On Jul 15, 9:42 am, Peter De Berdt <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 Jul 2010, at 17:53, Roy Pardee wrote: > > > I've got an app that stores infrequently-changing-but-not-entirely- > > static data. I'd like to be able to generate a snapshot of the app > > (or a portion thereof) in a CHM file so users can snag a copy for > > offline use, that still has the hyperlink structure intact, can be > > searched, printed, etc. Optimal would be something I could feed a > > route to & it would spider every link from there, using my existing > > views. > > > My googling has not turned up any existing gems/plugins that just > > magically do what I want, alas, but I wondered if anybody here can > > point me at a likely place to start on such a feature? I know there's > > an rdoc plugin or branch that generates CHM from rdoc--that'll be > > where I start unless someone has a better suggestion. > > If you are on OS X, you can use the rdoc_osx_dictionary (more info > here:http://github.com/seattlerb/rdoc_osx_dictionary). I believe > there's a dependency on hoe that isn't installed with the gem > (although it should be, but it isn't), so if you are having problems, > make sure you have hoe installed too. > > A google search for "rails chm" brought up these: > > http://moiristo.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/ruby-core-ruby-on-rails-chm-...http://dirk.net/2007/12/30/generate-ruby-on-rails-chm-documentation/ > etc. > > Maybe you'll have luck with those links. > > Best regards > > Peter De Berdt
Thanks Peter. I'm looking for cross-platform output, so I don't think the apple dictionary format will serve. I think those links tap into the rdoc stuff, but I'll give them a read & see. Thanks! -Roy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
