cpan package document in pdf

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

cpan doesn't have package document in pdf. I'm wondering if the pdf
documents can be added for easy downloading. Also, I'd like to be able
to download all the documents in a tar.bz2 file. Can this be done on
cpan?

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Regards,
Peng

[Dave Messina]

Hi Peng,

All of the module documentation for BioPerl is in POD format. It's possible
to convert POD into several different types of output, including PDF.

There are at least two different scripts that will do the POD to PDF
conversion, the latter of which is on CPAN:
http://perl.jonallen.info/projects/pod2pdf
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Pod-Pdf/scripts/pod2pdf

Because the documentation for each module is actually in the same file as
the code itself, if you have BioPerl on your computer, then you have all of
the documentation, too. So another way to see the documentation for each
module is from the command line via the perldoc command:
$ perldoc Bio::SeqIO

Dave

[Dave Messina]

Whoops, my apologies for the BioPerl references — I thought this was on
another list. In any case, my comments on pod to pdf tools should still
apply.

Dave