Pod::LaTeX
Pod::LaTeX(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Pod::LaTeX(3)
NAME
Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
SYNOPSIS
use Pod::LaTeX;
my $parser = Pod::LaTeX->new ( );
$parser->parse_from_filehandle;
$parser->parse_from_file ('file.pod', 'file.tex');
DESCRIPTION
"Pod::LaTeX" is a module to convert documentation in the Pod format
into Latex. The pod2latex command uses this module for translation.
"Pod::LaTeX" is a derived class from Pod::Select.
OBJECT METHODS
The following methods are provided in this module. Methods inherited
from "Pod::Select" are not described in the public interface.
Data Accessors
The following methods are provided for accessing instance data. These
methods should be used for accessing configuration parameters rather
than assuming the object is a hash.
Default values can be supplied by using these names as keys to a hash
of arguments when using the "new()" constructor.
AddPreamble
Logical to control whether a "latex" preamble is to be written. If
true, a valid "latex" preamble is written before the pod data is
written. This is similar to:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\begin{document}
but will be more complicated if table of contents and indexing are
required. Can be used to set or retrieve the current value.
$add = $parser->AddPreamble();
$parser->AddPreamble(1);
If used in conjunction with "AddPostamble" a full latex document
will be written that could be immediately processed by "latex".
For some pod escapes it may be necessary to include the amsmath
package. This is not yet added to the preamble automaatically.
AddPostamble
Logical to control whether a standard "latex" ending is written to
the output file after the document has been processed. In its sim-
plest form this is simply:
\end{document}
but can be more complicated if a index is required. Can be used to
set or retrieve the current value.
$add = $parser->AddPostamble();
$parser->AddPostamble(1);
If used in conjunction with "AddPreaamble" a full latex document
will be written that could be immediately processed by "latex".
Head1Level
The "latex" sectioning level that should be used to correspond to a
pod "=head1" directive. This can be used, for example, to turn a
"=head1" into a "latex" "subsection". This should hold a number
corresponding to the required position in an array containing the
following elements:
[0] chapter
[1] section
[2] subsection
[3] subsubsection
[4] paragraph
[5] subparagraph
Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
$parser->Head1Level(2);
$sect = $parser->Head1Level;
Setting this number too high can result in sections that may not be
reproducible in the expected way. For example, setting this to 4
would imply that "=head3" do not have a corresponding "latex" sec-
tion ("=head1" would correspond to a "paragraph").
A check is made to ensure that the supplied value is an integer in
the range 0 to 5.
Default is for a value of 1 (i.e. a "section").
Label
This is the label that is prefixed to all "latex" label and index
entries to make them unique. In general, pods have similarly titled
sections (NAME, DESCRIPTION etc) and a "latex" label will be multi-
ply defined if more than one pod document is to be included in a
single "latex" file. To overcome this, this label is prefixed to a
label whenever a label is required (joined with an underscore) or
to an index entry (joined by an exclamation mark which is the nor-
mal index separator). For example, "\label{text}" becomes
"\label{Label_text}".
Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
$label = $parser->Label;
$parser->Label($label);
This label is only used if "UniqueLabels" is true. Its value is
set automatically from the "NAME" field if "ReplaceNAMEwithSection"
is true. If this is not the case it must be set manually before
starting the parse.
Default value is "undef".
LevelNoNum
Control the point at which "latex" section numbering is turned off.
For example, this can be used to make sure that "latex" sections
are numbered but subsections are not.
Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
$lev = $parser->LevelNoNum;
$parser->LevelNoNum(2);
The argument must be an integer between 0 and 5 and is the same as
the number described in "Head1Level" method description. The number
has nothing to do with the pod heading number, only the "latex"
sectioning.
Default is 2. (i.e. "latex" subsections are written as "subsec-
tion*" but sections are numbered).
MakeIndex
Controls whether "latex" commands for creating an index are to be
inserted into the preamble and postamble
$makeindex = $parser->MakeIndex;
$parser->MakeIndex(0);
Irrelevant if both "AddPreamble" and "AddPostamble" are false (or
equivalently, "UserPreamble" and "UserPostamble" are set).
Default is for an index to be created.
ReplaceNAMEwithSection
This controls whether the "NAME" section in the pod is to be trans-
lated literally or converted to a slightly modified output where
the section name is the pod name rather than "NAME".
If true, the pod segment
=head1 NAME
pod::name - purpose
=head1 SYNOPSIS
is converted to the "latex"
\section{pod::name\label{pod_name}\index{pod::name}}
Purpose
\subsection*{SYNOPSIS\label{pod_name_SYNOPSIS}%
\index{pod::name!SYNOPSIS}}
(dependent on the value of "Head1Level" and "LevelNoNum"). Note
that subsequent "head1" directives translate to subsections rather
than sections and that the labels and index now include the pod
name (dependent on the value of "UniqueLabels").
The "Label" is set from the pod name regardless of any current
value of "Label".
$mod = $parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection;
$parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection(0);
Default is to translate the pod literally.
StartWithNewPage
If true, each pod translation will begin with a "latex"
"\clearpage".
$parser->StartWithNewPage(1);
$newpage = $parser->StartWithNewPage;
Default is false.
TableOfContents
If true, a table of contents will be created. Irrelevant if
"AddPreamble" is false or "UserPreamble" is set.
$toc = $parser->TableOfContents;
$parser->TableOfContents(1);
Default is false.
UniqueLabels
If true, the translator will attempt to make sure that each "latex"
label or index entry will be uniquely identified by prefixing the
contents of "Label". This allows multiple documents to be combined
without clashing common labels such as "DESCRIPTION" and "SYNOPSIS"
$parser->UniqueLabels(1);
$unq = $parser->UniqueLabels;
Default is true.
UserPreamble
User supplied "latex" preamble. Added before the pod translation
data.
If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file before
the translated data regardless of the value of "AddPreamble".
"MakeIndex" and "TableOfContents" will also be ignored.
UserPostamble
User supplied "latex" postamble. Added after the pod translation
data.
If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file after the
translated data regardless of the value of "AddPostamble".
"MakeIndex" will also be ignored.
NOTES
Compatible with "latex2e" only. Can not be used with "latex" v2.09 or
earlier.
A subclass of "Pod::Select" so that specific pod sections can be con-
verted to "latex" by using the "select" method.
Some HTML escapes are missing and many have not been tested.
SEE ALSO
Pod::Parser, Pod::Select, pod2latex
AUTHORS
Tim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>
Bug fixes and improvements have been received from: Simon Cozens
<simon@cozens.net>, Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>, Marcel
Grunauer <marcel@codewerk.com>, Hugh S Myers <hsmyers@sdragons.com>,
Peter J Acklam <jacklam@math.uio.no>, Sudhi Herle <sudhi@herle.net>,
Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il> and Adriano Rodrigues Ferreira
<ferreira@triang.com.br>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Tim Jenness. All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.8.6 2001-09-21 Pod::LaTeX(3)
