1Pod::LaTeX(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Pod::LaTeX(3)
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NAME

6       Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
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SYNOPSIS

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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DESCRIPTION

17       "Pod::LaTeX" is a module to convert documentation in the Pod format
18       into Latex. The pod2latex  command uses this module for translation.
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20       "Pod::LaTeX" is a derived class from Pod::Select.
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OBJECT METHODS

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
29       than assuming the object is a hash.
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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}
42             \begin{document}
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44           but will be more complicated if table of contents and indexing are
45           required.  Can be used to set or retrieve the current value.
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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
51           will be written that could be immediately processed by "latex".
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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
59           simplest form this is simply:
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61             \end{document}
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63           but can be more complicated if a index is required.  Can be used to
64           set or retrieve the current value.
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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
70           will be written that could be immediately processed by "latex".
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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
76           corresponding to the required position in an array containing the
77           following elements:
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79            [0] chapter
80            [1] section
81            [2] subsection
82            [3] subsubsection
83            [4] paragraph
84            [5] subparagraph
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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
92           reproducible in the expected way. For example, setting this to 4
93           would imply that "=head3" do not have a corresponding "latex"
94           section ("=head1" would correspond to a "paragraph").
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96           A check is made to ensure that the supplied value is an integer in
97           the range 0 to 5.
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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
110           "\label{Label_text}".
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112           Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
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114             $label = $parser->Label;
115             $parser->Label($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"
119           is true. If this is not the case it must be set manually before
120           starting the parse.
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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
127           are numbered but subsections are not.
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129           Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
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131             $lev = $parser->LevelNoNum;
132             $parser->LevelNoNum(2);
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134           The argument must be an integer between 0 and 5 and is the same as
135           the number described in "Head1Level" method description. The number
136           has nothing to do with the pod heading number, only the "latex"
137           sectioning.
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139           Default is 2. (i.e. "latex" subsections are written as
140           "subsection*" but sections are numbered).
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142       MakeIndex
143           Controls whether "latex" commands for creating an index are to be
144           inserted into the preamble and postamble
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146             $makeindex = $parser->MakeIndex;
147             $parser->MakeIndex(0);
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149           Irrelevant if both "AddPreamble" and "AddPostamble" are false (or
150           equivalently, "UserPreamble" and "UserPostamble" are set).
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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
156           translated literally or converted to a slightly modified output
157           where the section name is the pod name rather than "NAME".
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159           If true, the pod segment
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161             =head1 NAME
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163             pod::name - purpose
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165             =head1 SYNOPSIS
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167           is converted to the "latex"
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169             \section{pod::name\label{pod_name}\index{pod::name}}
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171             Purpose
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173             \subsection*{SYNOPSIS\label{pod_name_SYNOPSIS}%
174                          \index{pod::name!SYNOPSIS}}
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176           (dependent on the value of "Head1Level" and "LevelNoNum"). Note
177           that subsequent "head1" directives translate to subsections rather
178           than sections and that the labels and index now include the pod
179           name (dependent on the value of "UniqueLabels").
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181           The "Label" is set from the pod name regardless of any current
182           value of "Label".
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184             $mod = $parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection;
185             $parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection(0);
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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"
191           "\clearpage".
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193             $parser->StartWithNewPage(1);
194             $newpage = $parser->StartWithNewPage;
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196           Default is false.
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198       TableOfContents
199           If true, a table of contents will be created.  Irrelevant if
200           "AddPreamble" is false or "UserPreamble" is set.
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202             $toc = $parser->TableOfContents;
203             $parser->TableOfContents(1);
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205           Default is false.
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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
211           without clashing common labels such as "DESCRIPTION" and "SYNOPSIS"
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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
220           data.
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222           If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file before
223           the translated data regardless of the value of "AddPreamble".
224           "MakeIndex" and "TableOfContents" will also be ignored.
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226       UserPostamble
227           User supplied "latex" postamble. Added after the pod translation
228           data.
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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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NOTES

235       Compatible with "latex2e" only. Can not be used with "latex" v2.09 or
236       earlier.
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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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SEE ALSO

244       Pod::Parser, Pod::Select, pod2latex, Pod::Simple.
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AUTHORS

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
262       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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