pyx/base.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 # -*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-
   3 #
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Jörg Lehmann <joergl@users.sourceforge.net>
   6 # Copyright (C) 2002-2004 André Wobst <wobsta@users.sourceforge.net>
   7 #
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  23
  24 #
  25 # Postscript operators
  26 #
  27
  28 __metaclass__ = type
  29
  30 class canvasitem:
  31
  32     """Base class for everything which can be inserted into a canvas"""
  33
  34     def outputPS(self, file):
  35         """write PS code corresponding to canvasitem to file"""
  36         pass
  37
  38     def outputPDF(self, file):
  39         """write PDF code corresponding to canvasitem to file"""
  40         pass
  41
  42     def prolog(self):
  43         """return list of prolog items required by canvasitem"""
  44         return []
  45
  46     def bbox(self):
  47         """return bounding box of canvasitem or None"""
  48         pass
  49
  50
  51 #
  52 # PyX Exception class
  53 #
  54
  55 class PyXExcept(Exception):
  56
  57     """base class for all PyX Exceptions"""
  58
  59     pass