::View::Graphics::Primitive
You can get a slightly outdated intro to G:P here:
http://www.onemogin.com/blog/584-an-introduction-to-graphicsprimitive.html
And finally you can check out talk from PPW 2008:
http://www.oneforthehustle.com/talk.pdf
I'd recommend checking out Document::Writer, but be warned it has
sharp edges. I hang out in #graphics-primitive on irc.perl.org if
you'd like to talk.
Cory G Watson
http://www.onemogin.com
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