1Pod::LaTeX(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Pod::LaTeX(3)
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6 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
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9 use Pod::LaTeX;
10 my $parser = Pod::LaTeX->new ( );
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12 $parser->parse_from_filehandle;
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14 $parser->parse_from_file ('file.pod', 'file.tex');
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17 "Pod::LaTeX" is a module to convert documentation in the Pod format
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20 "Pod::LaTeX" is a derived class from Pod::Select.
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23 The following methods are provided in this module. Methods inherited
24 from "Pod::Select" are not described in the public interface.
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26 Data Accessors
27 The following methods are provided for accessing instance data. These
28 methods should be used for accessing configuration parameters rather
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31 Default values can be supplied by using these names as keys to a hash
32 of arguments when using the "new()" constructor.
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34 AddPreamble
35 Logical to control whether a "latex" preamble is to be written. If
36 true, a valid "latex" preamble is written before the pod data is
37 written. This is similar to:
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39 \documentclass{article}
40 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
41 \usepackage{textcomp}
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44 but will be more complicated if table of contents and indexing are
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47 $add = $parser->AddPreamble();
48 $parser->AddPreamble(1);
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50 If used in conjunction with "AddPostamble" a full latex document
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53 For some pod escapes it may be necessary to include the amsmath
54 package. This is not yet added to the preamble automatically.
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56 AddPostamble
57 Logical to control whether a standard "latex" ending is written to
58 the output file after the document has been processed. In its
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63 but can be more complicated if a index is required. Can be used to
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66 $add = $parser->AddPostamble();
67 $parser->AddPostamble(1);
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69 If used in conjunction with "AddPreaamble" a full latex document
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72 Head1Level
73 The "latex" sectioning level that should be used to correspond to a
74 pod "=head1" directive. This can be used, for example, to turn a
75 "=head1" into a "latex" "subsection". This should hold a number
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79 [0] chapter
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81 [2] subsection
82 [3] subsubsection
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86 Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
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88 $parser->Head1Level(2);
89 $sect = $parser->Head1Level;
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91 Setting this number too high can result in sections that may not be
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93 would imply that "=head3" do not have a corresponding "latex"
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96 A check is made to ensure that the supplied value is an integer in
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99 Default is for a value of 1 (i.e. a "section").
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101 Label
102 This is the label that is prefixed to all "latex" label and index
103 entries to make them unique. In general, pods have similarly titled
104 sections (NAME, DESCRIPTION etc) and a "latex" label will be
105 multiply defined if more than one pod document is to be included in
106 a single "latex" file. To overcome this, this label is prefixed to
107 a label whenever a label is required (joined with an underscore) or
108 to an index entry (joined by an exclamation mark which is the
109 normal index separator). For example, "\label{text}" becomes
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114 $label = $parser->Label;
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117 This label is only used if "UniqueLabels" is true. Its value is
118 set automatically from the "NAME" field if "ReplaceNAMEwithSection"
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122 Default value is "undef".
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124 LevelNoNum
125 Control the point at which "latex" section numbering is turned off.
126 For example, this can be used to make sure that "latex" sections
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131 $lev = $parser->LevelNoNum;
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134 The argument must be an integer between 0 and 5 and is the same as
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136 has nothing to do with the pod heading number, only the "latex"
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139 Default is 2. (i.e. "latex" subsections are written as
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142 MakeIndex
143 Controls whether "latex" commands for creating an index are to be
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146 $makeindex = $parser->MakeIndex;
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149 Irrelevant if both "AddPreamble" and "AddPostamble" are false (or
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152 Default is for an index to be created.
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154 ReplaceNAMEwithSection
155 This controls whether the "NAME" section in the pod is to be
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159 If true, the pod segment
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163 pod::name - purpose
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169 \section{pod::name\label{pod_name}\index{pod::name}}
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173 \subsection*{SYNOPSIS\label{pod_name_SYNOPSIS}%
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176 (dependent on the value of "Head1Level" and "LevelNoNum"). Note
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178 than sections and that the labels and index now include the pod
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181 The "Label" is set from the pod name regardless of any current
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184 $mod = $parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection;
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187 Default is to translate the pod literally.
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189 StartWithNewPage
190 If true, each pod translation will begin with a "latex"
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193 $parser->StartWithNewPage(1);
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198 TableOfContents
199 If true, a table of contents will be created. Irrelevant if
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202 $toc = $parser->TableOfContents;
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207 UniqueLabels
208 If true, the translator will attempt to make sure that each "latex"
209 label or index entry will be uniquely identified by prefixing the
210 contents of "Label". This allows multiple documents to be combined
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213 $parser->UniqueLabels(1);
214 $unq = $parser->UniqueLabels;
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216 Default is true.
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218 UserPreamble
219 User supplied "latex" preamble. Added before the pod translation
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222 If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file before
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226 UserPostamble
227 User supplied "latex" postamble. Added after the pod translation
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230 If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file after the
231 translated data regardless of the value of "AddPostamble".
232 "MakeIndex" will also be ignored.
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235 Compatible with "latex2e" only. Can not be used with "latex" v2.09 or
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238 A subclass of "Pod::Select" so that specific pod sections can be
239 converted to "latex" by using the "select" method.
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241 Some HTML escapes are missing and many have not been tested.
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244 Pod::Parser, Pod::Select, pod2latex, Pod::Simple.
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247 Tim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>
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249 Bug fixes and improvements have been received from: Simon Cozens
250 <simon@cozens.net>, Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>, Marcel
251 Grunauer <marcel@codewerk.com>, Hugh S Myers <hsmyers@sdragons.com>,
252 Peter J Acklam <jacklam@math.uio.no>, Sudhi Herle <sudhi@herle.net>,
253 Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>, Adriano Rodrigues Ferreira
254 <ferreira@triang.com.br>, R. de Vries <r.de.vries@dutchspace.nl> and
255 Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>.
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258 Copyright (C) 2011 Tim Jenness. Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Tim Jenness.
259 All Rights Reserved.
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261 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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