pdf-surface.cc
An example of using
Cairo::PdfSurface class to render to PDF
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <cairomm/cairommconfig.h>
#include <cairomm/context.h>
#include <cairomm/surface.h>
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_MATH_H
# include <math.h>
#endif
int main()
{
#ifdef CAIRO_HAS_PDF_SURFACE
std::string filename = "image.pdf";
int width = 600;
int height = 400;
Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::PdfSurface> surface =
Cairo::PdfSurface::create(filename, width, height);
Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Context> cr = Cairo::Context::create(surface);
cr->save();
cr->set_source_rgb(0.86, 0.85, 0.47);
cr->paint();
cr->restore();
cr->save();
cr->set_line_width(20.0);
cr->rectangle(0.0, 0.0, cairo_image_surface_get_width(surface->cobj()), height);
cr->stroke();
cr->set_source_rgba(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.7);
cr->arc(width / 2.0, height / 2.0,
height / 4.0, 0.0, 2.0 * M_PI);
cr->stroke();
cr->move_to(width / 4.0, height / 4.0);
cr->line_to(width * 3.0 / 4.0, height * 3.0 / 4.0);
cr->stroke();
cr->restore();
cr->show_page();
std::cout << "Wrote PDF file \"" << filename << "\"" << std::endl;
return 0;
#else
std::cout << "You must compile cairo with PDF support for this example to work."
<< std::endl;
return 1;
#endif
}