Hi
I recently moved from windows to kubuntu.
I used to always code with the pickaxe chm open next to me and it was a
constant source of pleasure. I am wondering what are good language
references to use under linux - online or offline? ideally, i would want
something with the searchability of the pickaxe.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
regards
ivor
You can use a chm viewer in Linux; so you can continue to use the pickaxe.
Search for 'chm' in the synaptic package manager and you'll probably find a
few.
Thanks,
Barry
On 23/10/2007, Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I recently moved from windows to kubuntu.
I used to always code with the pickaxe chm open next to me and it was a
constant source of pleasure. I am wondering what are good language
references to use under linux - online or offline? ideally, i would want
something with the searchability of the pickaxe.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
regards
ivor
sudo apt-get install rubybook
Unfortunately only an older version, but there you go.
HTH,
Felix
-----Original Message-----
From: Ivor Paul [mailto:ivorpaul@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:45 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: good language reference under linuxHi
I recently moved from windows to kubuntu.
I used to always code with the pickaxe chm open next to me
and it was a
constant source of pleasure. I am wondering what are good language
references to use under linux - online or offline? ideally, i
would want
something with the searchability of the pickaxe.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
regards
ivor
thanks!
On 10/23/07, Barry Hanna <barryahanna@googlemail.com> wrote:
You can use a chm viewer in Linux; so you can continue to use the pickaxe.
Search for 'chm' in the synaptic package manager and you'll probably find
a
few.Thanks,
Barry
On 23/10/2007, Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I recently moved from windows to kubuntu.
>
> I used to always code with the pickaxe chm open next to me and it was a
> constant source of pleasure. I am wondering what are good language
> references to use under linux - online or offline? ideally, i would want
> something with the searchability of the pickaxe.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> regards
> ivor
>
Hi Ivor,
I am using xchm under Kubuntu and it works flawlessly!
peter@brain:~$ sudo apt-cache search xchm
xchm - Compiled HTML Help (CHM) file viewer for X
HTH,
Peter
"Unfortunately only an older version, but there you go."
Actually, anyone knows when the newer pickaxe will be released?
I mean i.e. like the first one happened to attract people on the www
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Marc Heiler wrote:
"Unfortunately only an older version, but there you go."
Actually, anyone knows when the newer pickaxe will be released?
I mean i.e. like the first one happened to attract people on the www
Only the PragProgs know for sure, but why wait? Serious Rubyists will buy the book.
"If you want to know where a man's heart is, look in his checkbook."
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Hi Guys
thanks for all the suggestions. I installed xchm and it looks really cool.
i apt-get'ed the rubybook but I dont user-get how to interact with it now?
Just installed and now I dont know where to find it or what to do with it 
Ivor
On 10/24/07, Tim Hunter <TimHunter@nc.rr.com> wrote:
Marc Heiler wrote:
> "Unfortunately only an older version, but there you go."
>
> Actually, anyone knows when the newer pickaxe will be released?
> I mean i.e. like the first one happened to attract people on the wwwOnly the PragProgs know for sure, but why wait? Serious Rubyists will
buy the book."If you want to know where a man's heart is, look in his checkbook."
--
RMagick OS X Installer [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rmagick/\]
RMagick Hints & Tips [http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=1618\]
RMagick Installation FAQ [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html\]
Ivor Paul wrote:
Hi Guys
thanks for all the suggestions. I installed xchm and it looks really cool.
i apt-get'ed the rubybook but I dont user-get how to interact with it now?
Just installed and now I dont know where to find it or what to do with itIvor
try
$ sudo updatedb
and when that finishes
$ locate pdf |less
Reid Thompson wrote:
Ivor Paul wrote:
Hi Guys
thanks for all the suggestions. I installed xchm and it looks really cool.
i apt-get'ed the rubybook but I dont user-get how to interact with it now?
Just installed and now I dont know where to find it or what to do with itIvor
try
$ sudo updatedb
and when that finishes
$ locate pdf |less
sorry,
wrong format...
$ locate chm |less
Does the rubybook package install a CHM format book? I thought it just
installed an HTML format copy of the book. If so, you might want to use
this to find it:
$ locate html|grep -i ruby|less
If, contradictory to my memory of it, it installs CHM, this might help
narrow down the search:
$ locate chm|grep -i ruby|less
Of course, if you find an HTML copy, you'll just have to open it in a
browser. For instance, if it's located at /usr/share/doc/rubybook/html
you might enter this in the address bar of your browser:
file:///usr/share/doc/rubybook/html/index.html
I think that was the path. It's been a while, though, so I could be
mistaken. I suppose I might be especially mistaken if you're using
Ubuntu, since I used "vanilla" Debian.
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 01:00:33AM +0900, Reid Thompson wrote:
Reid Thompson wrote:
>Ivor Paul wrote:
>>Hi Guys
>>
>>thanks for all the suggestions. I installed xchm and it looks really
>>cool.
>>
>>i apt-get'ed the rubybook but I dont user-get how to interact with it
>>now?
>>Just installed and now I dont know where to find it or what to do with
>>it
>
>try
>$ sudo updatedb
>and when that finishes
>$ locate pdf |less
>
sorry,
wrong format...
$ locate chm |less
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