From: Damphyr Date: 2004-01-31T22:32:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Changes to "Programming Ruby" book for 1.8.x Phil Tomson wrote: > In article <1691601598837.20040131124436@soyabean.com.au>, > Gavin Sinclair wrote: > >>On Saturday, January 31, 2004, 7:43:57 AM, Dave wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Jan 30, 2004, at 14:29, Phil Tomson wrote: >> >>>>Since the text to Dave & Andy's "Programming Ruby" book is freely >>>>available, is anyone making changes to reflect changes in Ruby 1.8.x? >>>> >>>>The RubyGarden wiki lists ChangesToProgrammingRuby at: >>>>http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?ChangesToProgrammingRuby >>>> >>>>Is anyone actually implementing these changes and if so is there a >>>>version online anywhere that reflects these changes? Maybe there >>>>could be a CVS repository where the text is kept and people could be >>>>allowed to submit updates? ....more stuff omitted..... >> > > > There could be an online version of "Programming Ruby" that covers > everything (as much as possible) and a paper one (hopefully) the might not > be comprehensive but would have pointers to where you can find the info > online. Well, I don't mind having the online version being the most complete, but it's extremely handy having the book in one compact, printable and , above all, always on hand reference. I often code while on the train for example and not having a reference at hand can really throw you off. Having an outdated or plainly wrong reference is even worse. I'm not talking about a printed version. I only think that a language distro should have a reference for every library it includes leaving any library that doesn't provide a good reference and decent usage documentation (ok, the latter can be incomplete) out of the distro. Having said that, I love the .chm file for being a fast all-in-one reference and usage guide (a pdf version would be just as good - better cause I could use it with linux- an html one less desirable - I personally hate clicking: pgDn,pgUp work a lot faster) and I am all for having a project to keep it up-to-date for each subsequent release. Having just switched to 1.8 I'm having difficulties following the changes or figuring exactly what goes on in some libs (witness my rather naive question about CGI and the return values of CGI#params). I actually find the idea of having a Rubyforge for the Windows installer and for the Pickaxe book documentation that goes with it a very nice idea - and a good incentive to start building a set of scripts for document generation in Ruby (but I'll look first to find who has already started on that path). What say Dave, Andrew and co? V.- ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.freemail.gr - ������ �������� ������������ ������������. http://www.freemail.gr - free email service for the Greek-speaking.