NAME

Cairo - Perl interface to the cairo library

SYNOPSIS

  use Cairo;

  my $surface = Cairo::ImageSurface->create ('argb32', 100, 100);
  my $cr = Cairo::Context->create ($surface);

  $cr->rectangle (10, 10, 40, 40);
  $cr->set_source_rgb (0, 0, 0);
  $cr->fill;

  $cr->rectangle (50, 50, 40, 40);
  $cr->set_source_rgb (1, 1, 1);
  $cr->fill;

  $cr->show_page;

  $surface->write_to_png ("output.png");

ABSTRACT

Cairo provides Perl bindings for the vector graphics library cairo. It supports multiple output targets, including the X Window Systems, PDF, and PNG. Cairo produces identical output on all those targets and makes use of hardware acceleration wherever possible.

API DOCUMENTATION

Cairo::Context

Cairo::Context->create

Creates a new Cairo::Context. In the following, $cr will designate a Cairo::Context.

$cr->save

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Cairo::Font

...

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SEE ALSO

http://cairographics.org/documentation

Lists many available resources including tutorials and examples

http://cairographics.org/manual/

Contains the reference manual

AUTHORS

Ross McFarland <rwmcfa1 at neces dot com>

Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch at gmx dot de>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005 by the cairo perl team