From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2008-07-30T12:24:24+09:00
Subject: Re: how regenerate ri data?

Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:

> On Jul 29, 2008, at 15:04 , matt neuburg wrote:
> 
> > http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=25981:
> >
> >> * ri now walks the ancestors of a class looking for a method e.g. ri
> >> File#read displays documentation for IO#read (may require  
> >> regeneration of
> >> ri data)
> >
> > Sounds cool! But:
> >
> > Big-iMac-Attack:~ mattneub$ rdoc --version
> > rdoc 2.1.0
> > Big-iMac-Attack:~ mattneub$ ri --version
> > ri 2.1.0
> > Big-iMac-Attack:~ mattneub$ ri File#read
> > Nothing known about File#read
> >
> > So it sounds like I do need to regenerate the ri data. How? Thx - m.
> 
> % sudo make install-doc
> 
> in the source tarball (assumes you installed your own ruby--if you  
> didn't, you deleted your rdoc data?)

Didn't help, presumably because the rdoc being used is the one in the
tarball, not the new version...?

m.
-- 
matt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/
Leopard - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/leopard-customizing.html
AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119
Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com