multi method read
multi method read(
$pod,
:$server! where { ... },
|c
) returns Mu
Sequential ('server') rendering mode
multi method read
multi method read(
@pod,
|c
) returns Mu
Concurrent rendering mode
TITLE
Pod::To::PDF::Lite
SUBTITLE
Pod to PDF draft renderer
Description
Renders Pod to PDF draft documents via PDF::Lite.
Usage
From command line:
$ raku --doc=PDF::Lite lib/to/class.rakumod | xargs evince
From Raku:
use Pod::To::PDF::Lite;
=NAME
foobar.pl
=SYNOPSIS
foobar.pl <options> files ...
pod2pdf($=pod).save-as: "foobar.pdf";
Exports
class Pod::To::PDF::Lite;
sub pod2pdf; # See below
From command line:
$ raku --doc=PDF::Lite lib/to/class.rakumod | xargs evince
From Raku code, the pod2pdf
function returns a PDF::Lite object which can be further manipulated, or saved to a PDF file.
use Pod::To::PDF::Lite;
use PDF::Lite;
=NAME
foobar.raku
=SYNOPSIS
foobarraku <options> files ...
my PDF::Lite $pdf = pod2pdf($=pod);
$pdf.save-as: "foobar.pdf"
Subroutines
sub pod2pdf()
raku sub pod2pdf( Pod::Block $pod ) returns PDF::Lite;
Renders the specified Pod to a PDF::Lite object, which can then be further manipulated or saved.
PDF::Lite :$pdf
An existing PDF::Lite object to add pages to.
UInt:D :$width, UInt:D :$height
The page size in points (there are 72 points per inch).
UInt:D :$margin
The page margin in points (default 20).
`Hash :@fonts
By default, Pod::To::PDF::Lite uses core fonts. This option can be used to preload selected fonts.
Note: PDF::Font::Loader must be installed, to use this option.
use PDF::Lite;
use Pod::To::PDF::Lite;
need PDF::Font::Loader; # needed to enable this option
my @fonts = (
%(:file<fonts/Raku.ttf>),
%(:file<fonts/Raku-Bold.ttf>, :bold),
%(:file<fonts/Raku-Italic.ttf>, :italic),
%(:file<fonts/Raku-BoldItalic.ttf>, :bold, :italic),
%(:file<fonts/Raku-Mono.ttf>, :mono),
);
PDF::Lite $pdf = pod2pdf($=pod, :@fonts);
$pdf.save-as: "pod.pdf";
Restrictions
PDF::Lite minimalism, including:
See Also
- Pod::To::PDF - PDF rendering via Cairo