---
name: "Pod::Plainer"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-doc"
version: "5.10.1-17squeeze6"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pod::Plainer"
---

# Pod::Plainer(3perl)

Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.

## NAME

Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Pod::Plainer;
  my $parser = Pod::Plainer -> new ();
  $parser -> parse_from_filehandle(\*STDIN);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Pod::Plainer uses Pod::Parser which takes Pod with the (new) 'C\<\< .. \>\>' constructs and returns the old(er) style with just 'C\<\>'; '\<' and '\>' are replaced by 'E\<lt\>' and 'E\<gt\>'.

This can be used to pre-process Pod before using tools which do not recognise the new style Pods.

### EXPORT

None by default.

## AUTHOR

Robin Barker, rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk

## SEE ALSO

See Pod::Parser.