From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2008-03-10T01:37:16+09:00
Subject: Re: web-based ri browser -- a project looking for a creator



On Mar 9, 12:09 pm, Ken Bloom <kbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:45:00 -0500, Trans wrote:
> > If anyone is looking for an idea for a *very useful* ruby project, the
> > please consider creating a webrik or rack based web application for
> > browsing ri/fast-ri docs.
>
> > To give you an idea of functionality, there is (amazingly enough) a
> > gnome app that does it:
>
> >  http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?rbbr
>
> > This would be a great app to have. I would work on this myself, but my
> > plate is already too overloaded.
>
> > T.
>
> Consider using "gem server", which does most of what you're asking.
> It would be nice if "gem server" would incorporate non-gem rubydocs in
> other places in the system as well.

That's not the same. Gem server depends on gem installations, and the
generation of rdocs by those gems. It is not at all dynamic, nor is
the end result oragnaized in the same fashion.

T.