Okay, I've wanted this for a long time and apparently others have to; it sounds like they're referring to something to exists but I've yet to find it.

They are probably talking about RosettaMan a way cool program that borders on sentient for converting man pages to a zillion different formats, including pod. Take a hard look at this program before pushing on with your program. It really is amazingly good (well, it was three-four years ago when I last looked at it).

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print@_{sort keys %_},$/if%_=split//,'= & *a?b:e\f/h^h!j+n,o@o;r$s-t%t#u';