On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Adriano Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Gabor Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think Pod::Index should do that. I am not sure if it does it. > > I don't think so. Pod::Index is much newer than this perldoc feature, > and if I am not wrong, the information stored does not match the one > expected at pod.idx.
As far as I know perlpod was talking about X<> long before anyone actually used the X<> tags. Then a few years ago Ivan has started to add these tags to the core documentation and to the core modules. He also released this indexer to actually make use of the X<> tags. Then he practically disappeared and no one picked up the project. Of course Pod::Indexer might generate some other format and not the expected pod.idx but as far as I know the any actual X<> tags were only added during the 5.9 development. In any case I think it would be really good to start using them for perldoc.perl.org and for the command line perl. I could then reuse them in Padre as well. regards Gabor
