#!/usr/bin/perl
-use lib '../lib'; # If you haven't installed perl yet.
+BEGIN { push @INC, '../lib' } # If you haven't installed perl yet.
use Pod::Functions;
local $/ = '';
+$level = 0;
+
$cur = '';
while (<>) {
next unless /^=(?!cut)/ .. /^=cut/;
- if (/=item (\S+)/ and $1 ne '*') {
+ ++$level if /^=over/;
+ --$level if /^=back/;
+
+ # Ignore items that are nested within other items, e.g. don't split on the
+ # items nested within the pack() and sprintf() items in perlfunc.pod.
+ if (/=item (\S+)/ and $level == 1) {
my $item = $1;
s/=item //;
$next{$cur} = $item;
$body =~ s/^=back\s*//m if $has_back and !$has_over;
open (POD, "> $name.pod") || die "can't open $name.pod: $!";
print POD <<EOF;
-=head1 NAME
+\=head1 NAME
$orig - $flavor
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
+\=head1 SYNOPSIS
$syn{$orig}
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
+\=head1 DESCRIPTION
$body