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| author | Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-05-16 23:11:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-05-16 23:11:30 +0000 |
| commit | bd53314d3fb987ada91d292a02215acf81dab2f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 44b8eb4f97cc1ea0d007fda0cc4937e80259cebc /textproc/p5-PDF-API3/pkg-descr | |
| parent | b0337dc2b7050745c334342ae7bd59976695927a (diff) | |
| download | freebsd-ports-bd53314d3fb987ada91d292a02215acf81dab2f6.zip | |
- Update to 3.001
PR: 134017
Submitted by: Wen Heping <wenheping@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/textproc/p5-PDF-API3/pkg-descr b/textproc/p5-PDF-API3/pkg-descr index 6ddadbd2c7ac..cf3999159f56 100644 --- a/textproc/p5-PDF-API3/pkg-descr +++ b/textproc/p5-PDF-API3/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ - PDF::API2 +After much time, effort, and with well received results, +Alfred Reibenschuh is abandoning PDF::API2. -There seem to be a growing plethora of Perl modules for creating and -manipulating PDF files. +However we have seen great progress in moving towards paperless methods. -This module is 'The Next Generation' of Text::PDF::API which initially -provided a nice API around the Text::PDF::* modules created by Martin Hosken. +Furthermore the PDF specification is now an ISO standard. -FEATURES +Now is the time to really push forward with the development of an even +better perl pdf solution. - . Works with more than one PDF file open at once - . It presents a object-oriented API to the user - . Supports the 14 base PDF Core Fonts - . Supports TrueType fonts - . Supports Adobe-Type1 Fonts (pfb/pfa/afm) - . Supports native Embedding of bitmap images (jpeg,ppm,png,gif) - . Supports modification of existing pdfs - and import/cloning of pages +This is a beginning toward that goal. -WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/PDF-API2/ +This version starts with PDF::API2 0.73, creating a new one of PDF::API3. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/PDF-API3/ |