Pod::Html(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Pod::Html(3perl)
NAME
Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
SYNOPSIS
use Pod::Html;
pod2html([options]);
DESCRIPTION
Converts files from pod format (see perlpod) to HTML format. It can
automatically generate indexes and cross-references, and it keeps a
cache of things it knows how to cross-reference.
FUNCTIONS
pod2html
pod2html("pod2html",
"--podpath=lib:ext:pod:vms",
"--podroot=/usr/src/perl",
"--htmlroot=/perl/nmanual",
"--recurse",
"--infile=foo.pod",
"--outfile=/perl/nmanual/foo.html");
pod2html takes the following arguments:
backlink
--backlink
Turns every "head1" heading into a link back to the top of the page.
By default, no backlinks are generated.
cachedir
--cachedir=name
Creates the directory cache in the given directory.
css
--css=stylesheet
Specify the URL of a cascading style sheet. Also disables all
HTML/CSS "style" attributes that are output by default (to avoid
conflicts).
flush
--flush
Flushes the directory cache.
header
--header
--noheader
Creates header and footer blocks containing the text of the "NAME"
section. By default, no headers are generated.
help
--help
Displays the usage message.
htmldir
--htmldir=name
Sets the directory to which all cross references in the resulting
html file will be relative. Not passing this causes all links to be
absolute since this is the value that tells Pod::Html the root of
the documentation tree.
Do not use this and --htmlroot in the same call to pod2html; they
are mutually exclusive.
htmlroot
--htmlroot=name
Sets the base URL for the HTML files. When cross-references are
made, the HTML root is prepended to the URL.
Do not use this if relative links are desired: use --htmldir
instead.
Do not pass both this and --htmldir to pod2html; they are mutually
exclusive.
index
--index
--noindex
Generate an index at the top of the HTML file. This is the default
behaviour.
infile
--infile=name
Specify the pod file to convert. Input is taken from STDIN if no
infile is specified.
outfile
--outfile=name
Specify the HTML file to create. Output goes to STDOUT if no
outfile is specified.
poderrors
--poderrors
--nopoderrors
Include a "POD ERRORS" section in the outfile if there were any POD
errors in the infile. This section is included by default.
podpath
--podpath=name:...:name
Specify which subdirectories of the podroot contain pod files whose
HTML converted forms can be linked to in cross references.
podroot
--podroot=name
Specify the base directory for finding library pods. Default is the
current working directory.
quiet
--quiet
--noquiet
Don't display mostly harmless warning messages. These messages will
be displayed by default. But this is not the same as "verbose"
mode.
recurse
--recurse
--norecurse
Recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath (default
behaviour).
title
--title=title
Specify the title of the resulting HTML file.
verbose
--verbose
--noverbose
Display progress messages. By default, they won't be displayed.
Formerly Exported Auxiliary Functions
Prior to perl-5.36, the following three functions were exported by
Pod::Html, either by default or on request:
• htmlify() (by default)
• anchorify() (upon request)
• relativize_url() (upon request)
The definition and documentation of these functions have been moved to
Pod::Html::Util, viewable via "perldoc Pod::Html::Util".
Beginning with perl-5.38 these functions must be explicitly imported
from Pod::Html::Util. Please modify your code as needed.
ENVIRONMENT
Uses $Config{pod2html} to setup default options.
AUTHOR
Marc Green, <marcgreen@cpan.org>.
Original version by Tom Christiansen, <tchrist@perl.com>.
SEE ALSO
perlpod
COPYRIGHT
This program is distributed under the Artistic License.
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