I have pod_link_test.pod:

=encoding utf8

L<perlpod>

L<strict>

L<Getopt::Long>

L<Text::CSV>

L<man(1)>

=cut
[download]

When I run:

$ pod2html --infile pod_link_test.pod --outfile pod_link_test.html
[download]

The HTML code, with the links, in pod_link_test.html, looks like:

<p><a>perlpod</a></p>

<p><a>strict</a></p>

<p><a>Getopt::Long</a></p>

<p><a>Text::CSV</a></p>

<p><a href="http://man.he.net/man1/man">man(1)</a></p>
[download]

I was hoping the links (except man(1)) would actually look like:

<p><a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/name>name</a></p>
[download]

I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but have no idea what that might be.

I did a fairly extensive search (both Super Search and general Internet) but came up with little of help. I did find "POD: embedding/linking/displaying html and images on metacpan and github" which provided a link to "MetaCPAN Pod Renderer". When I pasted the same pod_link_test.pod code into this, I did get actual links with the https://metacpan.org/pod/ prefix.

I did a search of my system for man.he.net: I only found two files where it occurs.

In .../Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm, I found:

...
  $new->perldoc_url_prefix('https://metacpan.org/pod/');
  $new->man_url_prefix('http://man.he.net/man');
...
[download]

In .../Pod/Simple/HTML.pm, I found:

...
$Perldoc_URL_Prefix  = 'https://metacpan.org/pod/'
 unless defined $Perldoc_URL_Prefix;
...
$Man_URL_Prefix  = 'http://man.he.net/man';
...
[download]

I can't see $Perldoc_URL_Prefix being defined anywhere.

I'm using Perl 5.34.0; pod2html is a core utility in that version.

Any guidance on this would be very much appreciated.

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.