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pdf-writer
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pdf-writer
= PDF::Writer for Ruby This library provides the ability to create PDF documents using only native Ruby libraries. There are several demo programs available in the demo/ directory. The canonical documentation for PDF::Writer is "manual.pdf", which can be generated using bin/techbook (just "techbook" for RubyGem users) and the manual file "manual.pwd".
Homepage:: http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/ Copyright:: 2003�2005, Austin Ziegler
This software is based on Adobe's PDF Reference, Fifth Edition, version 1.6. This and earlier editions are available from Adobe's PDF developer website[http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index_reference.html].
== LICENCE NOTES Please read the file LICENCE for licensing restrictions on this library, as well as important patent considerations.
== Requirements PDF::Writer requires Ruby 1.8.2 or better, Color 1.4.0 or better, and Transaction::Simple 1.3.0 or better.
#--
PDF::Writer for Ruby.
http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-pdf/
Copyright 2003 - 2005 Austin Ziegler.
Licensed under a MIT-style licence. See LICENCE in the main distribution
for full licensing information.
$Id: README 196 2008-01-04 23:15:50Z sandal $
#++
vim: sts=2 sw=2 ts=4 et ai tw=77
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We found that pdf-writer demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 25 Jul 2009
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