Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text
use Pod::Text::Overstrike;
my $parser = Pod::Text::Overstrike->new (sentence => 0, width => 78);
# Read POD from STDIN and write to STDOUT.
$parser->parse_from_filehandle;
# Read POD from file.pod and write to file.txt.
$parser->parse_from_file ('file.pod', 'file.txt');
Pod::Text::Overstrike is a simple subclass of Pod::Text that highlights
output text using overstrike sequences, in a manner similar to nroff.
Characters in bold text are overstruck (character, backspace, character) and
characters in underlined text are converted to overstruck underscores
(underscore, backspace, character). This format was originally designed for
hardcopy terminals and/or lineprinters, yet is readable on softcopy (CRT)
terminals.
Overstruck text is best viewed by page-at-a-time programs that take
advantage of the terminal's stand-out and underline capabilities, such
as the less program on Unix.
Apart from the overstrike, it in all ways functions like Pod::Text. See
the Pod::Text manpage for details and available options.
Currently, the outermost formatting instruction wins, so for example
underlined text inside a region of bold text is displayed as simply bold.
There may be some better approach possible.
Pod::Text, Pod::Parser
Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com>, using the framework created by Russ
Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>.
