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pod2texi.1
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NAME
pod2texi - convert Pod to Texinfo

SYNOPSIS
pod2texi [OPTION]... POD...

DESCRIPTION
Translate Pod file(s) to Texinfo. There are two basic modes of operation. First, by default, each Pod is
translated to a standalone Texinfo manual.

Second, if "--base-level" is set higher than 0, each Pod is translated to a file suitable for @include, and one
more file with a main menu and all the @include is generated.

OPTIONS
--appendix-sections
Use appendix sectioning commands (@appendix, ...) instead of the default numbered sectioning Texinfo
@-commands (@chapter, @section, ...).

--base-level=NUM|NAME
Sets the level of the "head1" commands. It may be an integer or a Texinfo sectioning command (without the
"@"): 1 corresponds to the @chapter/@unnumbered level, 2 to the @section level, and so on. The default is 0,
meaning that "head1" commands are still output as chapters, but the output is arranged as a standalone
manual.

If the level is not 0, the Pod file is rendered as a fragment of a Texinfo manual suitable for @include. In
this case, each Pod file has an additional sectioning command covering the entire file, one level above the
"--base-level" value. Therefore, to make each Pod file a chapter in a large manual, you should use "section"
as the base level.

For an example of making Texinfo out of the Perl documentation itself, see "contrib/perldoc-all" in the
Texinfo source distribution.

--debug=NUM
Set debugging level to NUM.

--headings-as-sections
Use headings commands (@heading, ...) instead of the default numbered sectioning Texinfo @-commands
(@chapter, @section, ...). The sectioning command covering the entire file output for each Pod file if
--base-level is not 0 is a numbered command.

--help
Display help and exit.

--menus
Output node menus. If there is a main manual, its Top node menu is always output, since a master menu is
generated. Other nodes menus are not output in the default case.

--output=NAME
Name for the first manual, or the main manual if there is a main manual. Default is to write to standard
output.

--no-section-nodes
Use anchors for sections instead of nodes.

--no-fill-section-gaps
Do not fill sectioning gaps with empty @unnumbered files. Ordinarily, it's good to keep the sectioning
hierarchy intact.

--preamble=STR
Insert STR as top boilerplate before menu and includes. If STR is set to "-", read the top boilerplate from
the standard input. The default top boilerplate is a minimal beginning for a Texinfo document.

--setfilename=STR
Use STR in top boilerplate before menu and includes for @setfilename. No @setfilename is output in the
default case.

--subdir=NAME
If there is a main manual with include files (each corresponding to an input Pod file), then those include
files are put in directory NAME.

--unnumbered-sections
Use unnumbered sectioning commands (@unnumbered, ...) instead of the default numbered sectioning Texinfo
@-commands (@chapter, @section, ...).

--top=TOP
Name of the @top element for the main manual. May contain Texinfo code.

--version
Display version information and exit.

SEE ALSO
Pod::Simple::Texinfo. perlpod. The Texinfo manual. Texinfo home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2012-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
Patrice Dumas <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>.

perl v5.34.0 2023-08-15 POD2TEXI(1)