ri and rdoc....like perldoc?
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From: Brian Candler on 8 Jul 2010 15:29 Xavier Noria wrote: >> so if I want to look up how to use a function, how do i do this using >> ruby? > > In the command line you check it with ri. Online you check some of the > references listed in http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/. And for installed gems, type gem server --daemon then point your web browser at http://127.0.0.1:8808/ -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
From: Ryan Davis on 8 Jul 2010 16:26 On Jul 8, 2010, at 12:29 , Brian Candler wrote: > Xavier Noria wrote: >>> so if I want to look up how to use a function, how do i do this using >>> ruby? >> >> In the command line you check it with ri. Online you check some of the >> references listed in http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/. > > And for installed gems, type > > gem server --daemon > > then point your web browser at http://127.0.0.1:8808/ That's not strictly necessary. ri picks up gem rdoc too. Do make sure you have the rdoc gem installed so you have the latest version of ri and rdoc.
From: Roger Pack on 9 Jul 2010 11:56
Xavier Noria wrote: > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Derek Smith > Unfortunately documentation is not one of Ruby strengths, there's > nothing as comprehensive as Perl builtin documentation (though there > are few languages that can compare with Perl documentation). Generally > speaking, libraries are not as well-documented as Perl modules either. True. I've been trying to help it by fleshing out the ruby wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming > If you want to learn about the Ruby language you normally get a book, > as reference I personally use Flanagan & Matsumoto. There are some > free tutorials online, there's also an old version of the Pickaxe. Here's a list of some online books: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming#Online -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. |