View RDoc’s for all local gems? “Gem Server” to the rescue!
Published: May 23rd, 2008Be prepared to read one of the most amazing tips ever. This tip is especially awesome if you are traveling and don’t have internet access.
Introduction
Woah, I am completely blown away by this right now. A co-worker1 just told me about “gem server”. What this does is simply amazing, especially when you are traveling and don’t have internet access.
Cool…I guess? But what does it do?!
It fires up a server page on localhost:8808 and when you access it, you get a nice big index page of all locally installed gems, with the ability to view the rdoc for each one. How awesome is that? Damn awesome in my opinion.
Run it & enjoy it!
gem server
- Mitch Hashimoto : http://mitchellhashimoto.com/ [↩]
My mind has been similarly blown away. Thanks for sharing this awesome tip!
gem_server did it for me.
That’s a great tip!
if you don’t want to fire up the gem server you can use the gemdoc shoutcut. I find it very useful!
see: http://stephencelis.com/archive/2008/6/bashfully-yours-gem-shortcuts
Thanks for the tip. It’s certainly a gr8 help
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