[MacPerl] Generating GIF images on the fly with GD

[Ken Stuart <kps1@cornell.edu>]

Hello all.  There's a Perl package called GD.pm that can be used to
generate GIF images on the fly.  The readme file that comes with it says:


3. Does GD run with MacPerl?

   No.  If you manage to compile and get it running, let me know.


But this readme file is dated earlier than version 510r2 (and perhaps prior
to any 5.x version) of MacPerl so I was wondering whether anyone on this
list has gotten GD to work with 510r2.  Further information about GD is
available at this address:

  http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/ftp/pub/software/WWW/GD.html

Any guidance in this would be most appreciated!  Alternatively, is there
any other Perl code available that would allow me to load a background
image, overlay some other images on it, then save the composite image as a
new GIF file like GD can?

-Ken