From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-03-07T22:44:18+09:00
Subject: Re: No documentation for modules on RubyForge?

On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Geoff Lane wrote:

> Daniel Harple wrote:
>
>> On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:29 AM, Aaron Becker wrote:
>>
>> Run gem_server to see documentation for installed gems. reliable- 
>> msg  looks well documented to me.
>>
>> -- Daniel
>
>
> Along these lines, I've always wondered why 'ri' could not be used  
> for all of the installed modules/gems, etc on the system. There are  
> base install classes (OptionParser, MD5, SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory  
> for example) that don't show anything in 'ri'. I think having one  
> place to turn for documentation is a good idea.

This is generally because those libraries are not yet documented.  If  
you get one figured out, please consider adding the documentation and  
sending in a patch to Ruby Core.

James Edward Gray II