ruby info

[john maclean]

Why isn't there a ruby node within info? Will there ever be one or is
it not a worthwhile project?

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[Phlip]

Why isn't there a ruby node within info? Will there ever be one or is
it not a worthwhile project?

What do you mean? a ruby.info site? grab it and run with it if you like!

 

[Michael Malone]

What do you mean? a ruby.info site? grab it and run with it if you like!

I think he means 'info ruby' much like 'man ruby' although, when I type
'info ruby' I get a response! It exists for me.

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[john maclean]

I think he means 'info ruby' much like 'man ruby' although, when I type
'info ruby' I get a response! It exists for me.

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OK `info ruby` is pretty much the same as `man ruby`. Compare that to
`info awk` or `info tar`. Those docs are many nodes deep.

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[Phlip]

OK `info ruby` is pretty much the same as `man ruby`. Compare that to
`info awk` or `info tar`. Those docs are many nodes deep.

This is not a joke: "Google ruby" nearly always works for me!

If I could, I would remove every one of those obsolete systems from my hard
drives...

 

[Joel VanderWerf]

OK `info ruby` is pretty much the same as `man ruby`. Compare that to
`info awk` or `info tar`. Those docs are many nodes deep.

Nice thing about info pages is that you can open them in a browser
(well, Konqueror, with info:make and so on) and follow links as if they
were html. I never could stand the command-line based info readers, and
the man pages for things like make always refer you to info for full
documentation.

 

[Albert Schlef]

This is not a joke: "Google ruby" nearly always works for me!

I think his question amounts to: "Why isn't there an official user-guide
bundled with Ruby?"

That's a good question. Other popular languages, such as Python, Perl,
PHP, come with a good guide. For Ruby, the answer for people asking for
documentation is almost always "buy the XYZ book".

 

[john maclean]

Why isn't there a ruby node within info? Will there ever be one or is
it not a worthwhile project?

I like to think it's because info pages suck.

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I'm sure that most people don't have a problem with ruby buying books,
I have. However Ruby's sometimes a bit like emacs, a few moments when
you come across something and think "wow - if only I knew that when I
was working on project X". Dunno how much you can bundle into the
official release without being bloat.

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