NAME Pod::Readme - Convert POD to README file REQUIREMENTS This module should run on Perl 5.005 or newer. The following non-core modules (depending on your Perl version) are required: Pod::PlainText Test::More INSTALLATION Installation can be done using the traditional Makefile.PL or the newer Build.PL methods. Using Makefile.PL: perl Makefile.PL make test make install (On Windows platforms you should use `nmake' instead.) Using Build.PL (if you have Module::Build installed): perl Build.PL perl Build test perl Build install SYNOPSIS use Pod::Readme; my $parser = Pod::Readme->new(); # Read POD from STDIN and write to STDOUT $parser->parse_from_filehandle; # Read POD from Module.pm and write to README $parser->parse_from_file('Module.pm', 'README'); DESCRIPTION This module is a subclass of Pod::PlainText which provides additional POD markup for generating README files. Why should one bother with this? One can simply use pod2text Module.pm > README A problem with doing that is that the default pod2text converter will add text to links, so that "L" is translated to "the Module manpage". Another problem is that the README includes the entirety of the module documentation! Most people browsing the README file do not need all of this information. Likewise, including installation and requirement information in the module documentation is not necessary either, since the module is already installed. This module allows authors to mark portions of the POD to be included only in, or to be excluded from the README file. It also allows you to include portions of another file (such as a separate ChangeLog). See the module documentation for more details. REVSION HISTORY Changes since the last release: 0.081 Sun May 7 2006 - released package without signature, due to Module::Signature issues 0.08 Mon May 1 2006 - head3/4 headings not recognized - went back to using Pod::PlainText 0.07 Sat Feb 11 2006 - added min version to use Pod::Text statement in source - removed multiple plans from the podcover test 0.06 Thu Feb 9 2006 - eliminated a warning about uninitialized values - recognizes =head3 and =head4 headings (from Pod::Text) - uses Pod::Text instead of Pod::PlainText - added internal documentation - added various QA tests - added "test" and "tests" as a rejected format A detailed history is available in the Changes file. SEE ALSO See perlpod, perlpodspec and podlators. AUTHOR Robert Rothenberg Suggestions and Bug Reporting Feedback is always welcome. Please use the CPAN Request Tracker at http://rt.cpan.org to submit bug reports. LICENSE Copyright (c) 2005,2006 Robert Rothenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Some portions are based on Pod::PlainText 2.02.