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Pod::Simple::HTMLBatchUser Contributed Perl DocumentaPod::Simple::HTMLBatch(3)

NAME
       Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch - convert several Pod files to several HTML
       files
SYNOPSIS
         perl -MPod::Simple::HTMLBatch -e 'Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch::go' in out
DESCRIPTION
       This module is used for running batch-conversions of a lot of HTML
       documents
       This class is NOT a subclass of Pod::Simple::HTML (nor of bad old
       Pod::Html) -- although it uses Pod::Simple::HTML for doing the
       conversion of each document.
       The normal use of this class is like so:
         use Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch;
         my $batchconv = Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch->new;
         $batchconv->some_option( some_value );
         $batchconv->some_other_option( some_other_value );
         $batchconv->batch_convert( \@search_dirs, $output_dir );
   FROM THE COMMAND LINE
       Note that this class also provides (but does not export) the function
       Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch::go.  This is basically just a shortcut for
       "Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch->batch_convert(@ARGV)".  It's meant to be handy
       for calling from the command line.
       However, the shortcut requires that you specify exactly two command-
       line arguments, "indirs" and "outdir".
       Example:
         % mkdir out_html
         % perl -MPod::Simple::HTMLBatch -e Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch::go @INC out_html
             (to convert the pod from Perl's @INC
              files under the directory ./out_html)
       (Note that the command line there contains a literal atsign-I-N-C.
       This is handled as a special case by batch_convert, in order to save
       you having to enter the odd-looking "" as the first command-line
       parameter when you mean "just use whatever's in @INC".)
       Example:
         % mkdir ../seekrut
         % chmod og-rx ../seekrut
         % perl -MPod::Simple::HTMLBatch -e Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch::go . ../seekrut
             (to convert the pod under the current dir into HTML
              files under the directory ./seekrut)
       Example:
         % perl -MPod::Simple::HTMLBatch -e Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch::go happydocs .
             (to convert all pod from happydocs into the current directory)
MAIN METHODS
       $batchconv = Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch->new;
           This TODO
       $batchconv->batch_convert( indirs, outdir );
           this TODO
       $batchconv->batch_convert( undef    , ...);
       $batchconv->batch_convert( q{@INC}, ...);
           These two values for indirs specify that the normal Perl @INC
       $batchconv->batch_convert( \@dirs , ...);
           This specifies that the input directories are the items in the
           arrayref "\@dirs".
       $batchconv->batch_convert( "somedir" , ...);
           This specifies that the director "somedir" is the input.  (This can
           be an absolute or relative path, it doesn't matter.)
           A common value you might want would be just "." for the current
           directory:
                $batchconv->batch_convert( "." , ...);
       $batchconv->batch_convert( 'somedir:someother:also' , ...);
           This specifies that you want the dirs "somedir", "someother", and
           "also" scanned, just as if you'd passed the arrayref "[qw( somedir
           someother also)]".  Note that a ":"-separator is normal under Unix,
           but Under MSWin, you'll need 'somedir;someother;also' instead,
           since the pathsep on MSWin is ";" instead of ":".  (And that is
           because ":" often comes up in paths, like "c:/perl/lib".)
           (Exactly what separator character should be used, is gotten from
           $Config::Config{'path_sep'}, via the Config module.)
       $batchconv->batch_convert( ... , undef );
           This specifies that you want the HTML output to go into the current
           directory.
           (Note that a missing or undefined value means a different thing in
           the first slot than in the second.  That's so that
           "batch_convert()" with no arguments (or undef arguments) means "go
           from @INC, into the current directory.)
       $batchconv->batch_convert( ... , 'somedir' );
           This specifies that you want the HTML output to go into the
           directory 'somedir'.  (This can be an absolute or relative path, it
           doesn't matter.)
       Note that you can also call "batch_convert" as a class method, like so:
         Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch->batch_convert( ... );
       That is just short for this:
         Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch-> new-> batch_convert(...);
       That is, it runs a conversion with default options, for whatever
       inputdirs and output dir you specify.
   ACCESSOR METHODS
       The following are all accessor methods -- that is, they don't do
       anything on their own, but just alter the contents of the conversion
       object, which comprises the options for this particular batch
       conversion.
       We show the "put" form of the accessors below (i.e., the syntax you use
       for setting the accessor to a specific value).  But you can also call
       each method with no parameters to get its current value.  For example,
       "$self->contents_file()" returns the current value of the contents_file
       attribute.
       $batchconv->verbose( nonnegative_integer );
           This controls how verbose to be during batch conversion, as far as
           notes to STDOUT (or whatever is "select"'d) about how the
           conversion is going.  If 0, no progress information is printed.  If
           1 (the default value), some progress information is printed.
           Higher values print more information.
       $batchconv->index( true-or-false );
           This controls whether or not each HTML page is liable to have a
           little table of contents at the top (which we call an "index" for
           historical reasons).  This is true by default.
       $batchconv->contents_file( filename );
           If set, should be the name of a file (in the output directory) to
           write the HTML index to.  The default value is "index.html".  If
           you set this to a false value, no contents file will be written.
       $batchconv->contents_page_start( HTML_string );
           This specifies what string should be put at the beginning of the
           contents page.  The default is a string more or less like this:
             <html>
             <head><title>Perl Documentation</title></head>
             <body class='contentspage'>
             <h1>Perl Documentation</h1>
       $batchconv->contents_page_end( HTML_string );
           This specifies what string should be put at the end of the contents
           page.  The default is a string more or less like this:
             <p class='contentsfooty'>Generated by
             Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch v3.01 under Perl v5.008
             <br >At Fri May 14 22:26:42 2004 GMT,
             which is Fri May 14 14:26:42 2004 local time.</p>
       $batchconv->add_css( $url );
           TODO
       $batchconv->add_javascript( $url );
           TODO
       $batchconv->css_flurry( true-or-false );
           If true (the default value), we autogenerate some CSS files in the
           output directory, and set our HTML files to use those.  TODO:
           continue
       $batchconv->javascript_flurry( true-or-false );
           If true (the default value), we autogenerate a JavaScript in the
           output directory, and set our HTML files to use it.  Currently, the
           JavaScript is used only to get the browser to remember what
           stylesheet it prefers.  TODO: continue
       $batchconv->no_contents_links( true-or-false );
           TODO
       $batchconv->html_render_class( classname );
           This sets what class is used for rendering the files.  The default
           is "Pod::Simple::HTML".  If you set it to something else, it should
           probably be a subclass of Pod::Simple::HTML, and you should
           "require" or "use" that class so that's it's loaded before
           Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch tries loading it.
       $batchconv->search_class( classname );
           This sets what class is used for searching for the files.  The
           default is "Pod::Simple::Search".  If you set it to something else,
           it should probably be a subclass of Pod::Simple::Search, and you
           should "require" or "use" that class so that's it's loaded before
           Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch tries loading it.
NOTES ON CUSTOMIZATION
       TODO
         call add_css($someurl) to add stylesheet as alternate
         call add_css($someurl,1) to add as primary stylesheet
         call add_javascript
         subclass Pod::Simple::HTML and set $batchconv->html_render_class to
           that classname
         and maybe override
           $page->batch_mode_page_object_init($self, $module, $infile, $outfile, $depth)
         or maybe override
           $batchconv->batch_mode_page_object_init($page, $module, $infile, $outfile, $depth)
         subclass Pod::Simple::Search and set $batchconv->search_class to
           that classname
ASK ME!
       If you want to do some kind of big pod-to-HTML version with some
       particular kind of option that you don't see how to achieve using this
       module, email me ("sburke AT cpan.org") and I'll probably have a good idea
       how to do it. For reasons of concision and energetic laziness, some
       methods and options in this module (and the dozen modules it depends
       on) are undocumented; but one of those undocumented bits might be just
       what you're looking for.
SEE ALSO
       Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch, perlpod, perlpodspec
SUPPORT
       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
       pod-people AT perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
       pod-people-subscribe AT perl.org to subscribe.
       This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
       <https://github.com/theory/pod-simple/>;. Feel free to fork and
       contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/theory/pod-simple.git>; and
       send patches!
       Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
       <bug-pod-simple AT rt.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
       Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
       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.
AUTHOR
       Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke AT cpan.org>.  But don't
       bother him, he's retired.
       Pod::Simple is maintained by:
       o   Allison Randal "allison AT perl.org"
       o   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp AT cpan.org"
       o   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler AT cpan.org"

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