NAME

       Pod::Tree::PerlBin - translate program PODs to HTML

SYNOPSIS

         $perl_map = Pod::Tree::PerlMap->new;
         $perl_bin = Pod::Tree::PerlBin->new($perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %opts);

         $perl_bin->scan(@path);
         $perl_bin->index;
         $perl_bin->translate;

         $top = $perl_bin->get_top_entry;

DESCRIPTION

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" translates program PODs to HTML.

       It searches for programs in a list of directories (typically a PATH), and searches for
       PODs withing the programs.  Only text (-T) files are considered.

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" generates a top-level index of all the program PODs, and writes it to
       HTML_dir"/bin.html".

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" generates and uses an index of the PODs that it finds to construct
       HTML links.  Other modules can also use this index.

METHODS

       $perl_bin = "new" "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" $perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %options
           Creates and returns a new "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" object.

           $HTML_dir is the directory where HTML files will be written.

           $perl_map maps program names to URLs.

           %options are passed through to "Pod::Tree::HTML".

           The $perl_dir argument is included for consistency with the other "Pod::Tree::Perl*"
           modules, but is currently unused.

       $perl_bin->"scan"(@path)
           Scans all the directories in @path for program PODs.  Only text (-T) files are
           considered.  The search does not recurse through subdirectories.

           Each POD that is located is entered into $perl_map.

       $perl_bin->"index"
           Generates a top-level index of all the program PODs, and writes it to
           HTML_dir"/bin.html".

       $perl_bin->"translate"
           Translates each program POD found by "scan" to HTML.  The HTML pages are written to
           HTML_dir.

       $perl_bin->"get_top_entry"
           Returns a hash reference of the form

             { URL         => $URL,
               description => $description }

           "Pod::Tree::PerlTop" uses this to build a top-level index of all the Perl PODs.

LINKING

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" expects the second paragraph of the POD to have the form

           name - description

       and enters name into $perl_map.  To link to a program POD from another POD, write

           L<name>

REQUIRES

           5.005
           File::Find
           HTML::Stream
           Pod::Tree
           Pod::Tree::HTML
           Pod::Tree::PerlUtil

EXPORTS

       Nothing.

SEE ALSO

       "Pod::Tree::HTML", "Pod::Tree::PerlMap",

AUTHOR

       Steven McDougall, swmcd@world.std.com

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2000 by Steven McDougall.  This module is free software; you can
       redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl.