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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/ |