From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-12-11T22:54:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28214] Re: Ruby Musings

"John Kaurin" <jkaurin@home.com> writes:

> Rudydoc: The truly exciting feature about Java is not (only) the cross
> platform capabilities, but the fact that one can keep the documentation
> in the code and generate HTML hyperlinked files, of the same, at the
> push of a button. Ruby needs this! "RDtool" is a step in the right
> direction, but this facility needs to be an integral part of Ruby
> (javadoc relies on the java interpreter to perform its function), be
> included in the Ruby SDK, and not rely on the installation of other
> libraries nor be a user-installed option.

Watch this space - I'll have something for you within a week or so.

In the meantime, have a look at http://pragprog.com/rd/doc/
There are lots of layout issues still, and it hasn't been tested on
all browsers, but it gives an idea of the stuff I'm working towards.


Dave