i tried apt-get install libpdf-api2-perl which didn't find any such module to install, of course, so i nabbed it via "perl -MCPAM -e 'shell'" instead...
OFF TOPIC -- this is debian-land, i realize -- but i'm hoping some of you knowledgeable folks can point me to the right group or e-list: i'm trying to generate pdf's, using perl, outputting file-folder labels with COLORED TEXT. (lastname teal, location blue, etc) perl generating pdfs with colored text so far i've rubbed my eyeballs over PDF::Report and PDF::API2::* and Text::PDF and seem to have missed it. i've got the PDF::Report::drawPieGraph to work, but the only colors are in the slices, not in the legend text. i copied that function and (hoping to colorize the legend text) altered it thus: foreach my $nbr (0 .. $#perc) { $self->addRawText($rLabels->[$nbr], $left+$colorblocksize+3,$ $pos-$colorblocksize, # specify color, just as the manual sez: $clr[$cnt]); $self->shadeRect($left+1, $pos, $left+1+$colorblocksize,$ $pos-$colorblocksize, $clr[$cnt++]);$$$$ $pos-=$fontsize; }$ to no avail. probably a bug? so i also tried the brute-force-and -awkwardness approach: foreach my $nbr (0 .. $#perc) { # try a color for the following text: $gfx->fillcolor($clr[$cnt]); $self->addRawText($rLabels->[$nbr], $left+$colorblocksize+3,$ $pos-$colorblocksize);$ # do the fill $gfx->fill; $self->shadeRect($left+1, $pos, $left+1+$colorblocksize,$ $pos-$colorblocksize, $clr[$cnt++]);$$$$ $pos-=$fontsize; }$ no good. obviously my understanding falls short... google.com/groups does bring up some newsgroup hits, but none seem to pertain to coloring actual text streams. pointers welcome. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #76 from USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To SEARCH THE CONTENTS OF A TAR.GZ file without having to extract everything: tar -tzf file.tar.gz | grep something Also try zcat. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]