Re: the construct "=item * Foo bar"

2002-10-16 Thread Sean M. Burke
At 14:22 2002-10-17 +1000, Iain 'Spoon' Truskett wrote: >* Sean 'TorgoX' Burke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [17 Oct 2002 14:18]: >[...] > > However, I do at times wonder why anyone in their right mind would > > write /another/ perlpodspec-compliant Pod-parser. [...] I can't think > > of a motivation that'd

Re: the construct "=item * Foo bar"

2002-10-16 Thread Iain 'Spoon' Truskett
* Sean 'TorgoX' Burke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [17 Oct 2002 14:18]: [...] > However, I do at times wonder why anyone in their right mind would > write /another/ perlpodspec-compliant Pod-parser. [...] I can't think > of a motivation that'd be worth the bother of doing it all over again. Curiosity. O

Re: the construct "=item * Foo bar"

2002-10-16 Thread Sean M. Burke
At 20:54 2002-10-16 +, Smylers wrote: >[...]for other people who try to parse it using pod readers that just >implement the spec and not your slew of variances. > >(Similar to how people view their webpages in 'Internet Explorer', it >forgives some errors, and so they are unaware of them as

Re: the construct "=item * Foo bar"

2002-10-16 Thread Smylers
Sean M. Burke wrote: > At 10:14 2002-10-08 +1000, Iain Truskett wrote: > > > > I'll add it to the whole slew of =item variances that Pod::Simple > > > kindly and silently forgives. > > > > Are these documented somewhere? > > Nope. Probably won't be, as I can't imagine anyone needing to know > a

RE: perldoc -d or -p or -I or - for internal methods?

2002-10-16 Thread Richard . Foley
>[and a discussion of "=for foo bar" ensued] > >Anything to do with Pod, perldoc, or the pod formatters belongs on the >pod-people list, not p5p. > Oops :-] >But anyway, you happen to have caught me at a great time for >this. I'm :-) >about to cook up the perldoc <-> Pod::Simple interface,

RE: perldoc -d or -p or -I or -_ for _internal methods?

2002-10-16 Thread Richard . Foley
>The only thing missing is something to read that private POD. >That would be >the perldoc extension I'd suggest. perldoc --private or >something would >display all POD between "=begin/end private" tags, probably >with a bit of >special highlighting, in addition to normal POD. > Fine - or pe