diagrams-cairo-1.3: src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo.hs
{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
-- Copyright : (c) 2011 Diagrams-cairo team (see LICENSE)
-- License : BSD-style (see LICENSE)
-- Maintainer : diagrams-discuss@googlegroups.com
--
-- A full-featured rendering backend for diagrams using the
-- cairo rendering engine.
--
-- To invoke the cairo backend, you have three options.
--
-- * You can use the "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.CmdLine" module to create
-- standalone executables which output images when invoked.
--
-- * You can use the 'renderCairo' function provided by this module,
-- which gives you more flexible programmatic control over when and
-- how images are output (making it easy to, for example, write a
-- single program that outputs multiple images, or one that outputs
-- images dynamically based on user input, and so on).
--
-- * Finally, for the most flexibility, you can directly
-- use methods from the
-- 'Diagrams.Core.Types.Backend' instance for @Cairo@. In particular,
-- 'Diagrams.Core.Types.renderDia' has the generic type
--
-- > renderDia :: b -> Options b v n -> QDiagram b v n m -> Result b v n
--
-- (omitting a few type class constraints). @b@ represents the
-- backend type, @v@ the vector space, @n@ the numeric field, and @m@
-- the type of monoidal query annotations on the diagram. 'Options'
-- and 'Result' are associated data and type families, respectively,
-- which yield the type of option records and rendering results
-- specific to any particular backend. For @b ~ Cairo@, @v ~ V2@, and
-- @n ~ Double@, we have
--
-- > data family Options Cairo V2 Double = CairoOptions
-- > { _cairoFileName :: String -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
-- > , _cairoSizeSpec :: SizeSpec V2 Double -- ^ The requested size of the output
-- > , _cairoOutputType :: OutputType -- ^ the output format and associated options
-- > , _cairoBypassAdjust :: Bool -- ^ Should the 'adjustDia' step be bypassed during rendering?
-- > }
--
-- @
-- type family Result Cairo V2 Double = (IO (), 'Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Render' ())
-- @
--
-- So the type of 'renderDia' resolves to
--
-- @
-- renderDia :: Cairo -> Options Cairo V2 Double -> QQDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any m -> (IO (), 'Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Render' ())
-- @
--
-- which you could call like so:
--
-- @
-- renderDia Cairo (CairoOptions \"foo.png\" (Width 250) PNG False) (myDiagram :: QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any)
-- @
--
-- This would return a pair; the first element is an @IO ()@ action
-- which will write out @foo.png@ to disk, and the second is a cairo
-- rendering action which can be used, for example, to directly draw
-- to a Gtk window. Note the type annotation on @myDiagram@ which may
-- be necessary to fix the type variable @m@; this example uses the
-- type synonym @Diagram b = QDiagram b (V b) (N b) Any@ to fix @m = Any@
-- and fix @v@ and @n@ to backend specific types.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
module Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
( -- * Rendering
renderCairo
-- * Cairo-supported output formats
, OutputType(..)
-- * Cairo-specific options
-- $CairoOptions
-- The below CPP hack is needed because GHC 7.0.x has a bug regarding
-- (re?)export of data family constructors; in particular the below
-- export causes the error "Not in scope: type constructor or class
-- `Options'" even though
-- http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/Type_families#Import_and_export
-- seems to indicate it should be supported. When using 7.0.x one
-- must import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal in order to bring
-- CairoOptions into scope.
-- GHC 7.4.0 regression?
#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 702 && __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 704
, Options(..)
#endif
-- * Backend token
, Cairo(..)
, B
) where
import System.FilePath (takeExtension)
import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
import Diagrams.Prelude
-- $CairoOptions
--
-- Unfortunately, Haddock does not yet support documentation for
-- associated data families, so we must just provide it manually.
-- This module defines
--
-- > data family Options Cairo V2 Double = CairoOptions
-- > { _cairoFileName :: String -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
-- > , _cairoSizeSpec :: SizeSpec V2 Double -- ^ The requested size of the output
-- > , _cairoOutputType :: OutputType -- ^ the output format and associated options
-- > , _cairoBypassAdjust :: Bool -- ^ Should the 'adjustDia' step be bypassed during rendering?
-- > }
--
-- See the documentation at the top of "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo" for
-- information on how to make use of this.
-- | Render a diagram using the cairo backend, writing to the given
-- output file and using the requested size. The output type (PNG,
-- PS, PDF, or SVG) is determined automatically from the output file
-- extension.
--
-- This function is provided as a convenience; if you need more
-- flexibility than it provides, you can call 'renderDia' directly,
-- as described above.
renderCairo :: FilePath -> SizeSpec V2 Double -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO ()
renderCairo outFile sizeSpec d
= fst (renderDia Cairo (CairoOptions outFile sizeSpec outTy False) d)
where
outTy =
case takeExtension outFile of
".png" -> PNG
".ps" -> PS
".pdf" -> PDF
".svg" -> SVG
_ -> PNG