Revision history for Perl module group Pod::Perldoc
3.15_10 - Sat Nov 19 19:56:21 2011
* Merge the changes to use Pod::Man instead of pod2man
* Restrict the names we'll allow the program to run under
* Patches for most of the items in the RT queue, which we'll
enumerate once we know the fixes work.
3.15_09 - Mon Nov 14 13:36:37 2011
* Respect MANWIDTH on Linux, if set. RT #61085
* This is the start of some internals changes to allow testing.
3.15_08 - Sun Nov 13 17:31:30 2011
* Sync with the latest stuff in blead
* Re-release as a CPAN module
* brian d foy is taking over maintainer duties
2009-09-30
* 3.15_01 - sync with blead
2008-11-01
* no code changes from 3.14_07
* summary of main changes:
- perldoc -v PerlVar
- old -v (Verbosely describe) is now -D
- 'perldoc intro' will find 'perlintro' page
- 'perldoc -L it' can find Italian translations
of documentation (if you have them)
2008-05-08
* Development release 3.14_07
* Pod::Perldoc now has POD
* so does Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo and Pod::Perldoc::GetOptsOO
2008-05-02
* Development release 3.14_06 -- Be lenient
* 'perldoc intro' may find 'perlintro' page
(suggested by Gisle Aas)
* -v (Verbosely describe) is now -D
* perldoc -v PerlVar
2008-04-22
* Development release 3.14_05 -- Search perlvar
* Applied patch to allow -A for searching perlvar.
(after a patch by Ovid, 2008-02-26)
[rt.cpan.org #33624]
* [RFC] the switch name is experimental: I am open
to convincing alternatives (other than -v and -V
which are already taken).
2008-04-16
* Development release 3.14_04
* 'lib' & co. are added to search path if -f Build.PL
in current directory (rt.cpan.org #33941)
* bug fix: 'blib' directories were never searched
because they were tested with -f
2007-09-03
* Development release 3.14_03
* typo fix (#31763 by rgs)
* warning and debugging code added to add_translator()
* the translators now became objects
* POD2::Base (if available) provides language-specific
support for free
* experimental releases, misses documentation of changes
2007-08-23
* Development release 3.14_02
* -L becomes more forgiving:
$ perldoc -L it perldocpage
retrieves the standard (English) version if it cannot find
the Italian translation.
* applied to bleed as Change #31762
2007-08-23
* Release 3.14_01 -- bleedperl changes:
+ #31628: a Gentoo patch
+ #27878: warn when -f, -q ignore extra arguments
+ #26202: document -L
+ #26191: new switch -L
2004-11-30 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.14 -- bugfix for Cygwin
* Matt Johnson sends in two patches to accomodate Cygwin.
Accepted.
* Also changing pathsep for IS_MSWin32 || IS_Dos temp files
from '/' to '\'.
2004-04-09 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.13 -- minor bugfixes
Ken Willians notes that Pod::Perldoc::ToMan breaks when the
pod2man program isn't in $Config{'scriptdirexp'}. So I make it
look there first, but then fall back to not specifying where it
should be found.
James Michael Du Pont notes that Carp::croak isn't always loaded
by all versions of the modules perldoc uses. So I add an explicit
"require Carp::croak".
I add t/01_about_verbose.t just to give more diagnostics.
2003-10-21 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.12 -- tweak for Linux man.
Slaven Rezic notes that Makefile.PL should say INSTALLDIRS => "perl"
for perl versions 5.8.1 and newer, to make installation work right
on those perls. Change made.
Slaven Rezic notes that -q was generating an erroneous =over 8 ...
around the sliced text from perlfaq searched via -q. Change made
-- this =over 8 ... =back stuff is now generated only if you're
calling perldoc with -f (for perlfunc sections).
2003-10-12 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.11 -- tweak for Linux man.
Brendan O'Dea provides code for Pod/Perldoc/ToMan.pm to sets -rLL
to what stty reports for terminal column width.
2003-09-10 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.10 -- bugfix for cygwin
Jari Aalto notes a problem with cygwin and the containspod routine
-- cygwin apparently pretends there's an executable $filename file
when there's really a "$filename.exe" file. Added a
cygwin-specific hack in containspod to trap this case.
2003-07-24 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.09.
Notable changes:
* perldoc when run as root no longer dies when it can't manage to
drop privileges. This is by popular demand.
* perldoc -f -X now properly sees an -X entry regardless of
whether it's coded as =item -X or =item I<-X>.
* In README, changed "This is an experimental distribution of
Perldoc," to "This is the distribution of Perldoc,"
Wee little things:
* Added a "use 5.006;" to the start of Perldoc.pm and the
Makefile.PL, since we do actually need that version of perl
for the module to even compile right. (Altho backporting is an
option later, if we remove the 5.6-isms.)
* Perldoc.pm has a new constant IS_Cygwin if we ever need it.
* Added a bit of IS_VMS logic.
* Minor cosmetic changes to handling of -U.
* Added a few comments here and there.
2003-01-18 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.08.
* Fixed split-related bug in reading $Config{'pager'}.
Thanks to Chip Turner <cturner@redhat.com> for pointing it out!
2002-12-01 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.07.
* Minor typo fix to code in Pod::Perldoc::ToMan.
* Added RTFREADER example to Pod::Perldoc::ToRTF docs.
* Made Pod::Perldoc::ToTk a bit more tolerant of old Tk::Pod
versions (pre-4.0).
2002-11-22 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.06.
* Made it install to perldoc pand perldoc.pod now.
* Added -V
* Made -U a no-op switch, for legacy.
* Corrected a few minor typoes in the usage messages.
* Updated perldoc.pod to document the switches that were
previously documented only in perldoc -h
* Many thanks to David Hand, Avi Finkel, Iain "Spoon" Truskett,
Conrad Heiney, Casey West, Pete Sergeant, David Dyck, Michael
Schwern, Slaven Rezic, Hugo van der Sanden, and many others for
lots of patient help in working on this.
2002-11-11 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.05 alpha.
* Corrected the logic that suppresses warnings during require's or
formattings.
* Updated usage messages
* Corrected bug that ignored -T when using -m
2002-11-11 Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
* Release 3.04 alpha. First public release.
* Many new features, including the switches: -T, -d, -o, -M, -w
Version 3.01: Sun Nov 10 21:38:09 MST 2002
Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>
Massive refactoring and code-tidying.
Now it's a module(-family)!
Formatter-specific stuff pulled out into Pod::Perldoc::To(Whatever).pm
Added -T, -d, -o, -M, -w.
Added some improved MSWin funk.
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Version 2.05: Sat Oct 12 16:09:00 CEST 2002
Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.org>
Made -U the default, based on patch from Simon Cozens
Version 2.04: Sun Aug 18 13:27:12 BST 2002
Randy W. Sims <RandyS@ThePierianSpring.org>
allow -n to enable nroff under Win32
Version 2.03: Sun Apr 23 16:56:34 BST 2000
Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.org>
don't die when 'use blib' fails
Version 2.02: Mon Mar 13 18:03:04 MST 2000
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>
Added -U insecurity option
Version 2.01: Sat Mar 11 15:22:33 MST 2000
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>, querulously.
Security and correctness patches.
What a twisted bit of distasteful spaghetti code.
Version 2.0: ????
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Version 1.15: Tue Aug 24 01:50:20 EST 1999
Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
changed /pod/ directory to /pods/ for cygwin
to support cygwin/win32
Version 1.14: Wed Jul 15 01:50:20 EST 1998
Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
-strict, -w cleanups
Version 1.13: Fri Feb 27 16:20:50 EST 1997
Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com>
-doc tweaks for -F and -X options
Version 1.12: Sat Apr 12 22:41:09 EST 1997
Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com>
-various fixes for win32
Version 1.11: Tue Dec 26 09:54:33 EST 1995
Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com>
-added Charles Bailey's further VMS patches, and -u switch
-added -t switch, with pod2text support
Version 1.10: Thu Nov 9 07:23:47 EST 1995
Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com>
-added VMS support
-added better error recognition (on no found pages, just exit. On
missing nroff/pod2man, just display raw pod.)
-added recursive/case-insensitive matching (thanks, Andreas). This
slows things down a bit, unfortunately. Give a precise name, and
it'll run faster.
Version 1.01: Tue May 30 14:47:34 EDT 1995
Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
-added pod documentation.
-added PATH searching.
-added searching pod/ subdirectory (mainly to pick up perlfunc.pod
and friends.