pod2cpanhtml SomeModule.pm > some_module.html
I initially wrote the executable in response to a question on PerlMonks. It is just a very thin wrapper around ="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Pod-Simple/lib/Pod/Simple/…
Gabor Szabo wrote an post about Supplying examples with CPAN modules which struck me as a really good idea.
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel includes over 70 example programs so I put together a program that could be called from the makefile to build a Pod document of the examples.
Example programs are invaluable. They act as a first line of defense against frequently asked questions and they also help people who pre…