From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-07-21T09:08:26+09:00
Subject: Re: like man or apropos for Ruby

Phlip wrote:
> Rubiods:
>
> After years of studying Ruby, one factoid has eluded me. Actually, more than 
> one, but I have to start somewhere...
>
> How, on a command line, can I do the equivalent of 'apropos' or 'man'? How 
> can I search the RDoc knowledge base installed on my own computer, with a 
> 'less' interface, without Googling for everything all the time?
>
>   
Assuming you installed the documentation, you can use ri.

ri String#to_i

for example.

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