From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-21T09:09:55+09:00
Subject: Re: like man or apropos for Ruby


On Jul 20, 2007, at 7:00 PM, 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?
>
> -- 
>   Phlip
>   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/
>   "Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)"
>   assert_xpath, assert_javascript, & assert_ajax
>
>
>
ri

example:
ri ClassName
ri method_name
ri Class#method
ri Class.method