Dot(3)

Dot(3) — like, the Image::Dot manual page, bestie 💅

✨ NAME ✨

Image::Dot — she makes 1x1 pixel image files and she does it in pure-perl, no cap 🎀

🌸 VERSION 🌸

1.1 — the iconique edition 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

use Image::Dot;

$reddot = dot_PNG_RGB(255, 0, 0);
$bluetransparentdot = dot_PNG_RGBA(0, 0, 255, 32);
$cleardot = dot_PNG_RGBA(0, 0, 0, 0);
$cleargifdot = dot_GIF_transparent;

Like… four lines and you have dots. That's it. That's the whole vibe check 💖

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Okay so listen. This package hands you 1x1 pixel PNG images of whatever RGB color you want (transparency included, obviously ✨) and it does it without relying on any external modules — not GD, not libpng, not Compress::Zlib. Nobody. She's independent, she's self-made, main character energy fr fr 💅

The way that these pixel dots are lowkey perfect for a pure-perl HTTP server? Because you can create colored dots on-the-fly, like for formatting or drawing purposes. On the fly!! No dependencies!! Obsessed 🫶

Also — bonus content — a transparent GIF dot is provided too. Why? Because PNG transparency support in some common browsers is, and I quote the manpage here, bad to non-existent 😭 so yeah, sometimes the GIF is the moment.

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👑 COPYRIGHT / AUTHOR / LICENSE 👑

• (c) 2002 Roland Giersig <RGIERSIG@cpan.org> — shoutout to the original icon, we love him 🥰
• This module can be used under the same license as perl itself. Slay, permissive, iconic.

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💀 Real talk though bestie: this page is short and sweet, but every single word of it is load-bearing. Don't skip the "no external modules" part — that's literally her whole personality.

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That's the whole page, bestie — go make some tiny dots 🌈

Kisses from the perl v5.42.0 girlies, dated 2025-07-25 💖 this page was rendered by perl itself and honestly? She ate. Periodt. 🎀✨