Indent your text (even by one column), and it will be rendered verbatim

Yes - but then if you copy the 'perldoc crap' output (without removing the leading whitespace) and save it as a typemap, you get all sorts of weird warnings when you run a 'make' process that uses that typemap:

Warning: File './typemap' Line 3 ' INPUT' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 c
+olumns
Warning: File './typemap' Line 4 ' SOLDIER' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3
+ columns
Warning: File './typemap' Line 7 ' OUTPUT' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 
+columns
Warning: File './typemap' Line 8 ' SOLDIER' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3
+ columns
Warning: File './typemap' Line 12 '        SvREADONLY_on(obj);' TYPEMA
+P entry needs 2 or 3 columns
Warning: File './typemap' Line 13 '        $arg;' TYPEMAP entry needs 
+2 or 3 columns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 3 ' INPUT' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 col
+umns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 4 ' SOLDIER' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 c
+olumns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 7 ' OUTPUT' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 co
+lumns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 8 ' SOLDIER' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 c
+olumns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 12 '        SvREADONLY_on(obj);' TYPEMAP 
+entry needs 2 or 3 columns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 13 '        $arg;' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 
+or 3 columns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 3 ' INPUT' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 col
+umns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 4 ' SOLDIER' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 c
+olumns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 7 ' OUTPUT' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 co
+lumns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 8 ' SOLDIER' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 or 3 c
+olumns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 12 '        SvREADONLY_on(obj);' TYPEMAP 
+entry needs 2 or 3 columns
Warning: File 'typemap' Line 13 '        $arg;' TYPEMAP entry needs 2 
+or 3 columns
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The idea is that 'perldoc crap' should output something that can be copy'n'pasted to a 'typemap' and run trouble-free (without having to bother about removing leading whitespace).

Thanks Sidhekin, moritz.

Cheers,
Rob
Update: Probably a silly objection. The 'perldoc' output always displays leading whitespace at the beginning of every line (afaict). That being the case, all I'm really quibbling about is the *amount* of preceding whitespace ... pointless, really :-)

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