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POD question

by c (Hermit)
on Feb 19, 2002 at 03:56 UTC ( [id://146306]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

c has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

my code: 
=head1 Hello

=over 4

This is a test

=back

This is another

=cut

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am i misunderstanding how =over should work? when i run perldoc against this file, the This is a test Line is no farther indented than the line below it. can someone explain why this is?

thanks -c

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Re: POD question
by japhy (Canon) on Feb 19, 2002 at 04:07 UTC
    The =over represents how far over text of an =item is. Here's an example of the proper usage. 
    =head Test

=over 10

=item ABC

This is inlined with "ABC", but 10 spaces from the left margin.

=item MUCH TOO LONG

This is on the line below "MUCH TOO LONG", but 10 spaces from the left
+ margin.

=back

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    _____________________________________________________
    Jeff[japhy]Pinyan: Perl, regex, and perl hacker, who'd like a (from-home) job
    s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;

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