NAME

       Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod - A Module::Install extension to automatically convert POD
       to a README

SYNOPSIS

         # In Makefile.PL

         use inc::Module::Install;
         author 'Vestan Pants';
         license 'perl';
         readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm';
         readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm', { clean => 1, format => 'htm', output_file => 'SomeModule.html' };

       A "README" file will be generated from the POD of the indicated module file.

       Note that the author will need to make sure "Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod" is installed
       before running the "Makefile.PL".  (The extension will be bundled into the user-side
       distribution).

DESCRIPTION

       Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod is a Module::Install extension that generates a "README"
       file automatically from an indicated file containing POD, whenever the author runs
       "Makefile.PL". Several output formats are supported: plain-text, HTML, PDF or manpage.

COMMANDS

       This plugin adds the following Module::Install command:

       "readme_from"
           Does nothing on the user-side. On the author-side it will generate a "README" file.

             readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm';

           If a second parameter is set to a true value then the "README" will be removed at
           "make distclean".

             readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm', 1;

           A third parameter can be used to determine the format of the "README" file.

             readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm', 1, 'htm';

           Valid formats for this third parameter are:

           txt, text
               Produce a plain-text "README" file using Pod::Text. The 'txt' format is the
               default.

           htm, html
               Produce an HTML "README.htm" file using Pod::Html.

           man Produce a "README.1" manpage using Pod::Man.

           pdf Produce a PDF "README.pdf" file with App::pod2pdf if this module is installed.

           A fourth parameter can be used to supply an output filename.

             readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm', 0, 'pdf', 'SomeModule.pdf';

           Finally, you can pass additional arguments to the POD formatter that handles the
           requested format.

             my @options = ( 'release' => 1.03, 'section' => 8 ); # options for Pod::Man
             readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm', 1, 'man', undef, @options;

           But instead of passing this long list of optional arguments to readme_from, you should
           probably pass these arguments as a named hashref for clarity.

             my @options = ( 'release' => 1.03, 'section' => 8 );
             readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm', {clean => 1, format => 'man', output_file => undef, options => @options};

           If you use the "all_from" command, "readme_from" will default to that value.

             all_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm';
             readme_from;              # Create README from lib/Some/Module.pm
             readme_from '','clean';   # Put a empty string before 'clean'

AUTHOR

       Chris "BinGOs" Williams

LICENSE

       Copyright X Chris Williams

       This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.
       Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.

SEE ALSO

       Module::Install

       Pod::Text

       Pod::Html

       Pod::Man

       App::pod2pdf