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Palm_PalmDoc-0.0.4
/ Palm::PalmDoc

NAME

Palm::PalmDoc - Perl extension for PalmDoc format

SYNOPSIS

# Example 1
use Palm::PalmDoc;
my $doc = PalmDoc->new({INFILE=>"foo.txt",OUTFILE=>"foo.pdb",TITLE=>"foo bar",COMPRESS=>1});
$doc->read_text();
$doc->write_text();

# Example 2
use Palm::PalmDoc;
my $doc = PalmDoc->new({OUTFILE=>"foo.pdb",TITLE=>"foo bar"});
$doc->compression(1);
$doc->body("Foo Bar"x100);
$doc->write_text();

DESCRIPTION

This module can format ASCII text into a PalmDoc PDB file.

Palm::PalmDoc provides the following functions :

new(@params)

The constructor of Palm::PalmDoc. This function can accept parameters used to generate the PalmDoc file. Parameters accepted are INFILE, OUTFILE, TITLE and BODY. They need to be passed in hash context (or a list/array mimicking a hash). A reference to a hash is also accepted, as well as a reference to an array.

my $doc = PalmDoc->new({INFILE=>"foo.txt",OUTFILE=>"foo.pdb"});

is same as

my $doc = PalmDoc->new(INFILE=>"foo.txt",OUTFILE=>"foo.pdb");

or as

my $doc = PalmDoc->new("INFILE","foo.txt","OUTFILE","foo.pdb");

Keys are always uppercased (even though they may not be passed as such). Possible keys are:

INFILE
The input filename
OUTFILE
The output filename
TITLE
The document title
BODY
The document body
COMPRESS
Boolean to indicate compression
body($body)

This is a plain getter/setter function except that it also sets the required length. The same action can be performed by setting the appropriate hash key/value pair in the constructor or by using the read_text function.

$doc->body("Foo Bar"x100);
title($title)

This is a plain getter/setter function for the title. The same action can be performed by setting the appropriate hash key/value pair in the constructor.

$doc->title("Foo Bar Baz");
infile($filename)

This is a plain getter/setter function for the Input filename. The same action can be performed by setting the appropriate hash key/value pair in the constructor.

$doc->infile("foo.txt");
outfile($filename)

This is a plain getter/setter function for the Output filename. The same action can be performed by setting the appropriate hash key/value pair in the constructor.

$doc->outfile("foo.pdb");
read_text()

This function uses the inputfile property to read the body from a file. It also sets the required length. This function returns the text read if successfull or a false if not successfull.

$doc->read_text();
write_text()

This function uses the outputfile property to write the header and body to a file. The headers are generated by the pdb_header function. This function returns true if successfull or false if not successfull.

$doc->write_text();
pdb_header()

This function generates the correct PDB headers for the body and length. You only need to use this function if you're writing the body to a file manually since write_text() already used pdb_header. This function returns the generated header which should precede the converted body.

use Palm::PalmDoc;
my $doc = PalmDoc->new();
$doc->body("Foo Bar"x1000);
$doc->title("Foo Bar Baz");
open(FOO,">foo.pdb") || die $!;
print FOO $doc->pdb_header(),$doc->body();
close(FOO);
compression($boolean)

This function toggles the compression. By default compression is off. The same action can be performed by setting the appropriate hash key/value pair in the constructor.

$doc->compression(1); #Turn PalmDoc Compression on

TODO

Since my primary goal was to port the core, most of the features present in Bibelot are not included.

DISCLAIMER

MOST of this code is borrowed from Bibelot (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/bibelot/). This code is released under GPL (GNU Public License). More information can be found on http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

VERSION

This is Palm::PalmDoc 0.04.

AUTHOR

Hendrik Van Belleghem (beatnik@quickndirty.org)

SEE ALSO

Bibelot - http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/bibelot/

GNU & GPL - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html