From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T20:27:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby comprehensive "slow" reference

On 7/29/06, Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I tried to find online explanations for the '%' and '?' operators used

The ?X syntax is described here:
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/language.html#UC

In fact, it's not an operator, it's an integer literal.

The % operator is described within it's class, String, referencing
syntax of Kernel#sprintf.

<rant>When I started with ruby some time ago I was going crazy when I
looked for something... Some pieces of information are scattered
across too many places, especially Regexen are mentioned at three
locations in the pickaxe book (1st edition) and I was hard to remember
what piece is where. Now I got somewhat accustomed to this, so it's no
longer a problem for me. Now I mostly use rdoc and sometimes
zenspider's quickreference for bits that are missing from rdoc (or,
that I still haven't found there ;-)
</rant>

Now, what I want to say is, that maybe it would help to reorganize the
docs a bit, or maybe just add some index pages to it

I really appreciate all the hard work which made the current state
possible, and the gradual enhacements that are being made.

J.