From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-12-17T06:46:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie questions

On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, 8:10:19 AM, Chad wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Jim Frapper wrote:

> # I was wondering what the equivalent tools were to perldoc(ri is not)
> # and the CPAN module (i.e. searching for and installing modules from
> # the command line)?
> # 


> Forgive me if this has been covered somewhere else in this thread (big
> thread), but the CPAN-ish thing is being worked on and is called RubyGems.
> Recursive download/installation currently works.  You can get more info at
> http://rubygems.rubyforge.org.

Furthermore, RDoc is the perldoc semi-equivalent, and the new
generation of RDoc (in the works) adds the following benefits:
 - viewable via command-line (ri)
 - installable to system-wide location for easy reference

RubyGems also enables the "installation" of generated documentation.

So it's all starting to come together.

Gavin