README for SVG.pm SVG.pm is a perl extention to generate standalone 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 the following mirrors: 1/ http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?SVG 2/ http://search.cpan.org/~ronan The complete pod for SVG resides in SVG::Manual type perldoc SVG::Manual on the command line (c) 2001-2008 Ronan Oger, RO IT Systems, GmbH homepage: http://www.roitsystems.com CONTACT POINT ------------- ronan@cpan.org This software is provided as is and without warranty. It is freely distributed under the general perl license. LICENSE ------- This software is provided under the terms of the Perl license OVERVIEW -------- SVG.pm makes it possible to generate fully-functional SVG images in perl. 100% of the SVG tags are supported, and any new arbitrary element tag can be added by users by declaring it. VERSION ------- 2.33 Sunday, 2005.05.15 DOCUMENTATION ------------- The following documentation is available: POD in HTML format pod in perldoc format (type perldoc SVG on command line) RESOURCES --------- The following URLs offer additional resources for users of SVG.pm: * Serverside Perl Forum: http://www.roitsystems.com/serverside/ * SVG.pm on-line manual http://www.roitsystems.com/man/SVG.html * Perl SVG tutorials http://www.roitsystems.com/tutorial/ * Perl SVG Zone homepage http://www.roitsystems.com/ * gallery of the use of SVG.pm on the web http://roitsystems.com/gallery/svg/index.html * SVG Foundation http://www.svgfoundation.org * SVG Developers mailing list http://www.yahoogroups.com/svg-developers/ * W3 Consortium http://www.w3.org * Sams Publishing, "SVG Unleashed", September 2002. There is a Perl chapter * SVG Open Conference proceedings http://www.svgopen.org * SVG foundation http://www.svgfoundation.org * SVG dot org http://www.svg.org INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------- ***THERE ARE FIVE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT SVG MODULE IN PERL*** 1/ Systems with CPAN support (all Unix/Linux/BSD/Mac): ----------------------------------------------------- Install the new distribution via the Perl CPAN module: In a shell: /home/somewhere% perl -MCPAN -e"install SVG" 2/ (WIN) install Perl from Active State or equivalent: ----------------------------------------------------- Make sure you already have perl or get it here: http://www.activestate.com On the command line: C:\> ppm PPM> set repository tmp http://roitsystems.com/PPM/SVG/ PPM> install SVG PPM> quit C:\> 3/ Use Source RPMs. Download the source RPM of your choice. In a shell: /hom/somewhere/% rpm -ihv SVG-source-rpm-name You may be prompted for the root password 4/ The hard way (requires make or nmake, tar, gunzip, and gcc): --------------------------------------------------------------- This method was tested in DOS, Windows, AS400, Linux, Unix, BSD, Mac. Hard-headed users can directly get the distribution from http://www.roitsystems.com/PPM/SVG/SVG-2.27.tar.gz or http://www.roitsystems.com/PPM/SVG/ . First download the source. Then, in a shell: /home/somewhere% gunzip SVG-2.27.tar.gz /home/somewhere% tar-xvf SVG-2.27.tar cd SVG-2.1 make make test make install 5/ If all the above fail, there is still a (cumbersome) way: ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 at the beginning of the file 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 } #Refer to the Perl manual for more details. KNOWN BUGS & ISSUES ------------------- Comments tags before the element are toxic. This is being worked on but I can not promise anything. Please submit bug reports to http://rt.cpan.org SEE ALSO -------- SVG::Parser SVG::DOM SVG::XML SVG::Element CHANGE LOG ---------- You can find details about the changes over time in the change log file: Changes COMMENTS/FEEDBACK ----------------- Please email your feedback, comments, questions to the email address at the top of this document. I will do my best to answer promptly. To date, I have not knowingly failed to answer any emails.