1Lingua::Flags(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Lingua::Flags(3)
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6 Lingua::Flags - Provide small flag icons
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9 Provides small flag icons in different formats.
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11 use Lingua::Flags;
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13 my $foo = as_html_img("PT");
14 print "<p>This is in $foo language</p>";
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16 open GIF, ">image.gif";
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21 It is impossible to map flags to languages. Languages cross countries.
22 And countries cross languages. What language should use the Spanish
23 flag? The Catalan or Castilian or other? What flag should be used for
24 Afrikaans? South Africa or Namibia?
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26 I tried to choose the more consensual flags, but in some cases I have
27 doubts. If you have better ideas, please correct me.
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29 Nevertheless, I think this module is useful.
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32 Module with small flags icons. You can get them in base64 inline HTML
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48 Alberto Simoes, "<ambs@cpan.org>"
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51 Please report any bugs or feature requests to
52 "bug-lingua-flags@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
53 <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Lingua-Flags>. I will
54 be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
55 your bug as I make changes.
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58 Copyright 2007-2009 Alberto Simoes, all rights reserved.
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60 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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65perl v5.36.0 2023-01-20 Lingua::Flags(3)