Re^2: pod viewer on mac osx?


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Re^2: pod viewer on mac osx?

by iaw4 (Monk)

on Dec 11, 2010 at 09:14 UTC ( [id://876576]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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yes, but this produces html. it is not a viewer. its output will need to be stored somewhere. not sure if local cross-references to other local pod files in the std docs will work, either. then the html needs to be loaded into a browser.

all of this is not a big deal, but its not out-of-the-box and there are no extra features here.

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Re^3: pod viewer on mac osx?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 11, 2010 at 09:32 UTC

I guess I've been spoilt by the AS distribution which builds all the html for me at install time. Both for the standard distribution and for stuff I install later. I find this infinitely more useful & usable than the perldoc, man or similar viewers.

My browser is always open, and the perl doc tree is always open in a pinned tab within it. It just doesn't make sense to me to have to reparse every module each time I want to look at the pod, when it can be done once at install time and be an Alt-tab or two away at all times.

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