in reply to Re^2: PDF with perl
in thread PDF with perl
After having looked at these modules from all sides; I simply gave up. It is just too much effort to layout even the simplest of pages with these low level functions.
That is why I have switched to use LaTeX or TeX to write documents and transform them into PDF. These documents are written in the Template::Toolkit language, filled with data exported out of a database. All through the good services of Perl, of course.
Some more pointers which may be of interest to you:
CountZero
A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James
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