NAME

   HTML::Stream - HTML output stream class, and some markup utilities

DESCRIPTION

   This module provides you with an object-oriented (and subclassable)
   way of outputting HTML.  Basically, you open up an "HTML stream" 
   on an existing filehandle, and then do all of your output to the
   HTML stream (you can intermix HTML-stream-output and ordinary-print-output,
   if you like).

   Here's small sample of the different ways you can use this module:

       use HTML::Stream;
       $HTML = new HTML::Stream \*STDOUT;
      
       # The vanilla interface...
       tag  $HTML 'A', HREF=>"$href";
       tag  $HTML 'IMG', SRC=>"logo.gif", ALT=>"LOGO";
       text $HTML "My caption!";
       tag  $HTML '_A';
       text $HTML $a_lot_of_text;

       # The chocolate interface (with whipped cream)...
       $HTML -> A(HREF=>"$href")
             -> IMG(SRC=>"logo.gif", ALT=>"LOGO")
             -> t("My caption!")
             -> _A
             -> t($a_lot_of_text);

       # The strawberry interface...
       output $HTML [A, HREF=>"$href"], 
                    [IMG, SRC=>"logo.gif", ALT=>"LOGO"],
                    "My caption!",
                    [_A];
       output $HTML $a_lot_of_text;

MODULE SPECIFICATIONS

    Module      DSLI    Description                               Info
    ----------  ----    ----------------------------------------  ----
    HTML::
    ::Stream    adpO    OO "stream" for outputting HTML           ERYQ

REQUIREMENTS

    Perl5.002 or better (an eval bug in Perl5.001l will probably cause 
    core dumps during AUTOLOAD, and I have no idea if 5.001m fixed it).

INSTALLATION

    Pretty simple:

        1. Gunzip and de-tar the distribution, and cd to the top level.
        2. Type:      perl Makefile.PL
        3. Type:      make                    # this step is optional
        4. Type:      make test               # this step is optional
        5. Type:      make install

    Other interesting targets in the Makefile are:

        make config     # to check if the Makefile is up-to-date
        make clean      # delete local temp files (Makefile gets renamed)
        make realclean  # delete derived files (including ./blib)

CHANGE LOG

	1.19	Base release.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    Copyright (c) 1996 by Eryq.  All rights reserved.  This program is free
    software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself. 

    See the COPYING file in the distribution for details.

AUTHOR

    Eryq, eryq@rhine.gsfc.nasa.gov
    15 July 1996