Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI - render Pod with ANSI color escapes

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  perldoc -o ansi Some::Modulename
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is a "plug-in" class that allows Perldoc to use Pod::Text as a formatter class.

It supports the following options, which are explained in Pod::Text: alt, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width

For example:

```
  perldoc -o term -w indent:5 Some::Modulename
```

# [CAVEAT](#CAVEAT)

This module may change to use a different text formatter class in the future, and this may change what options are supported.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Perldoc

# [COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS](#COPYRIGHT_AND_DISCLAIMERS)

Copyright (c) 2011 Mark Allen. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Current maintainer: Mark Allen "<mallen@cpan.org>"

Past contributions from: brian d foy "<bdfoy@cpan.org>" Adriano R. Ferreira "<ferreira@cpan.org>", Sean M. Burke "<sburke@cpan.org>"

2026-10-26 perl v5.44.0

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