From: Ralph Mason <ralph.mason@...>
Date: 2002-01-25T14:08:55+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RDoc learns to draw pictures...

This looks so compelling now I am going to have to learn how to use it. As
is I have time for these things :-(

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Thomas" <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:34 PM
Subject: [ANN] RDoc learns to draw pictures...


>
> RDoc is a Javadoc-like documentation tools for Ruby source. RDoc
> alpha-9 is now available at
>
>
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42128&release_id=71859
>
> The most significant new feature is the addition of class and module
> drawings, based on the great work of Sergey A Yanovitsky (Jah). There
> are some examples at http://rdoc.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html. The
> initial picture is fairly boring--click on simple_markup to see
> something more realistic.
>
> Diagram support is still experimental, and you'll eed to have the
> 'dot' program loaded (http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/)
>
> The full list of changes since alpha-8 is:
>
>         * added --help option.
>
> * Jah of Enticla added wonderful support for diagramming
>   classes and modules. Added new -d option to turn it on, and
>   renamed the debug option -D.
>
> * Added support for generating the blank page needed as the
>           initial src= in the source frame.
>
> * The body of labeled lists can now start on the line
>   following the label, thus avoiding those hideously indented
>   blocks. This means you can write:
>
>              This is my very long label::
>                 And this is the body of the list entry. See it
>                 glisten in the noon-day sun.
>
> * Added --template option and the ability to switch html
>   output templates. Included the 'kilmer' template from
>           Rich Kilmer.
>
>
>
> Have fun
>
>
> Dave
>