From: Lyle Johnson <lyle@...>
Date: 2004-01-11T02:31:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Using the new 'ri'

Gavin Sinclair wrote:

> Many of you know that 'ri' has undergone some change recently.  Maybe
> not Ruby 1.8.1, but from 1.8.2 onwards, 'ri' will be part of every
> Ruby installation.  This is convenient, but you may have to play a
> part in generating its database.
> 
> If you are not sure what the latest is in this cool little program, I
> put up this page to get you started.  It only applies to people who
> are happy to build the Ruby source from CVS at this stage.
> 
>   http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?NextGenerationRi
> 
> Gavin

Thanks for writing this up. It may be worth noting on your Wiki page 
that the HEAD of the CVS repository is for Ruby 1.9, which I understand 
will be a little experimental at this point (true?) In that case, people 
  may want to check out the 1.8 branch instead, e.g.

     cvs co -r ruby_1_8 ruby

Hope this helps,

Lyle