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NAME
Parse::Man - parse nroff-formatted manpages
DESCRIPTION
This abstract subclass of Parser::MGC recognises nroff grammar from a
file or string value. It invokes methods when various nroff directives
are encountered. It is intended that this class be used as a base
class, with methods provided to handle the various directives and
formatting options. Typically a subclass will store intermediate
results in a data structure, building it as directed by these method
invocations.
TEXT CHUNK FORMATTING METHOD
The following method is used to handle formatted text. Each call is
passed a plain string value from the input content.
chunk
$parser->chunk( $text, %opts )
The %opts hash contains the following options:
font => STRING
The name of the current font (R, B, etc..)
size => INT
The current text size, relative to a paragraph base of 0.
Other font requests that are found in \fX or \f(AB requests are handled
by similarly-named methods.
PARAGRAPH HANDLING METHODS
The following methods are used to form paragraphs out of formatted text
chunks. Their return values are ignored.
para_TH
$parser->para_TH( $name, $section )
Handles the .TH paragraph which gives the page title and section
number.
para_SH
$parser->para_SH( $title )
Handles the .SH paragraph, which gives a section header.
para_SS
$parser->para_SS( $title )
Handles the .SS paragraph, which gives a sub-section header.
para_TP
$parser->para_TP( $opts )
Handles a .TP paragraph, which gives a term definition.
para_IP
$parser->para_IP( $opts )
Handles a .IP paragraph, which is indented like the definition part of
a .TP paragraph.
para_P
$parser->para_P( $opts )
Handles the .P, .PP or .LP paragraphs, which are all synonyms for a
plain paragraph content.
para_EX
$parser->para_EX( $opts )
Handles the .EX paragraph, which is example text; intended to be
rendered in a fixed-width font without filling.
AUTHOR
Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>