POD::SIMPLE::TEXT(3perl)

💖 Pod::Simple::Text — it's giving plaintext excellence 💖

Okay bestie, so this is Pod::Simple::Text from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide (that's the 3perl manual, section 3, she's a Perl module, diva behavior), and I am literally obsessed with her. Sit down, grab a boba, and let's get into it. 🧋✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Pod::Simple::Text — she takes your Pod and formats it as plaintext. That's it, that's the whole job, and she eats every time. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Wanna see her do her thing from the command line? Say less:

perl -MPod::Simple::Text -e \
 "exit Pod::Simple::Text->filter(shift)->any_errata_seen" \
 thingy.pod

That's the vibe. Plug in your thingy.pod and let her cook. 🔥

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This class is a formatter, and what she does is take your Pod and render it as wrapped plaintext. Soft, readable, no markup drama. Queen behavior. 👑

And like — the wrapping? That's not her doing it alone, she outsources the glow-up to Text::Wrap. Which means you can change $Text::Wrap::columns whenever you want and she'll just go with it. No notes, no complaints, flexible icon. 🌈

Also important: this is a subclass of Pod::Simple, so she inherits all of its methods. Everything Pod::Simple can do, she can do too. Family money, honestly. 💜

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Your girl does not exist in a vacuum, bestie, go check out her sisters:

• Pod::Simple
• Pod::Simple::TextContent
• Pod::Text

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🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

Got questions? Got thoughts? Got feelings about POD and Pod::Simple? Send them to the mail list at pod-people@perl.org. 📧

And if you wanna subscribe, send an empty email to pod-people-subscribe@perl.org. Yes, empty. Nothing in it. Just vibes and a blank subject line. 🍓

This module lives in an open GitHub repository:

https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/

Fork it, contribute to it, honestly go off. Or if forking feels like a lot, clone https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git and send patches that way. Either path is a slay. 🧚

Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome, full stop. And bug reports? Send those to bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org. Please and thank you. 💖

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📜 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS 📜

Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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. (Translation: she's free and she's generous, but if something breaks, that's on you, bestie. No cap. 💀)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>. But don't bother him, he's retired. Let the man rest, he earned it. 🙈

Pod::Simple is maintained by these absolute legends:

• Allison Randal "allison@perl.org"
• Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp@cpan.org"
• David E. Wheeler "dwheeler@cpan.org"

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And that's the whole page, bestie! This gorgeous thing came to you courtesy of perl v5.44.0 and the date 2026-10-17, and the manual name is Pod::Simple::Text(3perl). Stay wrapped, stay plaintext, stay iconic. Periodt. 💅✨