in reply to Re: POD in 5 minutes
in thread POD in 5 minutes

One comment: there is one section I woudl like to see expanded: links. I know it always takes me a while to figure out how to link to somewhere else in the file, outside of the file, what I am allowed to link to etc... and half of the time I get it wrong.

pod2html would break every promise I make, so here's my practical guide to linking in pod:

I use explicit links only in SEE ALSO.

But I think only TorgoX really knows what is and what is not allowed. 

Juerd
- http://juerd.nl/
- spamcollector_perlmonks@juerd.nl (do not use).

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Re: Re: Re: POD in 5 minutes
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Apr 23, 2003 at 10:57 UTC
    From perlpod 
    
    L<name>     A link (cross reference) to name
                    L<name>             manual page
                    L<name/ident>       item in manual page
                    L<name/"sec">       section in other manual page
                    L<"sec">            section in this manual page
                                        (the quotes are optional)
                    L</"sec">           ditto
                same as above but only 'text' is used for output.
                (Text can not contain the characters '/' and '|', 
                and should contain matched '<' or '>')
                    L<text|name>
                    L<text|name/ident>
                    L<text|name/"sec">
                    L<text|"sec">
                    L<text|/"sec">

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    perlpodspec will be up updated to make support for L<link text|url> official, so to be on the safe side (with ye old modules), just use L<url> or don't use L at all cause pod2html will autolink it.

    Now, what pod2html will do is try to autolink C<=item functioname> if you use C<$foo-E<gt>method>.

    Pod::Html will also try to autolink to any core perl functions and the like. This has nothing to do with pod, it's just extra fluff (i like it).

    What everybody wants to do is use podchecker. You wanna lookout for "multiple link targets" warnings, like if you have =headN FOO twice.

    MJD says you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!
    I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6x+5.8x. I take requests.
    ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: Re: Re: POD in 5 minutes
by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on Apr 23, 2003 at 10:55 UTC
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