there must be a better way

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ def markdown( text = "" )
   def html_id( record )
     "#{record.class.name.tableize.singularize}_#{ record.id }"
   end
+
+  def debugging_info
+    out << "\n"
+    out << "logger: #{Rails.logger.inspect}\n"
+    out << "Rails.version: #{Rails.version}"
+
+    out << "Gems -----"
+    for g in Gem.loaded_specs.keys.sort
+      out << "     #{g} => #{Gem.loaded_specs[g].inspect}\n"
+    end
+
+    out.html_safe
+  end
 end
 
-ApplicationHelper.extend(ApplicationHelper)
+ApplicationHelper.extend ApplicationHelper

app/views/layouts/application.html.haml

@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@
 
     = render partial: "/layouts/application_footer" 
     = render partial: "/layouts/boot_sequence"
-
+
+    / debugging_info

config/environments/production.rb

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   # config.force_ssl = true
 
   # See everything in the log (default is :info)
-  # config.log_level = :debug
+  config.log_level = :debug
 
   # Use a different logger for distributed setups
   # config.logger = SyslogLogger.new

config/initializers/app_config.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 # Tweak a few of the settings
-Sorcery.config.book.epubforge_projects_dir.promote_configuration(Rails.env)
+Sorcery.config.book.epubforge_projects_dir.promote_configuration( Rails.env )
 
 for setting in [:host, :protocol, :port]
   Sorcery.config.request[setting].promote_configuration( Rails.env )