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.IX Title "Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo 3"
.TH Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo 3 2026-01-17 "perl v5.42.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo \- Base for Pod::Perldoc formatters
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This package is meant as a base of Pod::Perldoc formatters,
like Pod::Perldoc::ToText, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, etc.
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It provides default implementations for the methods
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The concrete formatter must implement
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.SH "COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS"
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Copyright (c) 2002\-2007 Sean M. Burke.
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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Current maintainer: Mark Allen \f(CW\*(C`<mallen@cpan.org>\*(C'\fR
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Past contributions from:
brian d foy \f(CW\*(C`<bdfoy@cpan.org>\*(C'\fR
Adriano R. Ferreira \f(CW\*(C`<ferreira@cpan.org>\*(C'\fR,
Sean M. Burke \f(CW\*(C`<sburke@cpan.org>\*(C'\fR
