NAME

Lorem - Cross-platform document renderer

SYNOPSIS

use Lorem;

use Lorem::Util qw( in2pt );

$doc = Lorem->new_document;

$doc->new_header( center => 'Lorem Document' );

$doc->new_page( style => 'align: center' );

$page->new_text( content => 'Lorem Ipsum' );

# save to pdf file
$pdf = Lorem::Surface::Pdf->new (

  file_name => 'output.pdf',

  width => in2pt( 8.5 ),

  height => in2pt( 11 ),

);

$pdf->print( $doc );

# send to printer

$printer = Lorem::Surface::PrintOperation->new(

  gtk_window = Gtk2::Window->new,

);

$printer->print( $doc );

DESCRIPTION

Lorem is a library for creating printable reports. Lorem is a layer over the Pango/Cairo/Gtk2 Perl bindings that provides support for headers, margins, tables and other document elements.

ALPHA VERSION

*THIS IS NEW SOFTWARE. IT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT. THE API MAY CHANGE IN FUTURE VERSIONS WITH NO NOTICE.*

METHODS

new_document

Returns a new Lorem::Document object.

SEE ALSO

Cairo
Gtk2
Pango

SUPPORT

Jeffrey Ray Hallock <jeffrey.hallock at gmail dot com>

AUTHORS

Jeffrey Ray Hallock <jeffrey.hallock at gmail dot com>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Jeffrey Ray Hallock.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)