Re^2: Escaping special characters for POD output

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These need to be escaped too:

= at the start of the string (or line), to avoid interpretation of command.
Space or tab at the start of the string (or line), to avoid verbatim interpretation.

Was hoping for an existing routine to use, but will package this routine into a new CPAN module if there is none.

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Re^3: Escaping special characters for POD output by perlancar (Hermit) on Dec 15, 2019 at 16:07 UTC
Uploaded as String::PodQuote	[reply]
Re^4: Escaping special characters for POD output by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 15, 2019 at 16:24 UTC
Should have known I was missing things. The module doesn't escape «`>`» which is significant when generating the content of tags. `my $s = '$a <=> $b'; my $pod = "C<" . pod_quote($s) . ">"; # Fails` [download] The modules doesn't escape «`/`» and «`"`» which are significant when generating the content of `L<>` tags. `my $s = 'Module for This/That'; my $pod = "L<" . pod_quote($s) . "\|Some::Module>"; # Fails` [download] Creating a hash with the replacements should be faster than what you're using now. Note that «`<`» only requires escaping when preceded by an ASCII capital letter.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Escaping special characters for POD output by perlancar (Hermit) on Dec 16, 2019 at 02:48 UTC
Thanks a lot! Didn't realize one might use `pod_quote()` to insert text inside a POD link. I've incorporated all your suggestions and uploaded version 0.002.	[reply]
Re^6: Escaping special characters for POD output by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 16, 2019 at 11:47 UTC
Re^7: Escaping special characters for POD output by perlancar (Hermit) on Dec 16, 2019 at 16:15 UTC
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