Hello Monks,

I'm looking for finishing touches on a perl-based list making capability by means of PDF::API2. I can't figure out the vertical spacing. I want the quote to follow the header, but as it is, it prints out on the same line. Furthermore, the text is chopped, rather than allowed to play out in paragraph form. (Maybe the mediabox methods?) Here's what I have

#!/usr/bin/perl

use v5.14;
use utf8;
use PDF::API2;

my @months = qw(January February March April May June July August
  September October November December);
my @days = qw(Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun);

my ( $sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst ) =
  localtime();
print "$mday $months[$mon] $days[$wday]\n";
my $day    = $mday + 1;
my $yr     = $year + 1900;
my $header = "List for $days[$wday+1], $months[$mon] $day, $yr";

my $pdf = PDF::API2->new(
   width  => 595,    # A4 dimensions in point
   height => 842,    # 1 point = 1/72 inch
);

my $page = $pdf->page;
my $txt  = $page->text;
my $font = $pdf->corefont('Times-Roman');

#header
$txt->font( $font, 32 );
$txt->translate( 100, 650 );
$txt->text( $header, -encoding => 'utf8' );

#add randomtext
my $quote = get_quote();
print "$quote\n";
$txt->font( $font, 20 );
$txt->translate( 100, 650 );
$txt->text( $quote, -encoding => 'utf8' );
my @task = (
   'wake no later than 8',
   'stretch/take meds',
   'make coffee/eat cereal',
   'eat salad', 'bring food',,
);
my $line = $page->gfx;
$txt->font( $font, 20 );

my $vspace = 70;
for my $i ( 0 .. $#task ) {
   my $linepos = 500 - ( $i * $vspace );
   my $msg = '[  ]  ' . $task[$i];
   drawline( $line, $linepos );
   $txt->translate( 70, $linepos + 10 );
   $txt->text($msg);
}
my $new_name = join( '_', $months[$mon], $day, $yr, '.pdf' );
say "new_name is $new_name";

$pdf->saveas($new_name);

sub drawline {
   my ( $line, $y ) = @_;
   my $x1 = 50;
   my $x2 = 550;

   $line->linewidth(3);
   $line->move( $x1, $y );
   $line->line( $x2, $y );
   $line->stroke;
}

sub get_quote {
   use HTML::TreeBuilder 5 -weak;

   my $site = 'http://motivationgrid.com/50-inspirational-quotes-to-li
+ve-by/';
   my $tree = HTML::TreeBuilder->new_from_url($site);
   my @quotes;

   for ( $tree->look_down( _tag => 'p' ) ) {
      if ( ( my $t = $_->as_text ) =~ m{ ^ \d+ \. \s+ }x ) {
         $t =~ s{ \x{2019}  }{'}gx;
         $t =~ s{ \xA0      }{ }gx;
         $t =~ s{ \x{2013} }{--}gx;
         push @quotes, $t;
      }
   }

   my $randomelement = $quotes[ rand @quotes ];
   print "$randomelement\n";
   $randomelement =~ s/^\d+\.\s+//;
   return $randomelement;
}

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Thanks for your comment,

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