Re^2: Interpolate Perl variables in POD

OK. But could there be a way to instruct the POD modules with a directive to substitute when it sees X<subst:keyword123> in POD? Maybe up front:

use Pod::Subst qw(keyword123 replacement456)
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so that pod2usage() knows what to do. No Perl parsing need be involved.

Thanks for the replies!

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Re^3: Interpolate Perl variables in POD by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 01, 2008 at 01:11 UTC
You could post process the output from pod2usage() to do the substitutions. It would be smart to use a form of markup that is unlikely to be changed by the pod2usage() processing. Alternatively, you could preprocess the input to pod2usage() with the same caveat. Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing	[reply]
Re^4: Interpolate Perl variables in POD by repellent (Priest) on Oct 01, 2008 at 01:15 UTC
Ahhh. How would I post-process `pod2usage()` output before, say, it gets put out as a man page?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Interpolate Perl variables in POD by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 01, 2008 at 01:27 UTC
I'd use Perl. Some variation on: `use strict; use warnings; while (<>) { s/this/that/g; print; }` [download] Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing	[reply] [d/l]