I have this POD:
=head1 My code
=head2 check
Checks something.
Parameters:
=over 8
=item what to check.
=back
=cut
podchecker doesn't complain. perldoc shows this:
My code
check
Checks something.
Parameters:
what to check.
I expected the "what to check" line to be indented further.
How do I need to change my POD to show parameters indented?
Is there a better way to do this than with =items?
Both perldoc and pod2html ignore the indentlevel. Use bullets as a workaround. See an example below.
=head1 My code
=head2 check with no bullets or numbers
Checks something.
Parameters:
=over
=item what to check A
=item what to check B
=back
=head2 check with bullets
Checks something.
=over
=item * what to check A
=item * what to check B
=back
=head2 check with numbers
Checks something.
=over
=item 1. what to check A
=item 2. what to check B
=back
=cut
Running perldoc /path/to/script.pl results in this:
My code
check with no bullets or numbers
Checks something.
Parameters:
what to check A
what to check B
check with bullets
Checks something.
o what to check A
o what to check B
check with numbers
Checks something.
1. what to check A
2. what to check B
REFERENCES:
The indentlevel option to "=over" indicates how far over to indent, generally in ems (where one em is the width of an "M" in the document's base font) or roughly comparable units; if there is no indentlevel option, it defaults to four. (And some formatters may just ignore whatever indentlevel you provide.)
(From perldoc perlpod, boldface mine)