# Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo - phpMan

## NAME
    [Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo] - Base for [Pod::Perldoc] formatters

## SYNOPSIS
        package [Pod::Perldoc::ToMyFormat];

        use parent qw( [Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo] );
        ...

## DESCRIPTION
    This package is meant as a base of [Pod::Perldoc] formatters, like
    [Pod::Perldoc::ToText], [Pod::Perldoc::ToMan], etc.

    It provides default implementations for the methods

        is_pageable
        write_with_binmode
        output_extension
        _perldoc_elem

    The concrete formatter must implement

        new
        parse_from_file

## SEE ALSO
    perldoc

## COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
    Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Sean M. Burke.

    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
    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>>"