From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-07-21T12:03:41+09:00
Subject: Re: like man or apropos for Ruby

On 7/20/07, Tim Hunter <TimHunter@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 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.

And for a better performing alternative, get Mauricio Fernandez fastri
http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?fastri

It provides a qri command which pretty much directly substitutes for
ri.  It's available as a gem.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/