README
1Pod::Simple
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3Pod::Simple is a Perl library for parsing text in the Pod ("plain old
4documentation") markup language that is typically used for writing
5documentation for Perl and for Perl modules. The Pod format is explained
6in the <perlpod> file shipped with Perl5; the most common formatter is called
7<perldoc>.
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9Pod formatters can use Pod::Simple to parse Pod documents and render them into
10plain text, HTML, or any number of other formats.
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12Installation
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14To install this module, type the following:
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16 perl Makefile.PL
17 make
18 make test
19 make install
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21Support
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23Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
24pod-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
25pod-people-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.
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27This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
28<https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or
29to clone it and send patches!
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31Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
32<bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.
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34Copyright and Disclaimers
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36Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved.
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38This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
39under the same terms as Perl itself.
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41This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
42without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
43merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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45Author
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47Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.
48But don't bother him, he's retired.
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50Pod::Simple is maintained by:
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52 * Allison Randal <allison@perl.org>
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54 * Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>
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56 * David E. Wheeler <dwheeler@cpan.org>
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58 * Marc Green <marcgreen@cpan.org>
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