NAME¶

CAM::PDF::Renderer::Text - Render an ASCII image of a PDF page

LICENSE¶

See CAM::PDF.

SYNOPSIS¶

    use CAM::PDF;
    my $pdf = CAM::PDF->new($filename);
    my $contentTree = $pdf->getPageContentTree(4);
    $contentTree->render("CAM::PDF::Renderer::Text");

DESCRIPTION¶

This class is used to print to STDOUT the coordinates of each node of a page layout. It is written both for debugging and as a minimal example of a renderer.

GLOBALS¶

The $CAM::PDF::Renderer::Text::xdensity and $CAM::PDF::Renderer::Text::ydensity define the scale of the ASCII graphical output device. They both default to 6.0.

FUNCTIONS¶

$pkg->new()

Calls the superclass constructor, and initializes the ASCII PDF page.

$self->renderText($string)

Prints the characters of the screen to our virtual ASCII framebuffer.

$self->toString()

Serializes the framebuffer into a single string that can be easily printed.

AUTHOR¶

See CAM::PDF