From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-04-23T02:11:01+09:00
Subject: Re: how to get ri/rdoc working for 1.8.1 on Windows?

John W. Kennedy wrote:
>
> Jos Backus wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 01:03:36PM +0900, Curt Hibbs wrote:
> >>2) rdoc.bat in the bin directory has 4 bad paths in them (all
> near the top
> >>of the file). You don't need to delete his batch file, just
> change the paths
> >>to your ruby install dir ("c:\ruby" by default).
>
> >>3) "rdoc" and "ri" in the bin directory are missing their ".rb"
> >>extensions -- simply rename them.
>
> But once you've done 3, the bat file is useless anyway.  Same with
> testrb, irb, ri, and erb.  Rename 'em *.rb and throw the *.bat away.

The bat files are a convenience so you can simply type "rdoc <args>" instead
of "ruby rdoc.rb <args>".

> For the rest, yes, this has ri working again.
> <kermit>Yaaaayyyyyyy</kermit>

Great!

Curt