Reference: pod2fm
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:33:00Z

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| Chapter 4 The Perl Language |

## pod2fm

    pod2fm [options] file

Translates pod to FrameMaker format.

### Options

-book [`bookname`]

  If set, creates FrameMaker book file. If not specified, bookname defaults to `perl`; filename extension is .book in either case.

-[`no`]doc

  Whether to convert a MIF-format .doc output file to binary FrameMaker format. Default is -doc.

-format type

  Which format to copy from the template document specified with the -template option. Type can be a comma-separated list, and -format can also be specified more than once. Legal types are:

  Type | Description
  --- | ---
  `all` | All types (the default)
  `Character` | Character formats
  `Paragraph` | Paragraph formats
  `Page` | Master page layouts
  `Reference` | Reference page layouts
  `Table` | Table formats
  `Variables` | Variable definitions
  `Math` | Math definitions
  `Cross` | Cross-reference definitions
  `Color` | Color definitions
  `Conditional` | Conditional text definitions
  `Break` | Preserves page breaks; controls how the other types are used
  `Other` | Preserves other format changes; controls how the other types are used

-[`no`]index

  Whether to generate an index. Defaults to -noindex.

-[`no`]lock

  Whether to lock file as read-only so you can use hypertext marker feature. Defaults to -nolock.

-[`no`]mmlonly

  Whether to stop execution after generating the MML version of the file. Default is -nommlonly.

-[`no`]open

  Whether to try to open the book after creating it; requires the -book option.

-template document

  Specifies a template document for pod2fm to copy a format for use in formatting the output. document is the path to the template document.

-[`no`]toc

  Whether to generate a table of contents. Defaults to -notoc.

Reference: perldoc |  | Reference: pod2html