POD::PERLDOC::TOMAN(3pm)

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version 5.42.3 · 8 versions
, in alpine 3.24

💅 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan(3pm) — the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: it's a Perl Programmers Reference Guide page, it's called Pod::Perldoc::ToMan(3pm), and it's genuinely about to make your Pod look so good as a man page. stay with me ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

Pod::Perldoc::ToMan — it literally lets Perldoc render Pod as man pages. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

perldoc -o man Some::Modulename

that's it. one line. iconic. 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this is a "plug-in" class, right — and what it does is let Perldoc use Pod::Man plus groff to read Pod pages. yes, groff. we love a classic. 🫶

the following options are supported: center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, quotes, release, section

(and bestie, those options are explained over in Pod::Man, so go snoop there if you want the full tea ☕)

for example:

perldoc -o man -w center:Pod Some::Modulename

look at that. flawless. no notes. 💅

🙈 CAVEAT 🙈

heads up, bestie — this module may change to use a different pod-to-nroff formatter class in the future, and that may change what options are supported. so like… don't get too attached to the exact option list, ok? 😭 it's giving "we'll see how it goes". 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • Pod::Man
  • Pod::Perldoc
  • Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff

go read them, iykwim 👀

Copyright (c) 2011 brian d foy. All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2002,3,4 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved.

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. (so fr fr, no promises 😭)

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Current maintainer: Mark Allen <mallen@cpan.org>

Past contributions from: brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org>, Adriano R. Ferreira <ferreira@cpan.org>, Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>

and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 — brought to you by perl v5.42.3 and dated 2026-11-03, so mark your calendar and stan respectfully 💜🧚

Pod::Perldoc::ToMan(3pm) out. 💖✨

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