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authornobu <nobu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2012-05-02 04:06:40 +0000
committernobu <nobu@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2012-05-02 04:06:40 +0000
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* README, README.ja: reformatted using rdoc markup. based on the
patches by zzak (Zachary Scott) in [Feature #6388]. * README, README.ja: updated the author's mail address. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@35518 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* What's Ruby
+= What's Ruby
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and
easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to
@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@ process text files and to do system management tasks (as in
Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
-* Features of Ruby
+== Features of Ruby
- + Simple Syntax
- + *Normal* Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls)
- + *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
- + Operator Overloading
- + Exception Handling
- + Iterators and Closures
- + Garbage Collection
- + Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture)
- + Highly Portable (works on many Unix-like/POSIX compatible platforms
+* Simple Syntax
+* *Normal* Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls)
+* *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
+* Operator Overloading
+* Exception Handling
+* Iterators and Closures
+* Garbage Collection
+* Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture)
+* Highly Portable (works on many Unix-like/POSIX compatible platforms
as well as Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS etc.)
cf. http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/wiki/SupportedPlatforms
-* How to get Ruby
+== How to get Ruby
The Ruby distribution files can be found in the following FTP site:
- ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/
+ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/
The trunk of the Ruby source tree can be checked out with the
following command:
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ Or if you are using git then use following command:
$ git ls-remote git://github.com/ruby/ruby.git
-* Ruby home-page
+== Ruby home-page
The URL of the Ruby home-page is:
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/
+http://www.ruby-lang.org/
-* Mailing list
+== Mailing list
There is a mailing list to talk about Ruby.
To subscribe this list, please send the following phrase
@@ -61,65 +61,65 @@ To subscribe this list, please send the following phrase
e.g.
subscribe Joseph Smith
-in the mail body (not subject) to the address <ruby-talk-ctl@ruby-lang.org>.
+in the mail body (not subject) to the address <mailto:ruby-talk-ctl@ruby-lang.org>.
-* How to compile and install
+== How to compile and install
This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
- 1. If ./configure does not exist or is older than configure.in,
+1. If +./configure+ does not exist or is older than configure.in,
run autoconf to (re)generate configure.
- 2. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile.
+2. Run +./configure+, which will generate config.h and Makefile.
Some C compiler flags may be added by default depending on your
- environment. Specify optflags=.. and warnflags=.. as necessary
- to override them.
+ environment. Specify <tt>optflags=..</tt> and <tt>warnflags=..</tt> as
+ necessary to override them.
- 3. Edit defines.h if you need. Usually this step will not be needed.
+3. Edit +defines.h+ if you need. Usually this step will not be needed.
- 4. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup (or
+4. Remove comment mark(<tt>#</tt>) before the module names from +ext/Setup+ (or
add module names if not present), if you want to link modules
statically.
If you don't want to compile non static extension modules
(probably on architectures which does not allow dynamic loading),
- remove comment mark from the line "#option nodynamic" in
- ext/Setup.
+ remove comment mark from the line "<tt>#option nodynamic</tt>" in
+ +ext/Setup+.
- 5. Run make.
+5. Run +make+.
- 6. Optionally, run 'make check' to check whether the compiled Ruby
- interpreter works well. If you see the message "check succeeded",
+6. Optionally, run '<tt>make check</tt>' to check whether the compiled Ruby
+ interpreter works well. If you see the message "<tt>check succeeded</tt>",
your ruby works as it should (hopefully).
- 7. Run 'make install'
+7. Run '<tt>make install</tt>'
This command will create following directories and install files
onto them.
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/bin
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/include/ruby-${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/include/ruby-${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/site_ruby
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/site_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/site_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/gems/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/share/man/man1
- * ${DESTDIR}${prefix}/share/ri/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/system
-
- If Ruby's API version is `x.y.z', the ((|${MAJOR}|)) is `x', the
- ((|${MINOR}|)) is `y', and the ((|${TEENY}|)) is `z'.
-
- NOTE: teeny of the API version may be different from one of
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/bin</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/include/ruby-${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/include/ruby-${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/site_ruby</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/site_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/site_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/${PLATFORM}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/lib/ruby/gems/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/share/man/man1</tt>
+ * <tt>${DESTDIR}${prefix}/share/ri/${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${TEENY}/system</tt>
+
+ If Ruby's API version is `_x.y.z_', the <tt>${MAJOR}</tt> is `_x_', the
+ <tt>${MINOR}</tt> is `_y_', and the <tt>${TEENY}</tt> is `_z_'.
+
+ *NOTE*: teeny of the API version may be different from one of
Ruby's program version
You may have to be a super user to install ruby.
@@ -128,20 +128,21 @@ If you fail to compile ruby, please send the detailed error report with
the error log and machine/OS type, to help others.
-* Copying
+== Copying
-See the file COPYING.
+See the file +COPYING+.
-* The Author
+== The Author
Feel free to send comments and bug reports to the author. Here is the
author's latest mail address:
- matz@netlab.jp
+<mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org>
-------------------------------------------------------
created at: Thu Aug 3 11:57:36 JST 1995
+--
Local variables:
-mode: indented-text
+mode: rdoc
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