From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-05-11T02:35:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby documentation discovery

On May 9, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Phil Hagelberg wrote:

> "John Conrad" <john.emerson.conrad@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> It's not that I don't like hyperlinks - I love them! That's what I  
>> meant
>> when I said I was spoiled by the emacs style of self- 
>> documentation. However,
>> hyperlinks are most useful, IMO, if you are able to initally jump  
>> to a
>> specific starting point. Rather than always starting at the root and
>> clicking down from there.
>
> On a related note, is it possible to get RDoc in GNU Info format? IMHO
> that really gives you the best of both worlds in terms of it being
> hyperlinked, searchable, and not making you switch out of the editor.
>
> If no such thing exists, could someone comment on how difficult such a
> thing would be to implement? (I may smell a challenge here.)

$ ri --help
[...]
    --format, -f <name>
                   Format to use when displaying output:
                      ansi, bs, html, plain, simple
                   Use 'bs' (backspace) with most pager programs.
                   To use ANSI, either also use the -T option, or
                   tell your pager to allow control characters
                   (for example using the -R option to less)


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