From: Jos Backus <jos@...>
Date: 2004-04-23T04:00:54+09:00
Subject: Re: how to get ri/rdoc working for 1.8.1 on Windows?

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 02:11:01AM +0900, Curt Hibbs wrote:
> John W. Kennedy wrote:
> > 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>".

I'm not sure about older Windows versions, but once the .rb file type is
registered (using the ftype command or by the installer) you can just run
`foo.rb' by typing `foo'. In that case the .bat files are redundant.

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