From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2005-07-02T03:10:34+09:00
Subject: [ANN] PDF::Writer 1.1.1

It's not a release if something doesn't go wrong. In this case, it wasthe .tar.gz file and the images. Well, I'm releasing PDF::Writer 1.1.1to fix the problem and slightly improve on the demo package.
Let me know if you're using PDF::Writer; I'm in the process of writing acouple of articles about it, its uses, and some of its supportingtechnologies, and it'd be wonderful to have some real use supportingcases.
= What is PDF::Writer for Ruby?It provides the ability to create PDF documents using only native Rubylibraries. 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 RubyGemusers) and the manual file "manual.pwd".
Homepage::  http://ruby-pdf.rubyforge.org/pdf-writer/Download::  http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=81&release_id=2417Copyright:: 2003�2005, Austin Ziegler
This software is based on Adobe's PDF Reference, Fifth Edition, version1.6. This and earlier editions are available from Adobe's PDF developerwebsite[1].
== LICENCE NOTESPDF::Writer is generally available under an MIT-style licence with fewrestrictions, but there are subtle restrictions on portions of thelibrary, and there are patents for which some rights have been grantedby Adobe. Please read the file LICENCE[2] for more information.
== Requirements and InstallationPDF::Writer requires Ruby 1.8.2 or better, color-tools 1.0.0[3] orbetter, and Transaction::Simple 1.3.0[4] or better.
Once these packages are installed, PDF::Writer can be installed with:
 % ruby setup.rb
Alternatively, you can use the RubyGems version of PDF::Writer availableas pdf-writer-1.1.1.gem from the usual sources. The gem knows itsdependencies on Transaction::Simple and color-tools and offers toinstall them.
== Demo ProgramsFor the first time, the demo programs are available as a separatelydownloadable package.
If PDF::Writer has been installed with RubyGems, then the demos willneed to be run explicitly referencing RubyGems:
 % ruby -rubygems chunkybacon.rb
== Changes for PDF::Writer 1.1.1: July 1, 2005* Fixed the packaging process; the .tar.gz files will no longer corrupt the  images.* Added the images and the manual (both raw and generated) to the demo  package.
-austin1: http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index_reference.html2: http://ruby-pdf.rubyforge.org/pdf-writer/licence.html3: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=295&release_id=21304: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=81&release_id=2127--Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com              * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca