> I'm thinking about writing a program that would need > to (among other things) produce PDFs as output. I know > there are perl modules that can do that, but does anyone > have any experience with them? Are they easy to learn > to use (if I do it, I won't have to much time)? What's > the quality of the output (I need: page headers, images, > standard fonts)?
You need than one document type as output? If so, I suggest you consider generating the code for a markup language - and letting the appropriate tools do the work. I suggest some possibilities: POD --- Hey, you read these all the time. The entire set of documentation in Perl is written with POD, and tools exist to create a few of the more common output types such as HTML, PS etc. The Camel book was written using POD, or so Larry tells us. This is more likely to be cross platform, so the rather tool sterile Windows should be able to create what you want. TeX --- Big boys stuff, many publishers use tools based on this nearly immortal typesetting language. Want to write a two thousand page book with many mathematical formula? This is what you'd use. I haven't used it directly, so I cannot really comment on it's suitability. Unix only. PS -- If you output HTML (or similar), then you can convert into PS. Then you can convert into PDF. And so on. --- Learn to appreciate CPAN modules - they prevent having to deal with this kind of thing directly. Choose a single markup language, and convert into the formats you need. HTML *might* be a good choice. Explore CPAN! Take care, Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
