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6055f9d4 1# Pod::Text -- Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text.
2e20e14f 2# $Id: Text.pm,v 2.3 1999/10/07 09:41:57 eagle Exp $
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3#
4# Copyright 1999 by Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
5#
6# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
7# under the same terms as Perl itself.
8#
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9# This module is intended to be a replacement for Pod::Text, and attempts to
10# match its output except for some specific circumstances where other
11# decisions seemed to produce better output. It uses Pod::Parser and is
12# designed to be very easy to subclass.
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13
14############################################################################
15# Modules and declarations
16############################################################################
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6055f9d4 18package Pod::Text;
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20require 5.004;
21
27f805f4 22use Carp qw(carp croak);
2e20e14f 23use Exporter ();
27f805f4 24use Pod::Select ();
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25
26use strict;
2e20e14f 27use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT %ESCAPES $VERSION);
6055f9d4 28
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29# We inherit from Pod::Select instead of Pod::Parser so that we can be used
30# by Pod::Usage.
2e20e14f 31@ISA = qw(Pod::Select Exporter);
6055f9d4 32
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33# We have to export pod2text for backward compatibility.
34@EXPORT = qw(pod2text);
35
36($VERSION = (split (' ', q$Revision: 2.3 $ ))[1]) =~ s/\.(\d)$/.0$1/;
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37
38
39############################################################################
40# Table of supported E<> escapes
41############################################################################
42
9741dab0 43# This table is taken near verbatim from Pod::PlainText in Pod::Parser,
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44# which got it near verbatim from the original Pod::Text. It is therefore
45# credited to Tom Christiansen, and I'm glad I didn't have to write it. :)
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46%ESCAPES = (
47 'amp' => '&', # ampersand
48 'lt' => '<', # left chevron, less-than
49 'gt' => '>', # right chevron, greater-than
50 'quot' => '"', # double quote
51
52 "Aacute" => "\xC1", # capital A, acute accent
53 "aacute" => "\xE1", # small a, acute accent
54 "Acirc" => "\xC2", # capital A, circumflex accent
55 "acirc" => "\xE2", # small a, circumflex accent
56 "AElig" => "\xC6", # capital AE diphthong (ligature)
57 "aelig" => "\xE6", # small ae diphthong (ligature)
58 "Agrave" => "\xC0", # capital A, grave accent
59 "agrave" => "\xE0", # small a, grave accent
60 "Aring" => "\xC5", # capital A, ring
61 "aring" => "\xE5", # small a, ring
62 "Atilde" => "\xC3", # capital A, tilde
63 "atilde" => "\xE3", # small a, tilde
64 "Auml" => "\xC4", # capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
65 "auml" => "\xE4", # small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
66 "Ccedil" => "\xC7", # capital C, cedilla
67 "ccedil" => "\xE7", # small c, cedilla
68 "Eacute" => "\xC9", # capital E, acute accent
69 "eacute" => "\xE9", # small e, acute accent
70 "Ecirc" => "\xCA", # capital E, circumflex accent
71 "ecirc" => "\xEA", # small e, circumflex accent
72 "Egrave" => "\xC8", # capital E, grave accent
73 "egrave" => "\xE8", # small e, grave accent
74 "ETH" => "\xD0", # capital Eth, Icelandic
75 "eth" => "\xF0", # small eth, Icelandic
76 "Euml" => "\xCB", # capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
77 "euml" => "\xEB", # small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
78 "Iacute" => "\xCD", # capital I, acute accent
79 "iacute" => "\xED", # small i, acute accent
80 "Icirc" => "\xCE", # capital I, circumflex accent
81 "icirc" => "\xEE", # small i, circumflex accent
82 "Igrave" => "\xCD", # capital I, grave accent
83 "igrave" => "\xED", # small i, grave accent
84 "Iuml" => "\xCF", # capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
85 "iuml" => "\xEF", # small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
86 "Ntilde" => "\xD1", # capital N, tilde
87 "ntilde" => "\xF1", # small n, tilde
88 "Oacute" => "\xD3", # capital O, acute accent
89 "oacute" => "\xF3", # small o, acute accent
90 "Ocirc" => "\xD4", # capital O, circumflex accent
91 "ocirc" => "\xF4", # small o, circumflex accent
92 "Ograve" => "\xD2", # capital O, grave accent
93 "ograve" => "\xF2", # small o, grave accent
94 "Oslash" => "\xD8", # capital O, slash
95 "oslash" => "\xF8", # small o, slash
96 "Otilde" => "\xD5", # capital O, tilde
97 "otilde" => "\xF5", # small o, tilde
98 "Ouml" => "\xD6", # capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
99 "ouml" => "\xF6", # small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
100 "szlig" => "\xDF", # small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
101 "THORN" => "\xDE", # capital THORN, Icelandic
102 "thorn" => "\xFE", # small thorn, Icelandic
103 "Uacute" => "\xDA", # capital U, acute accent
104 "uacute" => "\xFA", # small u, acute accent
105 "Ucirc" => "\xDB", # capital U, circumflex accent
106 "ucirc" => "\xFB", # small u, circumflex accent
107 "Ugrave" => "\xD9", # capital U, grave accent
108 "ugrave" => "\xF9", # small u, grave accent
109 "Uuml" => "\xDC", # capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
110 "uuml" => "\xFC", # small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
111 "Yacute" => "\xDD", # capital Y, acute accent
112 "yacute" => "\xFD", # small y, acute accent
113 "yuml" => "\xFF", # small y, dieresis or umlaut mark
114
115 "lchevron" => "\xAB", # left chevron (double less than)
116 "rchevron" => "\xBB", # right chevron (double greater than)
117);
69e00e79 118
69e00e79 119
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120############################################################################
121# Initialization
122############################################################################
69e00e79 123
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124# Initialize the object. Must be sure to call our parent initializer.
125sub initialize {
126 my $self = shift;
69e00e79 127
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128 $$self{alt} = 0 unless defined $$self{alt};
129 $$self{indent} = 4 unless defined $$self{indent};
130 $$self{loose} = 0 unless defined $$self{loose};
131 $$self{sentence} = 0 unless defined $$self{sentence};
132 $$self{width} = 76 unless defined $$self{width};
69e00e79 133
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134 $$self{INDENTS} = []; # Stack of indentations.
135 $$self{MARGIN} = $$self{indent}; # Current left margin in spaces.
69e00e79 136
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137 $self->SUPER::initialize;
138}
69e00e79 139
69e00e79 140
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141############################################################################
142# Core overrides
143############################################################################
144
145# Called for each command paragraph. Gets the command, the associated
146# paragraph, the line number, and a Pod::Paragraph object. Just dispatches
147# the command to a method named the same as the command. =cut is handled
148# internally by Pod::Parser.
149sub command {
150 my $self = shift;
151 my $command = shift;
152 return if $command eq 'pod';
153 return if ($$self{EXCLUDE} && $command ne 'end');
154 $self->item ("\n") if defined $$self{ITEM};
155 $command = 'cmd_' . $command;
156 $self->$command (@_);
157}
69e00e79 158
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159# Called for a verbatim paragraph. Gets the paragraph, the line number, and
160# a Pod::Paragraph object. Just output it verbatim, but with tabs converted
161# to spaces.
162sub verbatim {
163 my $self = shift;
164 return if $$self{EXCLUDE};
165 $self->item if defined $$self{ITEM};
166 local $_ = shift;
167 return if /^\s*$/;
168 s/^(\s*\S+)/(' ' x $$self{MARGIN}) . $1/gme;
169 $self->output ($_);
170}
69e00e79 171
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172# Called for a regular text block. Gets the paragraph, the line number, and
173# a Pod::Paragraph object. Perform interpolation and output the results.
174sub textblock {
27f805f4 175 my $self = shift;
6055f9d4 176 return if $$self{EXCLUDE};
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177 $self->output ($_[0]), return if $$self{VERBATIM};
178 local $_ = shift;
179 my $line = shift;
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180
181 # Perform a little magic to collapse multiple L<> references. This is
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182 # here mostly for backwards-compatibility. We'll just rewrite the whole
183 # thing into actual text at this part, bypassing the whole internal
184 # sequence parsing thing.
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185 s{
186 (
187 L< # A link of the form L</something>.
188 /
189 (
190 [:\w]+ # The item has to be a simple word...
191 (\(\))? # ...or simple function.
192 )
193 >
194 (
195 ,?\s+(and\s+)? # Allow lots of them, conjuncted.
196 L<
197 /
198 (
199 [:\w]+
200 (\(\))?
201 )
202 >
203 )+
204 )
205 } {
206 local $_ = $1;
207 s%L</([^>]+)>%$1%g;
208 my @items = split /(?:,?\s+(?:and\s+)?)/;
209 my $string = "the ";
210 my $i;
211 for ($i = 0; $i < @items; $i++) {
212 $string .= $items[$i];
213 $string .= ", " if @items > 2 && $i != $#items;
214 $string .= " and " if ($i == $#items - 1);
215 }
216 $string .= " entries elsewhere in this document";
217 $string;
218 }gex;
219
220 # Now actually interpolate and output the paragraph.
221 $_ = $self->interpolate ($_, $line);
222 s/\s+$/\n/;
223 if (defined $$self{ITEM}) {
224 $self->item ($_ . "\n");
225 } else {
226 $self->output ($self->reformat ($_ . "\n"));
227 }
228}
69e00e79 229
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230# Called for an interior sequence. Gets the command, argument, and a
231# Pod::InteriorSequence object and is expected to return the resulting text.
232# Calls code, bold, italic, file, and link to handle those types of
233# sequences, and handles S<>, E<>, X<>, and Z<> directly.
234sub interior_sequence {
235 my $self = shift;
236 my $command = shift;
237 local $_ = shift;
238 return '' if ($command eq 'X' || $command eq 'Z');
69e00e79 239
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240 # Expand escapes into the actual character now, carping if invalid.
241 if ($command eq 'E') {
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242 if (/^\d+$/) {
243 return chr;
244 } else {
245 return $ESCAPES{$_} if defined $ESCAPES{$_};
246 carp "Unknown escape: E<$_>";
247 return "E<$_>";
248 }
6055f9d4 249 }
69e00e79 250
6055f9d4 251 # For all the other sequences, empty content produces no output.
27f805f4 252 return if $_ eq '';
69e00e79 253
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254 # For S<>, compress all internal whitespace and then map spaces to \01.
255 # When we output the text, we'll map this back.
256 if ($command eq 'S') {
257 s/\s{2,}/ /g;
258 tr/ /\01/;
259 return $_;
260 }
69e00e79 261
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262 # Anything else needs to get dispatched to another method.
263 if ($command eq 'B') { return $self->seq_b ($_) }
264 elsif ($command eq 'C') { return $self->seq_c ($_) }
265 elsif ($command eq 'F') { return $self->seq_f ($_) }
266 elsif ($command eq 'I') { return $self->seq_i ($_) }
267 elsif ($command eq 'L') { return $self->seq_l ($_) }
268 else { carp "Unknown sequence $command<$_>" }
269}
f02a87df 270
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271# Called for each paragraph that's actually part of the POD. We take
272# advantage of this opportunity to untabify the input.
273sub preprocess_paragraph {
274 my $self = shift;
275 local $_ = shift;
276 1 while s/^(.*?)(\t+)/$1 . ' ' x (length ($2) * 8 - length ($1) % 8)/me;
277 $_;
278}
3ec07288 279
69e00e79 280
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281############################################################################
282# Command paragraphs
283############################################################################
f2506fb2 284
6055f9d4 285# All command paragraphs take the paragraph and the line number.
69e00e79 286
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287# First level heading.
288sub cmd_head1 {
289 my $self = shift;
290 local $_ = shift;
291 s/\s+$//;
27f805f4 292 $_ = $self->interpolate ($_, shift);
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293 if ($$self{alt}) {
294 $self->output ("\n==== $_ ====\n\n");
295 } else {
296 $_ .= "\n" if $$self{loose};
297 $self->output ($_ . "\n");
298 }
299}
69e00e79 300
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301# Second level heading.
302sub cmd_head2 {
303 my $self = shift;
304 local $_ = shift;
305 s/\s+$//;
27f805f4 306 $_ = $self->interpolate ($_, shift);
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307 if ($$self{alt}) {
308 $self->output ("\n== $_ ==\n\n");
309 } else {
310 $self->output (' ' x ($$self{indent} / 2) . $_ . "\n\n");
311 }
312}
69e00e79 313
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314# Start a list.
315sub cmd_over {
316 my $self = shift;
317 local $_ = shift;
318 unless (/^[-+]?\d+\s+$/) { $_ = $$self{indent} }
319 push (@{ $$self{INDENTS} }, $$self{MARGIN});
320 $$self{MARGIN} += ($_ + 0);
321}
69e00e79 322
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323# End a list.
324sub cmd_back {
325 my $self = shift;
326 $$self{MARGIN} = pop @{ $$self{INDENTS} };
327 unless (defined $$self{MARGIN}) {
328 carp "Unmatched =back";
329 $$self{MARGIN} = $$self{indent};
330 }
69e00e79 331}
332
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333# An individual list item.
334sub cmd_item {
335 my $self = shift;
336 if (defined $$self{ITEM}) { $self->item }
337 local $_ = shift;
338 s/\s+$//;
339 $$self{ITEM} = $self->interpolate ($_);
340}
69e00e79 341
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342# Begin a block for a particular translator. Setting VERBATIM triggers
343# special handling in textblock().
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344sub cmd_begin {
345 my $self = shift;
346 local $_ = shift;
347 my ($kind) = /^(\S+)/ or return;
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348 if ($kind eq 'text') {
349 $$self{VERBATIM} = 1;
350 } else {
351 $$self{EXCLUDE} = 1;
352 }
6055f9d4 353}
f2506fb2 354
6055f9d4 355# End a block for a particular translator. We assume that all =begin/=end
27f805f4 356# pairs are properly closed.
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357sub cmd_end {
358 my $self = shift;
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359 $$self{EXCLUDE} = 0;
360 $$self{VERBATIM} = 0;
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361}
362
363# One paragraph for a particular translator. Ignore it unless it's intended
27f805f4 364# for text, in which case we treat it as a verbatim text block.
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365sub cmd_for {
366 my $self = shift;
367 local $_ = shift;
368 my $line = shift;
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369 return unless s/^text\b[ \t]*\n?//;
370 $self->verbatim ($_, $line);
6055f9d4 371}
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69e00e79 373
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374############################################################################
375# Interior sequences
376############################################################################
69e00e79 377
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378# The simple formatting ones. These are here mostly so that subclasses can
379# override them and do more complicated things.
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380sub seq_b { return $_[0]{alt} ? "``$_[1]''" : $_[1] }
381sub seq_c { return $_[0]{alt} ? "``$_[1]''" : "`$_[1]'" }
382sub seq_f { return $_[0]{alt} ? "\"$_[1]\"" : $_[1] }
6055f9d4 383sub seq_i { return '*' . $_[1] . '*' }
69e00e79 384
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385# The complicated one. Handle links. Since this is plain text, we can't
386# actually make any real links, so this is all to figure out what text we
387# print out.
388sub seq_l {
389 my $self = shift;
390 local $_ = shift;
69e00e79 391
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392 # Smash whitespace in case we were split across multiple lines.
393 s/\s+/ /g;
69e00e79 394
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395 # If we were given any explicit text, just output it.
396 if (/^([^|]+)\|/) { return $1 }
397
398 # Okay, leading and trailing whitespace isn't important; get rid of it.
399 s/^\s+//;
400 s/\s+$//;
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401
402 # Default to using the whole content of the link entry as a section
403 # name. Note that L<manpage/> forces a manpage interpretation, as does
404 # something looking like L<manpage(section)>. The latter is an
405 # enhancement over the original Pod::Text.
406 my ($manpage, $section) = ('', $_);
407 if (/^"\s*(.*?)\s*"$/) {
408 $section = '"' . $1 . '"';
409 } elsif (m/^[-:.\w]+(?:\(\S+\))?$/) {
410 ($manpage, $section) = ($_, '');
411 } elsif (m%/%) {
412 ($manpage, $section) = split (/\s*\/\s*/, $_, 2);
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413 }
414
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415 # Now build the actual output text.
416 my $text = '';
417 if (!length $section) {
418 $text = "the $manpage manpage" if length $manpage;
419 } elsif ($section =~ /^[:\w]+(?:\(\))?/) {
420 $text .= 'the ' . $section . ' entry';
421 $text .= (length $manpage) ? " in the $manpage manpage"
422 : " elsewhere in this document";
423 } else {
424 $section =~ s/^\"\s*//;
425 $section =~ s/\s*\"$//;
426 $text .= 'the section on "' . $section . '"';
427 $text .= " in the $manpage manpage" if length $manpage;
69e00e79 428 }
6055f9d4 429 $text;
69e00e79 430}
431
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432
433############################################################################
434# List handling
435############################################################################
436
437# This method is called whenever an =item command is complete (in other
438# words, we've seen its associated paragraph or know for certain that it
439# doesn't have one). It gets the paragraph associated with the item as an
440# argument. If that argument is empty, just output the item tag; if it
441# contains a newline, output the item tag followed by the newline.
442# Otherwise, see if there's enough room for us to output the item tag in the
443# margin of the text or if we have to put it on a separate line.
444sub item {
445 my $self = shift;
446 local $_ = shift;
447 my $tag = $$self{ITEM};
448 unless (defined $tag) {
449 carp "item called without tag";
450 return;
69e00e79 451 }
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452 undef $$self{ITEM};
453 my $indent = $$self{INDENTS}[-1];
454 unless (defined $indent) { $indent = $$self{indent} }
455 my $space = ' ' x $indent;
456 $space =~ s/^ /:/ if $$self{alt};
457 if (!$_ || /^\s+$/ || ($$self{MARGIN} - $indent < length ($tag) + 1)) {
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458 my $margin = $$self{MARGIN};
459 $$self{MARGIN} = $indent;
460 my $output = $self->reformat ($tag);
461 $output =~ s/\n*$/\n/;
462 $self->output ($output);
463 $$self{MARGIN} = $margin;
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464 $self->output ($self->reformat ($_)) if /\S/;
465 } else {
466 $_ = $self->reformat ($_);
467 s/^ /:/ if ($$self{alt} && $indent > 0);
468 my $tagspace = ' ' x length $tag;
469 s/^($space)$tagspace/$1$tag/ or warn "Bizarre space in item";
470 $self->output ($_);
69e00e79 471 }
472}
473
69e00e79 474
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475############################################################################
476# Output formatting
477############################################################################
69e00e79 478
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479# Wrap a line, indenting by the current left margin. We can't use
480# Text::Wrap because it plays games with tabs. We can't use formline, even
481# though we'd really like to, because it screws up non-printing characters.
482# So we have to do the wrapping ourselves.
483sub wrap {
484 my $self = shift;
485 local $_ = shift;
486 my $output = '';
487 my $spaces = ' ' x $$self{MARGIN};
488 my $width = $$self{width} - $$self{MARGIN};
489 while (length > $width) {
490 if (s/^([^\n]{0,$width})\s+// || s/^([^\n]{$width})//) {
491 $output .= $spaces . $1 . "\n";
492 } else {
493 last;
494 }
69e00e79 495 }
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496 $output .= $spaces . $_;
497 $output =~ s/\s+$/\n\n/;
498 $output;
69e00e79 499}
500
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501# Reformat a paragraph of text for the current margin. Takes the text to
502# reformat and returns the formatted text.
503sub reformat {
504 my $self = shift;
505 local $_ = shift;
69e00e79 506
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507 # If we're trying to preserve two spaces after sentences, do some
508 # munging to support that. Otherwise, smash all repeated whitespace.
509 if ($$self{sentence}) {
510 s/ +$//mg;
511 s/\.\n/. \n/g;
512 s/\n/ /g;
513 s/ +/ /g;
69e00e79 514 } else {
6055f9d4 515 s/\s+/ /g;
69e00e79 516 }
6055f9d4 517 $self->wrap ($_);
69e00e79 518}
519
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520# Output text to the output device.
521sub output { $_[1] =~ tr/\01/ /; print { $_[0]->output_handle } $_[1] }
69e00e79 522
69e00e79 523
6055f9d4 524############################################################################
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525# Backwards compatibility
526############################################################################
527
528# The old Pod::Text module did everything in a pod2text() function. This
529# tries to provide the same interface for legacy applications.
530sub pod2text {
531 my @args;
532
533 # This is really ugly; I hate doing option parsing in the middle of a
534 # module. But the old Pod::Text module supported passing flags to its
535 # entry function, so handle -a and -<number>.
536 while ($_[0] =~ /^-/) {
537 my $flag = shift;
538 if ($flag eq '-a') { push (@args, alt => 1) }
539 elsif ($flag =~ /^-(\d+)$/) { push (@args, width => $1) }
540 else {
541 unshift (@_, $flag);
542 last;
543 }
544 }
545
546 # Now that we know what arguments we're using, create the parser.
547 my $parser = Pod::Text->new (@args);
548
549 # If two arguments were given, the second argument is going to be a file
550 # handle. That means we want to call parse_from_filehandle(), which
551 # means we need to turn the first argument into a file handle. Magic
552 # open will handle the <&STDIN case automagically.
553 if (defined $_[1]) {
554 local *IN;
555 unless (open (IN, $_[0])) {
556 croak ("Can't open $_[0] for reading: $!\n");
557 return;
558 }
559 $_[0] = \*IN;
560 return $parser->parse_from_filehandle (@_);
561 } else {
562 return $parser->parse_from_file (@_);
563 }
564}
565
566
567############################################################################
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568# Module return value and documentation
569############################################################################
69e00e79 570
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5711;
572__END__
69e00e79 573
6055f9d4 574=head1 NAME
69e00e79 575
6055f9d4 576Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
69e00e79 577
6055f9d4 578=head1 SYNOPSIS
69e00e79 579
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580 use Pod::Text;
581 my $parser = Pod::Text->new (sentence => 0, width => 78);
69e00e79 582
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583 # Read POD from STDIN and write to STDOUT.
584 $parser->parse_from_filehandle;
69e00e79 585
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586 # Read POD from file.pod and write to file.txt.
587 $parser->parse_from_file ('file.pod', 'file.txt');
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6055f9d4 589=head1 DESCRIPTION
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591Pod::Text is a module that can convert documentation in the POD format (the
592preferred language for documenting Perl) into formatted ASCII. It uses no
593special formatting controls or codes whatsoever, and its output is therefore
594suitable for nearly any device.
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596As a derived class from Pod::Parser, Pod::Text supports the same methods and
597interfaces. See L<Pod::Parser> for all the details; briefly, one creates a
598new parser with C<Pod::Text-E<gt>new()> and then calls either
599parse_from_filehandle() or parse_from_file().
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27f805f4 601new() can take options, in the form of key/value pairs, that control the
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602behavior of the parser. The currently recognized options are:
603
604=over 4
605
606=item alt
607
608If set to a true value, selects an alternate output format that, among other
609things, uses a different heading style and marks C<=item> entries with a
610colon in the left margin. Defaults to false.
611
612=item indent
613
614The number of spaces to indent regular text, and the default indentation for
615C<=over> blocks. Defaults to 4.
616
617=item loose
618
619If set to a true value, a blank line is printed after a C<=head1> heading.
620If set to false (the default), no blank line is printed after C<=head1>,
621although one is still printed after C<=head2>. This is the default because
622it's the expected formatting for manual pages; if you're formatting
623arbitrary text documents, setting this to true may result in more pleasing
624output.
625
626=item sentence
627
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628If set to a true value, Pod::Text will assume that each sentence ends in two
629spaces, and will try to preserve that spacing. If set to false, all
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630consecutive whitespace in non-verbatim paragraphs is compressed into a
631single space. Defaults to true.
632
633=item width
634
635The column at which to wrap text on the right-hand side. Defaults to 76.
636
637=back
638
27f805f4 639The standard Pod::Parser method parse_from_filehandle() takes up to two
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640arguments, the first being the file handle to read POD from and the second
641being the file handle to write the formatted output to. The first defaults
642to STDIN if not given, and the second defaults to STDOUT. The method
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643parse_from_file() is almost identical, except that its two arguments are the
644input and output disk files instead. See L<Pod::Parser> for the specific
645details.
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646
647=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
648
649=over 4
650
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651=item Bizarre space in item
652
653(W) Something has gone wrong in internal C<=item> processing. This message
654indicates a bug in Pod::Text; you should never see it.
655
656=item Can't open %s for reading: %s
657
658(F) Pod::Text was invoked via the compatibility mode pod2text() interface
659and the input file it was given could not be opened.
660
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661=item Unknown escape: %s
662
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663(W) The POD source contained an C<EE<lt>E<gt>> escape that Pod::Text didn't
664know about.
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666=item Unknown sequence: %s
667
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668(W) The POD source contained a non-standard internal sequence (something of
669the form C<XE<lt>E<gt>>) that Pod::Text didn't know about.
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671=item Unmatched =back
672
27f805f4 673(W) Pod::Text encountered a C<=back> command that didn't correspond to an
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674C<=over> command.
675
676=back
677
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678=head1 RESTRICTIONS
679
680Embedded Ctrl-As (octal 001) in the input will be mapped to spaces on
681output, due to an internal implementation detail.
682
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683=head1 NOTES
684
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685This is a replacement for an earlier Pod::Text module written by Tom
686Christiansen. It has a revamped interface, since it now uses Pod::Parser,
687but an interface roughly compatible with the old Pod::Text::pod2text()
688function is still available. Please change to the new calling convention,
689though.
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691The original Pod::Text contained code to do formatting via termcap
692sequences, although it wasn't turned on by default and it was problematic to
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693get it to work at all. This rewrite doesn't even try to do that, but a
694subclass of it does. Look for L<Pod::Text::Termcap|Pod::Text::Termcap>.
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695
696=head1 SEE ALSO
697
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698L<Pod::Parser|Pod::Parser>, L<Pod::Text::Termcap|Pod::Text::Termcap>,
699pod2text(1)
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701=head1 AUTHOR
702
703Russ Allbery E<lt>rra@stanford.eduE<gt>, based I<very> heavily on the
704original Pod::Text by Tom Christiansen E<lt>tchrist@mox.perl.comE<gt> and
705its conversion to Pod::Parser by Brad Appleton
706E<lt>bradapp@enteract.comE<gt>.
707
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