From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2009-08-06T05:58:43+09:00
Subject: Re: A question about ruby-doc

On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:12, Jason Lillywhite wrote:

>> I installed ruby-doc-stdlib-0.10.1 in my computer and open the index
>> file. I failed to show the method of String class. There are a lot of
>> packages in the left frame and I don't know which one contains string
>> class. How can I search in ruby doc?
>
> Well, I think I found the answer to your question. You downloaded the
> Standard library, which does not contain String. You need to download
> the Core library from this location:
>
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/downloads/
>
> Then under the words, "The 1.8.6 Base Distribution RDoc HTML"
>
> click on the "tgz file" link.
>
> That will give you the core library for viewing locally. In there, you
> can search by class and find String.

Also, you can view RDoc for installed gems locally, see:

gem help server