1Pod::Text::Termcap(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationPod::Text::Termcap(3)
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6 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes
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9 use Pod::Text::Termcap;
10 my $parser = Pod::Text::Termcap->new (sentence => 0, width => 78);
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12 # Read POD from STDIN and write to STDOUT.
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15 # Read POD from file.pod and write to file.txt.
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19 Pod::Text::Termcap is a simple subclass of Pod::Text that highlights
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21 terminal. Apart from the format codes, it in all ways functions like
22 Pod::Text. See Pod::Text for details and available options.
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25 This module sets the TERMPATH environment variable globally to:
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27 $HOME/.termcap:/etc/termcap:/usr/share/misc/termcap:/usr/share/lib/termcap
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29 if it isn't already set. (The first entry is omitted if the HOME
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32 is not good module behavior. Please do not rely on this behavior; it
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36 This module uses Term::Cap to retrieve the formatting escape sequences
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43 Russ Allbery <rra@cpan.org>.
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46 Copyright 1999, 2001-2002, 2004, 2006, 2008-2009, 2014-2015, 2018 Russ
47 Allbery <rra@cpan.org>
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49 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
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53 Pod::Text, Pod::Simple, Term::Cap
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55 The current version of this module is always available from its web
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