From: Matthew Smillie <M.B.Smillie@...>
Date: 2006-06-16T07:37:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Is API documentation useless for learning?

On Jun 15, 2006, at 23:17, Eric Armstrong wrote:

> I wish what you were saying were true!
>
> I'm here:
> http://www.germane-software.com/software/XML/rexml/doc/
>
> The title bar reads:
> rexml.rb
> Path: 	temp/rexml.rb
> Last Update: 	Thu Apr 13 20:03:06 PDT 2006
>
> There is no 'parent' link.
> Are you looking at docs at some other location?
> If so, that is clearly the location I need!
> (You give me hope.)

We're looking at the documentation for the REXML::Element class  
(http://www.germane-software.com/software/XML/rexml/doc/classes/REXML/ 
Element.html if you want to bypass the frames).  The documentation  
that comes up initially is for the rexml.rb file (which doesn't have  
a parent, since it's a file).

matthew smillie.