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Changes for version 3.23 - 2014-02-23

  • Release 3.23
  • Yes, this is a packaging error. Mea culpa. In the future test releases will be 3.23_01, etc.
  • See https://twitter.com/frioux/status/429245594180128769 for context.

Changes for version 3.22_02 - 2014-02-05

  • Add a pager that doesn't redirect stdin RT#85173 Added a special pager environment variable for use when perldoc is in the -m mode that doesn't redirect STDIN. Set PERLDOC_SRC_PAGER to use.
    • As in:
    • PERLDOC_SRC_PAGER=/usr/bin/vim perldoc -m File::Temp
  • Teach ToTerm.pm to get terminal width RT#85467 Get a terminal width and pass it to Pod::Text::Termcap from one of these sources (in order): 1. An explicit width set from command line with -w 2. MANWIDTH environment variable 3. stty output 4. The default width of 76 (same as Pod::Text)

Changes for version 3.22_01 - 2014-02-01

  • Match =item more carefully when scanning perlfunc. Fixes RT #86795. Previously matches could be generated on words like 'size' and 'precision' which are not Perl functions.
  • Cleanup code related to mandoc RT #85844 Patch by Ingo Schwarze
  • Re-add '-U' flag to skip attempting to drop privileges. RT #87837
  • Do not install to INSTALLDIRS after Perl 5.11 RT #89756
  • Refactor search_perlop (finds operators like 'q' 'qq' 'tr' and others) RT #86506. Previously most of the text generated was incorrect.
  • Fix wrong version in DEBUG output from ToTerm.pm RT #85468
  • Fix POD errors when scanning parts of perlfunc RT #86472 Patch by Shlomi Fish.

Changes for version 3.21_01 - 2013-11-19

  • Do not modify @INC to look for docs perl RT #120357 (Patch by Kent Fredric)
  • Prefer mandoc on bitrig
  • Fix typos

Documentation

Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.

Modules

Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
Base for Pod::Perldoc formatters
Customized option parser for Pod::Perldoc
render Pod with ANSI color escapes
let Perldoc check Pod for errors
let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
render Pod with terminal escapes
let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
let Perldoc render Pod as XML