NAME Kite - collection of modules useful in Kite design and construction. SYNOPSIS use Kite; my $profile = Kite->profile(...) || die $Kite::ERROR; my $xml2ps = Kite->xml2ps(...) || die $Kite::ERROR; my $xml_parser = Kite->xml_parser(...) || die $Kite::ERROR; DESCRIPTION The Kite::* modules are a collection of Perl modules and scripts written to help with various tasks in the design and construction of traction kites. The Kite module acts as a general interface to the other modules in the collection, providing factory methods for loading and instantiating them. METHODS profile() Loads the Kite::Profile module and calls the new() constructor. All parameters are forwarded to the constructor. This example: use Kite; my $profile = Kite->profile( name => 'My Profile', ... ) || die $Kite::ERROR, "\n"; is equivalent to: use Kite::Profile; my $profile = Kite::Profile->new( name => 'My Profile', ... ) || die $Kite::Profile::ERROR, "\n"; xml2ps() Loads the Kite::XML2PS module and calls the new() constructor. All parameters are forwarded to the constructor as per the previous example. xml_parser() Loads the Kite::XML::Parser module and calls the new() constructor. All parameters are forwarded to the constructor as per the previous examples. MODULES The following modules are distributed with the Kite bundle. Kite Front-end for the Kite::* modules. Contains factory methods for loading modules and instantiating objects of other Kite::* classes. Kite::Base Base class implementing common functionality such as error reporting. Kite::Profile Module defining an object class used to represent and manipulate 2D profiles. Kite::XML2PS Module to convert a curve definition from OpenKite XML format to PostScript. Provides automatic page tiling, path following text, registration marks, etc. Kite::XML::Parser Module for parsing an XML file and generating a representative tree of node (element) objects. Kite::XML::Node Base class for XML element nodes created by Kite::XML::Parser. Kite::XML::Node::Kite Derived node elements specific to Kite markup (e.g. Kite, Part, Outline, Curve, Point, etc.) Kite::PScript::Defs Module defining a number of PostScript definitions useful for generating PostScript documents for kite part layout, etc. SCRIPTS The following scripts are distributed with the Kite bundle. okprof Utility script providing a user interface to the Kite::Profile module. Allows 2D profiles to be loaded and manipulated via simple commands. See 'perldoc okprof' or 'okprof -h'. okxml2ps Utility script for converting XML kite part definition and layout markup to PostScript. Uses the Kite::XML2PS module. AUTHORS Andy Wardley is the primary author and current maintainer of the Kite::* bundle. Simon Stapleton is another key contributor. VERSION This is version 0.4 of the Kite bundle. COPYRIGHT This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO See also the Kite::Profile manpage, the Kite::XML2PS manpage, the Kite::XML::Parser manpage, the Kite::XML::Node manpage, the Kite::XML::Node::Kite manpage, the Kite::PScript::Defs manpage, the Kite::Base manpage, the okprof manpage and the okxml2ps manpage.