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  • What are you trying to do? FYI, if you are in a buffer with filetype=perl and hit K, it will show you Perl's documentation. Seeing both POD and Vim's help have about five grammar rules, it should be possible to write a translator. I'd pick a language that has a reputation for being good at string substitutions using regular expressions ... if only I could think of one ... Commented Feb 6, 2024 at 15:04
  • What does your favorite search engine say on the matter? Commented Feb 6, 2024 at 15:25
  • @romainl - It says somthing about python/html/... but nothing usable about POD Commented Feb 6, 2024 at 15:55
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    That's funny, because I have exactly TWO hits with Google for the query pod2vim: one for exactly what you are after and one for some random facebook profile. Try harder. Commented Feb 6, 2024 at 16:14
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    Maybe could you have a look at How do I generate Vim documentation from Markdown notes or inline comments, or are there better ways to add documentation?. If you slightly preprocess your file with Md2Vim you should be close :-) Commented Feb 6, 2024 at 16:41