POD question

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` [download] _____________________________________________________ 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:??;`	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: POD question
by japhy (Canon) on Feb 19, 2002 at 04:07 UTC

=over

=item

=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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