You can also convert POD to Docbook SGML using Pod::DocBook tool pod2docbook and then produce lovely PDF using OpenJade. On RH Linux this is really just a few RPMs (docbook and jade RPMs) plus the CPAN install of pod2docbook. Basically

% pod2docbook myfile.pod > myfile.sgml
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If you want to avoid a bunch of error messages you need to make two small edit depending on where your docbook is installed and what version you are using. I show the 1-liner to convert to 4.1 here YMMV. It is actually not necessary to do this, but you'll get a screenful.

% perl -e 'while(<>){unless($f++){s/Davenport/OASIS/;s/2\.4\.1/4.1/;s/
+\"\/opt.+\"//;}print}'
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Now convert to TeX

% openjade -t tex -d /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets/print/d
+ocbook.dsl mfile.sgml

% pdfjadetex myfile.tex
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If you wanted RTF you would just replace -t tex with -t rtf. HTML also available. When you get fancy you can make up your own stylesheets so you can have a custom layout/fontsets/etc.

Update, its easier than that...

% docbook2pdf myfile.sgml
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Other Sites:

• Docbook SF site
• docbook.org

I hope that is helpful, I'm finding myself rather fond of docbook suddenly, thought I'd share.