[wxperl-users] Packaging Wx::PdfDocument

[Mark W. <ma...@ne...>]

Hello,
 
I am having another go at packaging Wx::PdfDocument. Up until now I have
simply copied my source tree into ext/pdf and simply added --enable-pdf to
the standard wxPerl Makefile.PL command line arguments. But I would like to
package it properly so the community can benefit from the code.
 
Some of the shortcomings are:
 
If I use "Wx::build::MakeMaker::Core" I get an error that "script\pipe.pl"
cannot be found. Is it not possible to use this module? Should I simply use
"Wx::build::MakeMaker"?
 
I also include files such as "cpp/wxapi.h" and
"ext/print/cpp/pr_constants.cpp" and I have tried to use the xsp syntax and
xsubppp.pl but this depends on locating the wxPerl source files.
 
Do I need to create an ENV to locate the wxPerl source folders or would it
be better to copy more of the wxPerl source helper files to
/perl/site/lib/build+cpp?
 
Am I trying to use too much of wxPerl's customised build environment and
should I steer more towards a vanilla XS environment? Or would it not be
better to open up the wxPerl XS build environment to make it easier to
create/wrap independent wxWidgets code such as this?
 
I have often looked at other wxWidgets code (such as wxAUI, wxIFM and
wxTreeListCtrl ) and tried to integrate them into wxPerl but it is looks
like such an obscure black art (to a lesser skilled XS hacker) that I really
struggle to get started. Wx-Sample does not get me very far at all, I keep
going back to it thinking I have missed something but it is very limited.
 
PLEASE HELP, a few more pointers and I may finally crack this.
 
Many thanks
Mark