NAME

       Pod::Escapes - for resolving Pod E<...> sequences

SYNOPSIS

         use Pod::Escapes qw(e2char);
         ...la la la, parsing POD, la la la...
         $text = e2char($e_node->label);
         unless(defined $text) {
           print "Unknown E sequence \"", $e_node->label, "\"!";
         }
         ...else print/interpolate $text...

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides things that are useful in decoding Pod E<...> sequences.  Presumably,
       it should be used only by Pod parsers and/or formatters.

       By default, Pod::Escapes exports none of its symbols.  But you can request any of them to
       be exported.  Either request them individually, as with "use Pod::Escapes qw(symbolname
       symbolname2...);", or you can do "use Pod::Escapes qw(:ALL);" to get all exportable
       symbols.

GOODIES

       e2char($e_content)
           Given a name or number that could appear in a "E<name_or_num>" sequence, this returns
           the string that it stands for.  For example, e2char('sol'), e2char('47'),
           e2char('0x2F'), and e2char('057') all return "/", because "E<sol>", "E<47>",
           "E<0x2f>", and "E<057>", all mean "/".  If the name has no known value (as with a name
           of "qacute") or is syntactically invalid (as with a name of "1/4"), this returns
           undef.

       e2charnum($e_content)
           Given a name or number that could appear in a "E<name_or_num>" sequence, this returns
           the number of the Unicode character that this stands for.  For example, e2char('sol'),
           e2char('47'), e2char('0x2F'), and e2char('057') all return 47, because "E<sol>",
           "E<47>", "E<0x2f>", and "E<057>", all mean "/", whose Unicode number is 47.  If the
           name has no known value (as with a name of "qacute") or is syntactically invalid (as
           with a name of "1/4"), this returns undef.

       $Name2character{name}
           Maps from names (as in "E<name>") like "eacute" or "sol" to the string that each
           stands for.  Note that this does not include numerics (like "64" or "x981c").  Under
           old Perl versions (before 5.7) you get a "?" in place of characters whose Unicode
           value is over 255.

       $Name2character_number{name}
           Maps from names (as in "E<name>") like "eacute" or "sol" to the Unicode value that
           each stands for.  For example, $Name2character_number{'eacute'} is 201, and
           $Name2character_number{'eacute'} is 8364.  You get the correct Unicode value,
           regardless of the version of Perl you're using -- which differs from %Name2character's
           behavior under pre-5.7 Perls.

           Note that this hash does not include numerics (like "64" or "x981c").

       $Latin1Code_to_fallback{integer}
           For numbers in the range 160 (0x00A0) to 255 (0x00FF), this maps from the character
           code for a Latin-1 character (like 233 for lowercase e-acute) to the US-ASCII
           character that best aproximates it (like "e").  You may find this useful if you are
           rendering POD in a format that you think deals well only with US-ASCII characters.

       $Latin1Char_to_fallback{character}
           Just as above, but maps from characters (like "\xE9", lowercase e-acute) to characters
           (like "e").

       $Code2USASCII{integer}
           This maps from US-ASCII codes (like 32) to the corresponding character (like space,
           for 32).  Only characters 32 to 126 are defined.  This is meant for use by e2char($x)
           when it senses that it's running on a non-ASCII platform (where chr(32) doesn't get
           you a space -- but $Code2USASCII{32} will).  It's documented here just in case you
           might find it useful.

CAVEATS

       On Perl versions before 5.7, Unicode characters with a value over 255 (like lambda or
       emdash) can't be conveyed.  This module does work under such early Perl versions, but in
       the place of each such character, you get a "?".  Latin-1 characters (characters 160-255)
       are unaffected.

       Under EBCDIC platforms, e2char($n) may not always be the same as "chr(e2charnum($n))", and
       ditto for $Name2character{$name} and chr($Name2character_number{$name}), because the
       strings are returned as native, and the numbers are returned as Unicode.  However, for
       Perls starting with v5.8, e2char($n) is the same as
       "chr(utf8::unicode_to_native(e2charnum($n)))", and ditto for $Name2character{$name} and
       "chr(utf8::unicode_to_native($Name2character_number{$name}))".

SEE ALSO

       Pod::Browser - a pod web server based on Catalyst.

       Pod::Checker - check pod documents for syntax errors.

       Pod::Coverage - check if the documentation for a module is comprehensive.

       perlpod - description of pod format (for people documenting with pod).

       perlpodspec - specification of pod format (for people processing it).

       Text::Unidecode - ASCII transliteration of Unicode text.

REPOSITORY

       <https://github.com/neilbowers/Pod-Escapes>

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

       Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Sean M. Burke.  All rights reserved.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty;
       without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

       Portions of the data tables in this module are derived from the entity declarations in the
       W3C XHTML specification.

       Currently (October 2001), that's these three:

        http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-lat1.ent
        http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-special.ent
        http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-symbol.ent

AUTHOR

       Sean M. Burke "sburke@cpan.org"

       Now being maintained by Neil Bowers <neilb@cpan.org>