Re: ri doesn't seem to work
On 12/06/07, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the command line), it returns the same result: ri Time.strftime Nothing known about Time.strftime I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? On a hunch I typed ri -h . . . and another hunch made me type ri -c . . . . . . Well, crap. rdoc wants something I can't think to give it. Hopefully this will start making sense. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ri doesn't seem to work
On 13/06/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/06/07, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the command line), it returns the same result: ri Time.strftime Nothing known about Time.strftime I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? On a hunch I typed ri -h . . . and another hunch made me type ri -c . . . . . . Well, crap. rdoc wants something I can't think to give it. Hopefully this will start making sense. Hello, self. Also, hello, Chad! % tar jxvf /ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2 % sudo rdoc --ri -R -U ruby-1.8.6/ seems to be producing output. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ri doesn't seem to work
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:06:08AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/06/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/06/07, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the command line), it returns the same result: ri Time.strftime Nothing known about Time.strftime I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? On a hunch I typed ri -h . . . and another hunch made me type ri -c . . . . . . Well, crap. rdoc wants something I can't think to give it. Hopefully this will start making sense. Hello, self. Also, hello, Chad! % tar jxvf /ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2 % sudo rdoc --ri -R -U ruby-1.8.6/ seems to be producing output. Interesting. Any idea why this isn't more obvious? I guess my mistake was in not trying ri -c. I'm also not terribly clear on how I'd have guessed at: /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2 . . . without any easily discoverable guidance. Thanks much! It's working now. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] print substr(Just another Perl hacker, 0, -2); ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ri doesn't seem to work
On 13/06/07, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:06:08AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/06/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/06/07, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the command line), it returns the same result: ri Time.strftime Nothing known about Time.strftime I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? On a hunch I typed ri -h . . . and another hunch made me type ri -c . . . . . . Well, crap. rdoc wants something I can't think to give it. Hopefully this will start making sense. Hello, self. Also, hello, Chad! % tar jxvf /ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2 % sudo rdoc --ri -R -U ruby-1.8.6/ seems to be producing output. Interesting. Any idea why this isn't more obvious? I guess my mistake was in not trying ri -c. I'm also not terribly clear on how I'd have guessed at: /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2 . . . without any easily discoverable guidance. Something on the ruby site hinted at the rdoc parser needing the source files, though I suppose that hardly qualifies as Easily discoverable guidance. Thanks much! It's working now. No, thank _you_. I had given up on making ri work myself. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ri doesn't seem to work
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:56:30PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks much! It's working now. No, thank _you_. I had given up on making ri work myself. I'm glad it worked out for both of us, then. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] awj @reddit: The terms never and always are never always true. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ri doesn't seem to work
No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the command line), it returns the same result: ri Time.strftime Nothing known about Time.strftime I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Dr. Ron Paul: Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]