John Gabriele wrote: > Where does this cvs version of gem put the ri docs (yaml files) that > it generates?
In the doc directory of the gem repository. >> The install and >> update commands supports both --rdoc and --ri switches. > > Just curious, is it the default behaviour to generate and install both > the rdoc->html and rdoc->yaml (ri) docs when you install a gem? If so, > then what's the point of those --rdoc and --ri switches? So you can say --no-rdoc and --no-ri >> The rdoc >> command can also generate rdoc and ri docs at any time for any installed >> command. > > Not sure what you mean by "installed command", but... Sorry, I meant any installed gem. > I see that rdoc can make ri docs for the core/std modules > (/opt/ruby-1.8.4/lib/ruby/1.8), and using the "--ri-system" option it > places them into /opt/ruby-1.8.4/share/ri/1.8/system. > > And that rdoc can make ri docs for site modules > (/opt/ruby-1.8.4/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8), and using the "--ri-site" > option it places them into /opt/ruby-1.8.4/share/ri/1.8/site. > > And that rdoc ran make ri docs for any of my random oddball modules, > and using the "--ri" option it places them into my own ~/.rdoc > directory (though that's not working for me at the moment), > > But rdoc doesn't seem to have an option for use when generating ri > docs for gems. Or does it? The gem rdoc command generates the RI docs too. Is that what you are asking. > How do most folks currently go about having ri docs for installed gems? Most people don't yet, the RI stuff is fairly recent. -- Jim Weirich _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
