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That is how rdoc works, and there isn't very much you can do about it.
Yes, I would like it to provide a directive to include images, for
instance, I sometimes add class and object diagrams, but in order to do
that you have to tweak the doc/*.html. In fact, one day I may add just
such an extension for rdoc myself, unless someone else doesn't take my
advice and does it for me
Umm, you can include some of this via rdoc markup, e.g. from the rdoc rdoc
Hyperlinks to the web starting http:, mailto:, ftp:, or www. are recognized.
An HTTP url that references an external image file is converted into an
inline <IMG..>. Hyperlinks starting 'link:' are assumed to refer to local
files whose path is relative to the --op directory.
And there are lots of options which affect what it outputs.
$ rdoc --help
RDoc V1.0.1 - 20041108
Usage:
rdoc [options] [names...]
Files are parsed, and the information they contain
collected, before any output is produced. This allows cross
references between all files to be resolved. If a name is a
directory, it is traversed. If no names are specified, all
Ruby files in the current directory (and subdirectories) are
processed.
Options:
--accessor, -A accessorname[,..]
comma separated list of additional class methods
that should be treated like 'attr_reader' and
friends. Option may be repeated. Each
accessorname
may have '=text' appended, in which case that
text
appears where the r/w/rw appears for normal
accessors.
--all, -a include all methods (not just public)
in the output
--charset, -c charset
specifies HTML character-set
--debug, -D displays lots on internal stuff
--diagram, -d Generate diagrams showing modules and classes.
You need dot V1.8.6 or later to use the
--diagram
option correctly. Dot is available from
http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/
--exclude, -x pattern
do not process files or directories matching
pattern. Files given explicitly on the command
line will never be excluded.
--extension, -E new=old
Treat files ending with .new as if they ended
with
.old. Using '-E cgi=rb' will cause xxx.cgi to be
parsed as a Ruby file
--fileboxes, -F classes are put in boxes which represents
files, where these classes reside. Classes
shared between more than one file are
shown with list of files that sharing them.
Silently discarded if --diagram is not given
Experimental.
--force-update, -U forces to scan all sources even if newer than
the flag file.
--fmt, -f format name
set the output formatter (see below)
--help, -h you're looking at it
--help-output, -O explain the various output options
--image-format, -I gif/png/jpg/jpeg
Sets output image format for diagrams. Can
be png, gif, jpeg, jpg. If this option is
omitted, png is used. Requires --diagram.
--include, -i dir[,dir...]
set (or add to) the list of directories
to be searched when satisfying :include:
requests. Can be used more than once.
--inline-source, -S Show method source code inline, rather
than via a popup link
--line-numbers, -N Include line numbers in the source code
--main, -m name 'name' will be the initial page displayed
--merge, -M when creating ri output, merge processed classes
into previously documented classes of the name
name
--one-file, -1 put all the output into a single file
--op, -o dir set the output directory
--opname, -n name Set the 'name' of the output. Has no
effect for HTML.
--promiscuous, -p When documenting a file that contains a module
or class also defined in other files, show
all stuff for that module/class in each files
page. By default, only show stuff defined in
that particular file.
--quiet, -q don't show progress as we parse
--ri, -r generate output for use by 'ri.' The files are
stored in the '.rdoc' directory under your home
directory unless overridden by a subsequent
--op parameter, so no special privileges are
needed.
--ri-site, -R generate output for use by 'ri.' The files are
stored in a site-wide directory, making them
accessible
to others, so special privileges are needed.
--ri-system, -Y generate output for use by 'ri.' The files are
stored in a system-level directory, making them
accessible
to others, so special privileges are needed.
This option
is intended to be used during Ruby installations
--show-hash, -H A name of the form #name in a comment
is a possible hyperlink to an instance
method name. When displayed, the '#' is
removed unless this option is specified
--style, -s stylesheet url
specifies the URL of a separate stylesheet.
--tab-width, -w n Set the width of tab characters (default 8)
--template, -T template name
Set the template used when generating output
--title, -t text Set 'txt' as the title for the output
--version, -v display RDoc's version
--webcvs, -W url Specify a URL for linking to a web frontend
to CVS. If the URL contains a '%s', the
name of the current file will be substituted;
if the URL doesn't contain a '%s', the
filename will be appended to it.
Available output formatters: chm, html, ri, xml
For information on where the output goes, use
rdoc --help-output
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