rbenv-man

rbenv-man is a plugin for rbenv to easily access the man pages for the currently set Ruby version, e.g. ruby(1) and irb(1).

Technically, rbenv-man is a wrapper for man(1) that takes care of using the correct manpath.

Note: To view a gem's man page, install gem-man.

Installation

To install rbenv-man, clone this repository into your ~/.rbenv/plugins directory. (You'll need a recent version of rbenv that supports plugin bundles.)

$ mkdir -p "$(rbenv root)/plugins"
$ git clone https://github.com/mlafeldt/rbenv-man.git "$(rbenv root)/plugins/rbenv-man"

Usage

Simply use rbenv-man in the same way as your system's man(1) program. All command-line options are passed through to it.

Some examples:

• Show ruby(1) manual:

    $ rbenv man ruby
  

• Show ri(1) manual:

    $ rbenv man 1 ri
  

• Print location of ruby(1) manual:

    $ rbenv man -w ruby
    /home/mlafeldt/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p290/share/man/man1/ruby.1
  

• Change Ruby version and print new location of man page:

    $ rbenv global 1.9.3-p0
    $ rbenv man -w ruby
    /home/mlafeldt/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p0/share/man/man1/ruby.1
  

License

rbenv-man does not reach the threshold of originality, so no license is needed.

Contact

• Web: https://github.com/mlafeldt/rbenv-man
• Mail: mathias.lafeldt@gmail.com
• Twitter: @mlafeldt