NAME

       Pod::Tree::PerlLib - translate module PODs to HTML

SYNOPSIS

         $perl_map = new Pod::Tree::PerlMap;
         $perl_lib = new Pod::Tree::PerlLib $perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %opts;

         $perl_lib->scan(@INC);
         $perl_lib->index;
         $perl_lib->translate;

         $top = $perl_lib->get_top_entry;

DESCRIPTION

       "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" translates module PODs to HTML.  It does a recursive subdirectory
       search through a list of directories (typically @INC) to find PODs.

       "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" generates a top-level index of all the PODs that it finds, and writes
       it to HTML_dir"/lib.html".

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

METHODS

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

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

           $perl_map maps module 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_lib->"scan"(@INC)
           Does a recursive subdirectory search through @INC to locate module PODs.  Each module
           that is identified is entered into $perl_map.

       $perl_lib->"index"
           Generates a top-level index of all the modules.  The index is written to
           HTML_dir"/lib.html".

       $perl_lib->"translate"
           Translates each module POD found by "scan" to HTML.  The HTML pages are written to
           HTML_dir"/lib/", in a subdirectory hierarchy that maps the module names.

       $perl_lib->"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::PerlLib" expects the second paragraph of the POD to have the form

           Foo::Bar - description

       and enters Foo::Bar into $perl_map.  To link to a module POD, write

           L<Foo::Bar>

REQUIRES

           5.005;
           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.