=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This section lists the some of the plugins and components that are
-available to extend the runtime functionality of the Catalyst. The
-plugins are not distributed with Catalyst but should be available from
-CPAN. They mostly required additional modules from CPAN.
+This section lists the some of the plugins and components that are
+available to extend the runtime functionality of Catalyst. The plugins
+are not distributed with Catalyst but should be available from CPAN.
+They typically require additional modules from CPAN.
=head1 PLUGINS
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
-This is a CDBI (C<Class::DBI>) authentication plugin. Note that it
-requires a session plugin.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI> is a CDBI (C<Class::DBI>)
+authentication plugin. Note that it requires a session plugin.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Email
-Send emails with Catalyst and L<Email::Send> and
-L<Email::MIME::Creator>.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Email> sends email with Catalyst and L<Email::Send>
+and L<Email::MIME::Creator>.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::FillInForm
-Fill-in form plugin for Catalyst based on C<HTML::FillInForm>, which
-describes itself as a module to automatically insert data from a
-previous HTML form into the HTML input, textarea, radio buttons,
-checkboxes and select tags.
-C<HTML::FillInForm> is a subclass of C<HTML::Parser> and uses it to
-parse the HTML and insert the values into the form tags.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::FillInForm> is plugin for Catalyst based on
+C<HTML::FillInForm>, which describes itself as a module to automatically
+insert data from a previous HTML form into the HTML input, textarea,
+radio buttons, checkboxes, and select tags. C<HTML::FillInForm> is a
+subclass of C<HTML::Parser> and uses it to parse the HTML and insert the
+values into the form tags.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::FormValidator
-A form validator plugin that uses L<Data::FormValidator> to validate
-and set up form data from your request parameters. It's a quite thin
-wrapper around that module, so most of the relevant information can be
-found there.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::FormValidator> is a form validator plugin that uses
+L<Data::FormValidator> to validate and set up form data from your
+request parameters. It's a quite thin wrapper around that module, so
+most of the relevant information can be found there.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::I18N
-An internationalization plugin for Catalyst. Supports C<mo>/C<po>
-files and Maketext classes under your applications I18N namespace.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::I18N> is an internationalization plugin for
+Catalyst. Supports C<mo>/C<po> files and Maketext classes under your
+application's I18N namespace.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Pluggable
-A plugin for pluggable Catalyst applications.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Pluggable> is a plugin for pluggable Catalyst
+applications.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Prototype
-Plugin for the Prototype JavaScript library. This Plugin allows you
-to easily implement AJAX functionality without actually knowing
-Javascript.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Prototype> is a plugin for the Prototype JavaScript
+library. This Plugin allows you to easily implement AJAX functionality
+without actually knowing Javascript.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Session::FastMmap
-A session plugin for Catalyst based on C<Cache::FastMMap>, which uses
-an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Session::FastMmap> is a session plugin for Catalyst
+based on C<Cache::FastMMap>, which uses an mmap'ed file to act as a
+shared memory interprocess cache.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Static
-A plugin to serve static files from C<< $c->config->{root}
->>/<< action >>/.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Static> is a plugin to serve static files from C<<
+$c->config->{root} >>/<< action >>/.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest
-Plugin to allow subrequests to actions to be made within Catalyst.
-Nice for portal software and such.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest> is a plugin to allow subrequests to
+actions to be made within Catalyst. Nice for portal software and such.
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::Textile
-A persistent Textile processor for Catalyst that uses C<Text::Textile>,
-a Perl-based implementation of Dean Allen's Textile syntax. Textile is
-shorthand for doing common formatting tasks (see L<http://textism.com>).
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Textile> is a persistent Textile processor for
+Catalyst that uses C<Text::Textile>, a Perl-based implementation of Dean
+Allen's Textile syntax. Textile is shorthand for doing common formatting
+tasks (see L<http://textism.com>).
=head2 Catalyst::Plugin::XMLRPC
-This plugin allows your controller class to dispatch XMLRPC methods
-from its own class.
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::XMLRPC> plugin allows your Controller class to
+dispatch XMLRPC methods from its own class.
=head1 COMPONENT MODULES
=head2 Catalyst::Model::CDBI
-C<Catalyst::Model::CDBI> is the C<Class::DBI> (CDBI) moduel class. It
+L<Catalyst::Model::CDBI> is the C<Class::DBI> (CDBI) module class. It
is built on top of C<Class::DBI::Loader>, which automates the
definition of C<Class::DBI> sub-classes by scanning the underlying
table schemas, setting up columns and primary keys.
=head2 Catalyst::Model::CDBI::CRUD
-C<Catalyst::Model::CDBI::CRUD> is a subclass of
+L<Catalyst::Model::CDBI::CRUD> is a subclass of
C<Catalyst::Model::CDBI> with additional CRUD (create, replace,
update, delete) methods.
=head2 Catalyst::View::TT
-A Template Toolkit view. See L<Template::Manual>
+L<Catalyst::View::TT> is a Template Toolkit view. See
+L<Template::Manual>.
=head2 Catalyst::View::Mason
-Render your stash using L<HTML::Mason>.
+L<Catalyst::View::Mason> allows you to render your stash using
+L<HTML::Mason>.
=head1 AUTHOR
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