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Pod-Markdown-1.401
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/ Pod::Markdown

NAME

Pod::Markdown - Convert POD to Markdown

VERSION

version 1.401

SYNOPSIS

    my $parser = Pod::Markdown->new;
    $parser->parse_from_filehandle(\*STDIN);
    print $parser->as_markdown;

DESCRIPTION

This module subclasses Pod::Parser and converts POD to Markdown.

Literal characters in Pod that are special in Markdown (like *asterisks*) are backslash-escaped when appropriate.

METHODS

perldoc_url_prefix

Returns the url prefix in use (after resolving shortcuts to urls).

man_url_prefix

Returns the url prefix in use for man pages.

new

The constructor accepts the following named arguments:

  • perldoc_url_prefix

    This alters the perldoc urls that are created from L<> codes. Can be:

    • metacpan (shortcut for https://metacpan.org/pod/)

    • sco (shortcut for http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?)

    • any url

    The default is metacpan.

        Pod::Markdown->new(perldoc_url_prefix => 'http://localhost/perl/pod');

  • man_url_prefix

    This alters the man page urls that are created from L<> codes.

    The default is http://man.he.net/man.

as_markdown

Returns the parsed POD as Markdown. Takes named arguments. If the with_meta argument is given a positive value, meta tags are generated as well.

SEE ALSO

SUPPORT

Perldoc

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc Pod::Markdown

Websites

The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to bug-pod-markdown at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Pod-Markdown. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

Source Code

https://github.com/rwstauner/Pod-Markdown

  git clone https://github.com/rwstauner/Pod-Markdown.git

AUTHORS

  • Marcel Gruenauer <marcel@cpan.org>

  • Victor Moral <victor@taquiones.net>

  • Ryan C. Thompson <rct at thompsonclan d0t org>

  • Aristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de>

  • Randy Stauner <rwstauner@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

  • Aristotle Pagaltzis <aristotle@cpan.org>

  • Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

  • Peter Vereshagin <veresc@cpan.org>

  • Ryan C. Thompson <rthompson@cpan.org>

  • Yasutaka ATARASHI <yakex@cpan.org>

  • motemen <motemen@cpan.org>

  • moznion <moznion@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Marcel Gruenauer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.