Image-MetaData-GQview version 1.3
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The README is used to introduce the module and provide instructions on
how to install the module, any machine dependencies it may have (for
example C compilers and installed libraries) and any other information
that should be provided before the module is installed.

SYNOPSIS

         use Image::MetaData::GQview;
         my $md = Image::MetaData::GQview->new("test.jpg");
         $md->load("test.jpg");
         my $comment = $md->comment;
         my @keywords = $md->keywords;
         my $raw = $md->raw;
         $md->comment("This is a comment");
         $md->keywords(@keywords);
         $md->save("test.jpg");

DESCRIPTION

This module is a abstraction to the image meta data of GQview.

METHODS

   new
      This is a class method and the only one. It is used to get a object
      of Image::MetaData::GQview. It can be called without parameter or
      with the image as only option in witch case it try to load the meta
      data.

   load
      If you didn't load the data with new you can do that with this
      method. If the parameter is left out the one setted before is used.

   comment
      Get or set the comment.

   keywords
      Get or set the keywords.

   raw
      Get the raw data

   save
      Save the data to disk. This will read the location from the gqview
      configuration. If there is none, the info will be saved in local
      directory.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006 by Klaus Ethgen. All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass
Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

AUTHOR

Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.de>