README
1perl-GPS
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3This is a perl interface to a GPS receiver that implements the Garmin
4protocol.
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6Several functions are still missing. The Garmin device support list is
7still very thin, but adding new devices should be fairly easy.
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9You require perl 5.005 or later to use this library. On Win32, the
10Win32::SerialPort module is required. On Unix, the Device::SerialPort
11module is recommended (though not strictly required). On all systems a
12module implementing "weaken" (either WeakRef or Scalar::Util, the
13latter is standard in perl 5.8.0) is recommended to avoid filehandle
14and memory leakage because of circular references. There is no
15"weaken" support for perl 5.005 available, so be prepared for these
16leakages on older systems.
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18You install the library by running these commands:
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20 perl Makefile.PL
21 make
22 make test
23 make install
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25(Replace "make" by "nmake" on Windows systems).
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27Please report any bugs/suggestions to Joao Gon�alves
28<joaop@iscsp.utl.pt> and Slaven Rezic <srezic@cpan.org>.
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30All files contained in this installation are Copyright (c) 1999 Joao Gon�alves
31unless otherwise specified. All rights reserved.
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33This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
34the same terms as Perl itself.
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