POD::SIMPLE::DUMPASTEXT(3pm)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Pod::Simple::DumpAsText(3pm) page in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide. This module’s whole gig is literally: dump Pod-parsing events as text. That’s the vibe. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s the little command-line summoning circle, ngl:

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this class is for dumping, as text, the events gotten from parsing a Pod document. It’s giving backstage-pass energy for people writing Pod formatters based on Pod::Simple. It is useful for seeing exactly what events you get out of some Pod that you feed in. No cap.

This is a subclass of Pod::Simple and inherits all its methods. Periodt. 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML
• Pod::Simple

🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the pod-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to pod-people-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.

This module is managed in an open GitHub repository, <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and send patches!

Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to <bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.

🎀 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.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>. But don’t bother him, he’s retired.

Pod::Simple is maintained by:

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

💖 That’s the whole page, bestie. It’s perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03, and it’s the Pod::Simple::DumpAsText(3pm) manual. Stay iconic, stay parsed! 🎀✨