README

NAME
    Alien::Tidyp - Building, finding and using tidyp library -
    <http://www.tidyp.com>

VERSION
    Version 1.4.7 of Alien::Tidyp uses *tidyp* sources v1.04.

SYNOPSIS
    IMPORTANT: This module is not a perl binding for *tidyp* library; it is
    just a helper module. The real perl binding is implemented by e.g
    HTML::Tidy module, which is able to use Alien::Tidyp to locate *tidyp*
    library on your system (or build it from source codes).

    Alien::Tidyp tries (in given order) during its installation:

    *   Locate an already installed *tidyp* + ask user whether to use the
        already installed *tidyp* or whether to build *tidyp* from sources

    *   Via env variable TIDYP_DIR you can specify where the build script
        should look for the already installed *tidyp* (directories
        $TIDYP_DIR/lib and $TIDYP_DIR/include/tidyp are expected to exist)

    *   When not using the already installed *tidyp* build process continues
        with the following steps

    *   Download *tidyp* source code tarball

    *   Build *tidyp* binaries from source codes (note: static libraries are
        build in this case)

    *   Install binaries and dev files (*.h, *.a) into *share* directory of
        Alien::Tidyp distribution - *share* directory is usually something
        like this: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/auto/share/dist/Alien-Tidyp

    Later on you can use Alien::Tidyp in your module that needs to link with
    *tidyp* like this:

     # Sample Makefile.pl
     use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
     use Alien::Tidyp;

     WriteMakefile(
       NAME         => 'Any::Tidyp::Module',
       VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Any/Tidyp/Module.pm',
       LIBS         => Alien::Tidyp->config('LIBS'),
       INC          => Alien::Tidyp->config('INC'),
       # + additional params
     );

    IMPORTANT: As Alien::Tidyp builds static libraries the modules using
    Alien::Tidyp (e.g. HTML::Tidy) need to have Alien::Tidyp just for
    building, not for later use. In other words Alien:Tidyp is just "build
    dependency" not "run-time dependency".

Build.PL options
  --srctarball=<url_or_filename>
    This option might come handy if you are not connected to the Internet.
    You can use it like:

     Build.PL --srctarball=/path/to/file/tidyp-1.04.tar.gz

    or:

     Build.PL --srctarball=http://any.server.com/path/to/tidyp-1.04.tar.gz

    IMPORTANT: The file should always be exactly the same source code
    tarball as specified in the end of Build.PL - see source code (SHA1
    checksum of the tarball is checked).

METHODS
  config()
    This function is the main public interface to this module.

     Alien::Tidyp->config('LIBS');

    Returns a string like: '-L/path/to/tidyp/dir/lib -ltidyp'

     Alien::Tidyp->config('INC');

    Returns a string like: '-I/path/to/tidyp/dir/include/tidyp'

     Alien::Tidyp->config('PREFIX');

    Returns a string like: '/path/to/tidyp/dir' (note: if using the already
    installed tidyp config('PREFIX') returns undef)

AUTHOR
    KMX, <kmx at cpan.org>

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-Alien-Tidyp at
    rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Alien-Tidyp>.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    Please notice that the source code of tidyp library has a different
    license than module itself.

  Alien::Tidyp perl module
    Copyright (c) 2010 KMX.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

  Source code of tidyp library
    Copyright (c) 1998-2003 World Wide Web Consortium (Massachusetts
    Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for Informatics
    and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved.

    This software and documentation is provided "as is," and the copyright
    holders and contributing author(s) make no representations or
    warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties
    of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose or that the use
    of the software or documentation will not infringe any third party
    patents, copyrights, trademarks or other rights.

    The copyright holders and contributing author(s) will not be held liable
    for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages arising out
    of any use of the software or documentation, even if advised of the
    possibility of such damage.

    Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
    source code, or portions hereof, documentation and executables, for any
    purpose, without fee, subject to the following restrictions:

    1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented.

    2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such and must not be
    misrepresented as being the original source.

    3. This Copyright notice may not be removed or altered from any source
    or altered source distribution.

    The copyright holders and contributing author(s) specifically permit,
    without fee, and encourage the use of this source code as a component
    for supporting the Hypertext Markup Language in commercial products. If
    you use this source code in a product, acknowledgment is not required
    but would be appreciated.