NAME

tkpod - Perl/Tk Pod browser

SYNOPSIS

    tkpod   [-tk] [[-no]tree] [-Mblib] [-I dir] [-d|debug] [-s|server]
            [-filedialog module]
            [-f function | -q FAQRegex | directory | name [...]]

DESCRIPTION

tkpod is a simple Pod browser with hypertext capabilities. Pod (Plain Old Document) is a simple and readable markup language that could be mixed with perl code.

Pods are searched by default in @INC and $ENV{PATH}. Directories listed on the command line or with the -I option are added to the default search path.

For each "name" listed on the command line tkpod tries to find Pod in "name", "name.pod" and "name.pm" in the search path. For each "name" a new Pod browser window is opened.

If no "name" is listed, then the main "perl" pod is opened instead.

OPTIONS

-tree

When specified, "tkpod" will show a tree window with all available Pods on the local host. However, this may be slow on startup, especially first time because there is no cache yet. You can always turn on the tree view with the menu entry 'View' -> 'Pod Tree'.

-tk

Useful for perl/Tk documentation. When specified it adds all "Tk" subdirectories in @INC to the Pod search path. This way when "Scrolled" is selected in the browser the "Tk/Scrolled" documentation is found.

-s or -server

Start "tkpod" in server mode. Subsequent calls to "tkpod" (without the -s option) will cause to load the requested Pods into the server program, thus minimizing startup time and memory usage. Note that there is no access control, so this might be a security hole!

-Mblib

Add the "blib" directories under the current directory to the Pod search path.

-I dir

Add another directory to the Pod search path. Note that the space is mandatory.

-f function

Show documentation for function.

-q FAQRegex

Show the FAQ entry matching FAQRegex.

-filedialog module

Use an alternative file dialog module, e.g. Tk::FileSelect, Tk::FBox or Tk::PathEntry::Dialog.

-d or -debug

Turn debugging on.

-exit

Only for internal testing: exit before entering "MainLoop".

USAGE

How to navigate with the Pod browser is described in Tk::Pod_usage. It's also accessible via the menu 'Help' -> 'Usage...'.

ENVIRONMENT

TKPODPORT

Force a port for tkpod's server mode.

TKPODDIRS

A list of directories (on Unix usually separated by ":", on Windows by ";") for additional Pod directories. These directories will appear in the "local dirs" section of the tree view.

See "Environment" in Tk::Pod::Text and "Environment" in Tk::Pod::FindPods for more environment variables.

KNOWN BUGS

see Tk::Pod::Text

SEE ALSO

perlpod pod2man pod2text pod2html Tk::Pod Tk::Pod::Text Tk::Pod::Tree

AUTHOR

Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>

Former maintainer: Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>.

Code currently maintained by Slaven Rezic <slaven@rezic.de>.

Copyright (c) 1997-1998 Nick Ing-Simmons. Copyright (c) 2015 Slaven Rezic. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.