NAME Apache::Perldoc - mod_perl handler to spooge out HTML perldocs DESCRIPTION A simple mod_perl handler to give you Perl documentation on installed modules. The following configuration should go in your httpd.conf SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Perldoc You can then get documentation for a module "Foo::Bar" at the URL "http://your.server.com/perldoc/Foo::Bar" Note that you can also get the standard Perl documentation with URLs like "http://your.server.com/perldoc/perlfunc" or just "http://your.server.com/perldoc" for the main Perl docs. Finally, you can search for a particular Perl keyword with "http://your.server.com/perldoc/f::keyword" The 'f' is used by analogy with the "-f" flag to "perldoc". In addition to Perl modules, you can have "Apache::Perldoc" convert ".pod" files to HTML with the following configiration: SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Perldoc This has not been extensively tested, but appears to mostly work. Running under "PerlTaintCheck" If you have "PerlTaintCheck" turned on, then we can't rely on "$ENV{PATH}" to find perldoc and pod2html. You'll have to specify the full paths to perldoc and pod2html like so: SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Perldoc PerlSetVar PERLDOC /usr/local/bin/perldoc PerlSetVar POD2HTML /usr/local/bin/pod2html Specifying your own "TMP" directory "Apache::Perldoc" assumes that it can use /tmp as the temp directory to run from, since pod2html requires a place to put its work files. You can override this with a PerlSetVar TMP /my/temp/directory Author Rich Bowen http://www.ApacheAdmin.com/ Patches from Andy Lester to make it a little bit more secure. Caveat Note that this is EXCEEDINGLY insecure. Run this at your own risk, and only on internal web sites, if you know what's good for you. If someone would like to make this a little more secure, I would be delighted to apply any patches you would like to provide. This module was written for my own benefit, and put back on CPAN because some folks asked me to. You have been warned. Other neat trick - Bookmarklet If you create a browser bookmark to the following URL, you can highlight the name of a module on web page, then select the bookmark, and go directly to the documentation for that module. Selecting the bookmark without having anything highlighted will result in a pop-up dialog in which you can type a module name. javascript:Qr=document.getSelection();if(!Qr){void(Qr=prompt('Module name',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://localhost/perldoc/'+escape(Qr) Note that that's all one line, split here for display purposes. I know this works in Netscape and Mozilla. Can't vouch for IE. LICENSE This code is released under the HJTI license ("Here, Just Take It"), or, if you really want a real license, take your pick of the GPL and the Artistic License. Which is to say, this is release under the same terms as Perl itself. The author makes no particular claims to ownership, as this is a really obvious idea, and a lot of other people have been doing this for ages. I just appear to be the first to put it on CPAN.