From: Andrew Grimm <andrew.j.grimm@...>
Date: 2011-12-17T20:53:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:41705] Re: Documentation of the language itself (syntax, meanings, etc)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Sylvain Daubert
<sylvain.daubert@laposte.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 15/12/2011 17:58, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas a �crit :
>
>> Since Ruby is built on top of simple concepts, most of the documentation
>> can be read in the Core API and Standard Library API pages.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I don't see to find any official reference (besides
>> mentions to books) about the language syntax itself.
>>
>
> I agree with that. I think Ruby should have official documentation such as
> (at least) a tutorial.
>
> I don't have enough knowledge about Ruby to start such a project, but I'm
> ready to help (proofreading, writing examples, etc.)
>
> Sylvain
>

There's a description of keywords at
http://ruby-doc.org/docs/keywords/1.9/ (you have to click on the
keyword to get a description, though).

Originally I thought this was part of Ruby itself, but
http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ lists it as an additional document.

Andrew