NAME

Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML

SYNOPSIS

    use Pod::Html;
    pod2html([options]);

DESCRIPTION

Converts files from pod format (see the perlpod manpage) to HTML format. It can automatically generate indexes and cross-references, and it keeps a cache of things it knows how to cross-reference.

ARGUMENTS

Pod::Html takes the following arguments:

help

    --help

Displays the usage message.

htmlroot

    --htmlroot=name

Sets the base URL for the HTML files. When cross-references are made, the HTML root is prepended to the URL.

infile

    --infile=name

Specify the pod file to convert. Input is taken from STDIN if no infile is specified.

outfile

    --outfile=name

Specify the HTML file to create. Output goes to STDOUT if no outfile is specified.

podroot

    --podroot=name

Specify the base directory for finding library pods.

podpath

    --podpath=name:...:name

Specify which subdirectories of the podroot contain pod files whose HTML converted forms can be linked-to in cross-references.

libpods

    --libpods=name:...:name

List of page names (eg, ``perlfunc'') which contain linkable =items.

netscape

    --netscape

Use Netscape HTML directives when applicable.

nonetscape

    --nonetscape

Do not use Netscape HTML directives (default).

index

    --index

Generate an index at the top of the HTML file (default behaviour).

noindex

    --noindex

Do not generate an index at the top of the HTML file.

recurse

    --recurse

Recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath (default behaviour).

norecurse

    --norecurse

Do not recurse into subdirectories specified in podpath.

title

    --title=title

Specify the title of the resulting HTML file.

verbose

    --verbose

Display progress messages.

EXAMPLE

    pod2html("pod2html",
             "--podpath=lib:ext:pod:vms", 
             "--podroot=/usr/src/perl",
             "--htmlroot=/perl/nmanual",
             "--libpods=perlfunc:perlguts:perlvar:perlrun:perlop",
             "--recurse",
             "--infile=foo.pod",
             "--outfile=/perl/nmanual/foo.html");

AUTHOR

Tom Christiansen, <tchrist@perl.com>.

BUGS

Has trouble with etc in = commands.

SEE ALSO

the perlpod manpage

COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under the Artistic License.

DISCLAIMER

We are painfully aware that these documents may contain incorrect links and misformatted HTML. Such bugs lie in the automatic translation process that automatically created the hundreds and hundreds of separate documents that you find here. Please do not report link or formatting bugs, because we cannot fix per-document problems. The only bug reports that will help us are those that supply working patches to the installhtml or pod2html programs, or to the Pod::HTML module itself, for which I and the entire Perl community will shower you with thanks and praises.

If rather than formatting bugs, you encounter substantive content errors in these documents, such as mistakes in the explanations or code, please use the perlbug utility included with the Perl distribution.

--Tom Christiansen, Perl Documentation Compiler and Editor

Return to the Perl Documentation Index.
Return to the Perl Home Page.