gifgraph(3) - Linux man page

Name

GIFgraph - Graph Plotting Module (deprecated)

Synopsis

use GIFgraph::moduleName;

Description

GIFgraph is a perl5 module to create and display GIF output for a graph.

GIFgraph is nothing more than a wrapper around GD::Graph, and its use is deprecated. It only exists for backward compatibility. The documentation for all the functionality can be found in GD::Graph.

This module should work with all versions of GD , but it has only been tested with version 1.19 and above. Version 1.19 is the last version that produces GIF output directly. Any version later than that requires a conversion step. The default distribution of GIFgraph uses Image::Magick for this. If you'd like to use something else, please replace the sub png2gif in GIFgraph::Convert with something more to your liking.

Notes

Note that if you use GIFgraph with a GD version 1.20 or up that any included logos will have to be in the PNG format. The only time that GIF comes into play is _after_ GD has done its work, and the PNG gets converted to GIF . There are no plans to change that behaviour; it's too much work, and for you, the user, it is a one time conversion of these pictures, when you move from GD < 1.20 to GD >= 1.20.

Author

Martien Verbruggen <mgjv@comdyn.com.au>