WHAT IS THIS?
 =============
 This is "PodPlainText": a Perl5 replacement for Pod::Text and the
 corresponding pod2text utility. It is derived from the Pod::Filter
 class. Please see the pod documentation for this module and Pod::Filter
 for more details (embedded in the module source).

 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN INITIAL RELEASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 GATHERING COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS AND MAY CHANGE IN INCOMPATIBLE
 WAYS IN FUTURE RELEASES!!!


 AUTHORS/CONTRIBUTORS
 ====================
 Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
 
 modified extensively to derive from Pod::Filter by
 Brad Appleton  <Brad_Appleton-GBDA001@email.mot.com>


 COPY/REUSE POLICY
 =================
 Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Tom Christiansen. All rights reserved.

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Please refer to
 the license agreement that came with your Perl distribution for
 more details.


 DISCLAIMER
 ==========
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  In no event
 will any copyright holder or distirbutor of the software be liable
 to you for any kind of damages. Please refer to the license agreement
 that came with your Perl distribution for more details.


 CONTENTS
 ========
 README -- this file
 Makefile.PL -- Perl Makefile template
 PlainText.pm -- The Pod::PlainText module source
 pod2plaintext.PL -- The equivalent of pod2text.PL for Pod::PlainText


 REQUIREMENTS
 ============
 * Perl version 5.002 or later

 * Pod::Filter version 0.01 or later

 * Getopt::Long version 2.13 or later (pod2plaintext.PL only)


 BUILDING & INSTALLING
 =====================
 Please see the perl "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" manpage for how to build and
 install using the Makefile.PL template. In a nutshell, simply typing:

      perl Makefile.PL

 should build a Makefile with the usual targets like "all", "clean",
 "test", and "install".

 BUGS
 ====
 Please send all bug reports to Brad Appleton
 <Brad_Appleton-GBDA001@email.mot.com>.


 HISTORY
 =======
 07-Aug-1996           Brad Appleton     <Brad_Appleton-GDBA001@email.mot.com>
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Initial release of version 0.01 to garner some feedback.