From: James Britt Date: 2005-10-14T15:09:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Why Write Ruby Docs? (was Re: [SUMMARY] Text Image (#50)) Kev Jackson wrote: > >>> Getting people to write documentation is not. >> >> >> >> I do this part. I've documented three standard libraries in the last >> year. ERb, Delegate, and Forwardable. >> >>> At least not, it seems, without offering financial renumeration. >> >> > If I could get paid to write docs I'd be all over it like something all > over something else. But if someone could point to some area that needs > documenting I'd be more than happy to help - I was a technical author a > few years ago, and I have contributed code and docs to several open > source projects (mainly Java), I just didn't realise that more hands > were needed - please push links etc to me I'll help out with doco Perhaps the best place to start is here: http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/ Items listed to the left in italics do not have sufficient docs. (That may be true as well of some of the other items, but I believe the italics are meant to indicate 'needs work.') James at RubyConf05 -- http://www.ruby-doc.org - The Ruby Documentation Site http://www.rubyxml.com - News, Articles, and Listings for Ruby & XML http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys