pod2pdf - converts Pod to PDF format
pod2pdf converts documents written in Perl's POD (Plain Old Documentation) format to PDF files.
pod2pdf [options] input.pod >output.pdf
If no input filename is specified, pod2pdf will read from STDIN, e.g.
perldoc -u File::Find | pod2pdf [options] >File-Find.pdf
pod2pdf accepts the following command-line options:
--output-file
Sets the output filename for the generated PDF file. By default pod2pdf will output to STDOUT.
--page-size
Sets the page size to be used in the PDF file, can be set to any of the standard paper sizes (A4, A5, Letter, etc). Defaults to A4.
--page-orientation
Controls if pages are produces in landscape or portrait format. Defaults to 'portrait'.
--page-width
--page-height
Sets the width and height of the generated pages in points (for using non-standard paper sizes).
--left-margin
--right-margin
--top-margin
--bottom-margin
Allows each of the page margins (top, bottom, left, and right) to be individually set in points.
--margins
Sets all page margins to the same size (specified in points).
--header
--noheader
Controls if a header (containing the page title, and optional timestamp and icon) will be included on each page. Defaults to on, so use --noheader to disable.
--title
Sets the page title (defaults to the input filename).
--timestamp
Boolean option - if set, includes the 'last modified' timestamp of the input file in the page header.
--icon
Filename of an icon to be displayed in the top left corner of each page.
--icon-scale
Scaling value for the header icon (defaults to 0.25).
--footer
--nofooter
Controls if a footer (containg the current page number and optional text string) will be included on each page. By default the footer will be included, so use --nofooter to disable.
--footer-text
Sets an optional footer text string that will be included in the bottom left corner of each page.
--version
Prints version number and exits.
Sets of command-line options may be saved into configuration files.
A configuration file contains options in the same format as used by pod2pdf on the command-line, with one option given on each line of the file, e.g.
--page-size A5 --page-orientation landscape
To use a config file, invoke pod2pdf with the option @/path/to/configfile.conf.
@/path/to/configfile.conf
For example, if you wanted to always include a company logo, timestamp, and copyright notice in your PDF files, create a file mycompany.conf containing the following:
--icon "/path/to/your/logo.png" --footer-text "Copyright 2007 MyCompany Limited" --timestamp
Then invoke pod2pdf as:
pod2pdf @/path/to/mycompany.conf input.pod >output.pdf
If you create a config file called pod2pdf.conf and place this in the same directory as the pod2pdf script, it will be loaded as the default configuration.
As well as the standard POD commands (see perlpodspec), pod2pdf supports the following extensions to the POD format:
=ff
The =ff command inserts a page bread (form feed) into the document.
O<...>
The O<...> formatting code inserts an external object (file) into the document. This is primarily intended for embedding images, e.g.
O</path/to/figure1.jpg>
to insert diagrams, etc into documentation.
pod2pdf supports the file types JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, and PNM for embedded objects.
pod2pdf requires the following modules to be installed:
Additionally to use images, the modules File::Type and Image::Size must be installed, and to specify alternative page sizes the Paper::Specs module is required.
The pod2pdf homepage: http://perl.jonallen.info/projects/pod2pdf
For more information about POD, read the perlpod manpage or see the POD page on the Perl 5 Wiki (http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?pod).
Copyright (C) 2007 Jon Allen (JJ) <jj@jonallen.info>
This software is licensed under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.
For full license details, please read the file artistic-2_0.txt included with this distribution, or see http://www.perlfoundation.org/legal/licenses/artistic-2_0.html.
To install App::pod2pdf, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm App::pod2pdf
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install App::pod2pdf
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.