OODoc::Format::Pod - Produce POD pages from the doc tree
OODoc::Format::Pod is a OODoc::Format is a OODoc::Object OODoc::Format::Pod is extended by OODoc::Format::Pod2 OODoc::Format::Pod3
my $doc = OODoc->new(...); $doc->create ( 'pod' , format_options => [show_examples => 'NO'] , append => "extra text\n" );
Create manual pages in the POD syntax. POD is the standard document description syntax for Perl. POD can be translated to many different operating system specific manual systems, like the Unix man system.
man
See "METHODS" in OODoc::Format
See "Inheritance knowledge" in OODoc::Object
See "Attributes" in OODoc::Format
See "Page generation" in OODoc::Format
The POD is produced in the specified IN filename, but may contain some garbage, especially a lot of superfluous blanks lines. Because it is quite complex to track double blank lines in the production process, we make an extra pass over the POD to remove it afterwards. Other clean-up activities may be implemented later.
-Option --Defined in --Default append '' format_options OODoc::Format [] manual OODoc::Format <required> project OODoc::Format <required> template OODoc::Format undef
Text to be added at the end of each manual page. See formatManual(append) for an explanation.
The OPTIONS are a collection of all options available to show* methods. They are completed with the defaults set by createManual(format_options).
-Option--Default append '' manual <required> output <required>
Used after each manual page has been formatting according to the standard rules. When a STRING is specified, it will be appended to the manual page. When a CODE reference is given, that function is called with all the options that showChapter() usually gets.
Using append is one of the alternatives to create the correct Reference, Copyrights, etc chapters at the end of each manual page. See "Configuring".
append
Create the text for a link which refers to the OBJECT. The link will be shown somewhere in the MANUAL. The TEXT will be displayed is stead of the link path, when specified.
There is (AFAIK) no way to get the standard podlators code to remove all markup from a string: to simplify a string. On the other hand, you are not allowed to put markup in a verbatim block, but we do have that. So: we have to clean the strings ourselves.
-Option--Default ARRAY <required> header <required> output <required> widths undef
An array of arrays, each describing a row for the output. The first row is the header.
See "Commonly used functions" in OODoc::Object
See "Manual Repository" in OODoc::Object
Probably, the output which is produced by the POD formatter is only a bit in the direction of your own ideas, but not quite what you like. Therefore, there are a few ways to adapt the output.
createManual(format_options) or OODoc::create(format_options) can be used with a list of formatting options which are passed to showChapter(). This will help you to produce pages which have pre-planned changes in layout.
By default, the last chapters are not filled in: the REFERENCES and COPYRIGHTS chapters are very personal. You can fill these in by extending the POD generator, as described in the next section, or take a very simple approach simply using createManual(append).
REFERENCES
COPYRIGHTS
OODoc is an object oriented module, which means that you can extend the functionality of a class by creating a new class. This provides an easy way to add, change or remove chapters from the produced manual pages.
When using 'pod2' in stead of 'pod' when OODoc::create() is called, the OODoc::Format::Pod2 will be used. It's nearly a drop-in replacement by its default behavior. When you specify your own template file, every thing can be made.
A formatter was created without a name specified for the project at hand. This should be passed with new(project).
A call to addManual() expects a new manual object (a OODoc::Manual), however an incompatible thing was passed. Usually, intended was a call to manualsForPackage() or mainManual().
The formatter has to know where the output can be written. This directory must be provided via new(workdir), but was not specified.
This module is part of OODoc distribution version 2.00, built on January 11, 2013. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/oodoc/
Copyrights 2003-2013 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
To install OODoc, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm OODoc
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install OODoc
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.