#! /Users/jj/bin/perl # pod2pdf.pl - converts Pod to PDF format # # Copyright (C) 2007 Jon Allen # # This software is licensed under the terms of the Artistic # License version 2.0. # # For full license details, please read the file 'artistic-2_0.txt' # included with this distribution, or see # http://www.perlfoundation.org/legal/licenses/artistic-2_0.html #--Load required modules and activate Perl's safety features--------------- use strict; use warnings; use App::pod2pdf; use File::Basename qw/basename/; use File::Spec::Functions; use FindBin qw/$Bin/; use Getopt::ArgvFile qw/argvFile/; use Getopt::Long; use POSIX qw(locale_h); #--Load config files------------------------------------------------------- # Define config filename as .conf (my $configfile = basename($0)) =~ s/^(.*?)(?:\..*)?$/$1.conf/; # Include config file from the same directory as the pod2pdf script if (-e "$Bin/$configfile") { unshift @ARGV,'@'."$Bin/$configfile"; } # If we have been packaged with PAR, include the config file from the # application bundle if ($ENV{PAR_TEMP} and -e "$ENV{PAR_TEMP}/inc/$configfile") { unshift @ARGV,'@'."$ENV{PAR_TEMP}/inc/$configfile"; } argvFile(); # Process @ARGV to load specified config files. (Function # from Getopt::ArgvFile - interpolates "@filename" entries # in @ARGV with the contents of the specified file) #--Parse command-line options---------------------------------------------- my %options = ( 'page-height' => '=i', 'page-width' => '=i', 'page-size' => '=s', 'page-orientation' => '=s', 'margins' => '=i', 'left-margin' => '=i', 'right-margin' => '=i', 'top-margin' => '=i', 'bottom-margin' => '=i', 'header' => '!', 'footer' => '!', 'title' => '=s', 'footer-text' => '=s', 'icon' => '=s', 'icon-scale' => '=s', 'timestamp' => '!', 'output-file' => '=s', ); my %config; GetOptions(\%config, optionspec(%options), version => sub{ print "This is pod2pdf, version $App::pod2pdf::VERSION\n"; exit } ) or die("[Error] Could not parse options"); $config{title} = (@ARGV) ? $ARGV[0] : 'STDIN' unless (exists $config{title}); $config{title} .= (' - ' . ((@ARGV) ? scalar localtime($^T - (-M $ARGV[0])*24*60*60) : scalar localtime)) if (exists $config{timestamp}); #--Set output location----------------------------------------------------- if (my $outfile = $config{output_file}) { open STDOUT,'>',$outfile or die("Cannot open output file $outfile: $!\n") } #--Tell the OS we are going to create binary data-------------------------- setlocale(LC_ALL,'C'); binmode *STDOUT; #--Parse our Pod----------------------------------------------------------- my $parser = App::pod2pdf->new(%config); (@ARGV) ? $parser->parse_from_file($ARGV[0]) : $parser->parse_from_filehandle(\*STDIN); $parser->output; exit; #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub optionspec { my %option_specs = @_; my @getopt_list; while (my ($option_name,$spec) = each %option_specs) { (my $variable_name = $option_name) =~ tr/-/_/; (my $nospace_name = $option_name) =~ s/-//g; my $getopt_name = ($variable_name ne $option_name) ? "$variable_name|$option_name|$nospace_name" : $option_name; push @getopt_list,"$getopt_name$spec"; } return @getopt_list; } #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- =head1 NAME pod2pdf - converts Pod to PDF format =head1 DESCRIPTION pod2pdf converts documents written in Perl's POD (Plain Old Documentation) format to PDF files. =head2 Usage pod2pdf [options] input.pod >output.pdf If no input filename is specified, pod2pdf will read from STDIN, e.g. perldoc -u File::Find | pod2pdf [options] >File-Find.pdf =head2 Options pod2pdf accepts the following command-line options: =over =item C<--output-file> Sets the output filename for the generated PDF file. By default pod2pdf will output to STDOUT. =item C<--page-size> Sets the page size to be used in the PDF file, can be set to any of the standard paper sizes (A4, A5, Letter, etc). Defaults to A4. =item C<--page-orientation> Controls if pages are produces in landscape or portrait format. Defaults to 'portrait'. =item C<--page-width>, C<--page-height> Sets the width and height of the generated pages in points (for using non-standard paper sizes). =item C<--left-margin>, C<--right-margin>, C<--top-margin>, C<--bottom-margin> Allows each of the page margins (top, bottom, left, and right) to be individually set in points. =item C<--margins> Sets all page margins to the same size (specified in points). =item C<--header>, C<--noheader> Controls if a header (containing the page title, and optional timestamp and icon) will be included on each page. Defaults to on, so use C<--noheader> to disable. =item C<--title> Sets the page title (defaults to the input filename). =item C<--timestamp> Boolean option - if set, includes the 'last modified' timestamp of the input file in the page header. =item C<--icon> Filename of an icon to be displayed in the top left corner of each page. =item C<--icon-scale> Scaling value for the header icon (defaults to 0.25). =item C<--footer>, C<--nofooter> Controls if a footer (containg the current page number and optional text string) will be included on each page. By default the footer will be included, so use C<--nofooter> to disable. =item C<--footer-text> Sets an optional footer text string that will be included in the bottom left corner of each page. =item C<--version> Prints version number and exits. =back =head2 Configuration files Sets of command-line options may be saved into configuration files. A configuration file contains options in the same format as used by pod2pdf on the command-line, with one option given on each line of the file, e.g. --page-size A5 --page-orientation landscape To use a config file, invoke pod2pdf with the option C<@/path/to/configfile.conf>. For example, if you wanted to always include a company logo, timestamp, and copyright notice in your PDF files, create a file F containing the following: --icon "/path/to/your/logo.png" --footer-text "Copyright 2007 MyCompany Limited" --timestamp Then invoke pod2pdf as: pod2pdf @/path/to/mycompany.conf input.pod >output.pdf If you create a config file called F and place this in the same directory as the pod2pdf script, it will be loaded as the default configuration. =head1 POD ENTENSIONS As well as the standard POD commands (see L), pod2pdf supports the following extensions to the POD format: =over =item C<=ff> The C<=ff> command inserts a page bread (form feed) into the document. =item C<< OE...E >> The C<< OE...E >> formatting code inserts an external object (file) into the document. This is primarily intended for embedding images, e.g. O to insert diagrams, etc into documentation. pod2pdf supports the file types JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, and PNM for embedded objects. =back =head1 DEPENDENCIES pod2pdf requires the following modules to be installed: =over =item L =item L =item L =back Additionally to use images, the modules L and L must be installed, and to specify alternative page sizes the L module is required. =head1 SEE ALSO The pod2pdf homepage: L For more information about POD, read the L manpage or see the POD page on the Perl 5 Wiki (L). =head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE Copyright (C) 2007 Jon Allen (JJ) This software is licensed under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0. For full license details, please read the file F included with this distribution, or see L.