---
name: "Pod::Plainer"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpod-plainer-perl"
version: "1.04-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pod::Plainer/3pm"
---

# Pod::Plainer(3pm)

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.

### METHODS

- escape\_ltgt

  Replace '\<' and '\>' by 'E\<lt\>' and 'E\<gt\>'.

- simple\_delimiters

  Replace delimiters by '\<' and '\>'.

- textblock

  Redefine `"textblock"` from Pod::Parser to use `"escape_ltgt"` and `"simple_delimiters"`.

### EXPORT

None by default.

## AUTHOR

Robin Barker, rmbarker@cpan.org

## SEE ALSO

See Pod::Parser.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2014 by Robin Barker

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.