Provided by: libpod-latex-perl_0.61-1_all 
NAME
Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
SYNOPSIS
use Pod::LaTeX;
my $parser = Pod::LaTeX->new ( );
$parser->parse_from_filehandle;
$parser->parse_from_file ('file.pod', 'file.tex');
DESCRIPTION
"Pod::LaTeX" is a module to convert documentation in the Pod format into Latex. The
pod2latex command uses this module for translation.
"Pod::LaTeX" is a derived class from Pod::Select.
OBJECT METHODS
The following methods are provided in this module. Methods inherited from "Pod::Select"
are not described in the public interface.
Data Accessors
The following methods are provided for accessing instance data. These methods should be
used for accessing configuration parameters rather than assuming the object is a hash.
Default values can be supplied by using these names as keys to a hash of arguments when
using the "new()" constructor.
AddPreamble
Logical to control whether a "latex" preamble is to be written. If true, a valid
"latex" preamble is written before the pod data is written. This is similar to:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\begin{document}
but will be more complicated if table of contents and indexing are required. Can be
used to set or retrieve the current value.
$add = $parser->AddPreamble();
$parser->AddPreamble(1);
If used in conjunction with "AddPostamble" a full latex document will be written that
could be immediately processed by "latex".
For some pod escapes it may be necessary to include the amsmath package. This is not
yet added to the preamble automatically.
AddPostamble
Logical to control whether a standard "latex" ending is written to the output file
after the document has been processed. In its simplest form this is simply:
\end{document}
but can be more complicated if a index is required. Can be used to set or retrieve
the current value.
$add = $parser->AddPostamble();
$parser->AddPostamble(1);
If used in conjunction with "AddPreaamble" a full latex document will be written that
could be immediately processed by "latex".
Head1Level
The "latex" sectioning level that should be used to correspond to a pod "=head1"
directive. This can be used, for example, to turn a "=head1" into a "latex"
"subsection". This should hold a number corresponding to the required position in an
array containing the following elements:
[0] chapter
[1] section
[2] subsection
[3] subsubsection
[4] paragraph
[5] subparagraph
Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
$parser->Head1Level(2);
$sect = $parser->Head1Level;
Setting this number too high can result in sections that may not be reproducible in
the expected way. For example, setting this to 4 would imply that "=head3" do not have
a corresponding "latex" section ("=head1" would correspond to a "paragraph").
A check is made to ensure that the supplied value is an integer in the range 0 to 5.
Default is for a value of 1 (i.e. a "section").
Label
This is the label that is prefixed to all "latex" label and index entries to make them
unique. In general, pods have similarly titled sections (NAME, DESCRIPTION etc) and a
"latex" label will be multiply defined if more than one pod document is to be included
in a single "latex" file. To overcome this, this label is prefixed to a label whenever
a label is required (joined with an underscore) or to an index entry (joined by an
exclamation mark which is the normal index separator). For example, "\label{text}"
becomes "\label{Label_text}".
Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
$label = $parser->Label;
$parser->Label($label);
This label is only used if "UniqueLabels" is true. Its value is set automatically
from the "NAME" field if "ReplaceNAMEwithSection" is true. If this is not the case it
must be set manually before starting the parse.
Default value is "undef".
LevelNoNum
Control the point at which "latex" section numbering is turned off. For example, this
can be used to make sure that "latex" sections are numbered but subsections are not.
Can be used to set or retrieve the current value:
$lev = $parser->LevelNoNum;
$parser->LevelNoNum(2);
The argument must be an integer between 0 and 5 and is the same as the number
described in "Head1Level" method description. The number has nothing to do with the
pod heading number, only the "latex" sectioning.
Default is 2. (i.e. "latex" subsections are written as "subsection*" but sections are
numbered).
MakeIndex
Controls whether "latex" commands for creating an index are to be inserted into the
preamble and postamble
$makeindex = $parser->MakeIndex;
$parser->MakeIndex(0);
Irrelevant if both "AddPreamble" and "AddPostamble" are false (or equivalently,
"UserPreamble" and "UserPostamble" are set).
Default is for an index to be created.
ReplaceNAMEwithSection
This controls whether the "NAME" section in the pod is to be translated literally or
converted to a slightly modified output where the section name is the pod name rather
than "NAME".
If true, the pod segment
=head1 NAME
pod::name - purpose
=head1 SYNOPSIS
is converted to the "latex"
\section{pod::name\label{pod_name}\index{pod::name}}
Purpose
\subsection*{SYNOPSIS\label{pod_name_SYNOPSIS}%
\index{pod::name!SYNOPSIS}}
(dependent on the value of "Head1Level" and "LevelNoNum"). Note that subsequent
"head1" directives translate to subsections rather than sections and that the labels
and index now include the pod name (dependent on the value of "UniqueLabels").
The "Label" is set from the pod name regardless of any current value of "Label".
$mod = $parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection;
$parser->ReplaceNAMEwithSection(0);
Default is to translate the pod literally.
StartWithNewPage
If true, each pod translation will begin with a "latex" "\clearpage".
$parser->StartWithNewPage(1);
$newpage = $parser->StartWithNewPage;
Default is false.
TableOfContents
If true, a table of contents will be created. Irrelevant if "AddPreamble" is false or
"UserPreamble" is set.
$toc = $parser->TableOfContents;
$parser->TableOfContents(1);
Default is false.
UniqueLabels
If true, the translator will attempt to make sure that each "latex" label or index
entry will be uniquely identified by prefixing the contents of "Label". This allows
multiple documents to be combined without clashing common labels such as "DESCRIPTION"
and "SYNOPSIS"
$parser->UniqueLabels(1);
$unq = $parser->UniqueLabels;
Default is true.
UserPreamble
User supplied "latex" preamble. Added before the pod translation data.
If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file before the translated data
regardless of the value of "AddPreamble". "MakeIndex" and "TableOfContents" will also
be ignored.
UserPostamble
User supplied "latex" postamble. Added after the pod translation data.
If set, the contents will be prepended to the output file after the translated data
regardless of the value of "AddPostamble". "MakeIndex" will also be ignored.
NOTES
Compatible with "latex2e" only. Can not be used with "latex" v2.09 or earlier.
A subclass of "Pod::Select" so that specific pod sections can be converted to "latex" by
using the "select" method.
Some HTML escapes are missing and many have not been tested.
SEE ALSO
Pod::Parser, Pod::Select, pod2latex, Pod::Simple.
AUTHORS
Tim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>
Bug fixes and improvements have been received from: Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net>, Mark
A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>, Marcel Grunauer <marcel@codewerk.com>, Hugh S Myers
<hsmyers@sdragons.com>, Peter J Acklam <jacklam@math.uio.no>, Sudhi Herle
<sudhi@herle.net>, Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>, Adriano Rodrigues Ferreira
<ferreira@triang.com.br>, R. de Vries <r.de.vries@dutchspace.nl> and Dave Mitchell
<davem@iabyn.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Tim Jenness. Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Tim Jenness. All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.