Planar.pm -- A planar geometry package ABSTRACT: This module provides a set of 2D polygon, line and line segment operations. The module also uses the GPC module for polygon clipping operaions. For full information on usage, see the accompanying man and html COPYRIGHT INFO The Planar.pm module is copyright 2002 Danny Van de Pol. It is covered by the Perl "Artistic License", which allows for free usage and redistribution. See the Artistic License in the Perl source package for details. THE LATEST VERSION IS 1.18 INSTALLATION: Read these instructions all the way through before you start! this is not guaranteed. 3. Unpack the tar file: zcat Math-Geometry-Planar-1.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf - (Where "XX" is the most recent revision number.) This will create the directory Math-Geometry-Planar-1.XX. 4. and execute the standard installation steps a. cd Math-Geometry-Planar-1.XX b. perl Makefile.PL c. make d. make test (optional) e. make html (optional) f. make install This will create Planar.pm, its HTML manual page, and install Planar into the system-wide Perl library directory. You'll need root privileges to do the install step. If you don't have them, see below. IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS Make sure you have the GPC module installed before installing Math::Geomentry::Planar. Since no executables are called, installation should be no problem. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BUG REPORTS Feel free to contact me via e-mail, subject to the caveats below. Provide the version numbers of Planar, Perl, make and model of your operating system, and make and model of your Web server, if appropriate. Provide a small script that demonstrates the bug. WHAT'S NEW IN 1.XX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: UPDATES: The current version of Math::Geometry::Planar can be found at: http://www.cpan.org AUTHOR: Danny Van de Pol daniel.van_de_pol@alcatel-lucent.be http://www.alcatel.be