man CAM::PDF::Renderer::Text (3): 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.

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