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31 Oct, 2012 06:15 PM

A problem I run into frequently is that I'm happily browsing documentation on rdoc.info, and I run into a class which has most of its methods hidden from YARD.

To figure out how this class works, I need to read the source. I look up at the top of the rdoc.info page, I see the source code's filename... and in a spasm of optimism, I try to click it. My clicks are in vain, however, since it's not a link; it's merely the name.

I've clicked that name in vain so many times.

After this, I curse a bit, and proceed to copy/paste the filename in preparation to hunt down the file (which involves inconvenient activities like searching github or rubygems.org, or installing the gem just so I can 'cd' into its directory and view one file).

It would be humayzing if that filename was clickable, and just showed the source code in a new window. (Displaying the code completely unhighlighted is totally acceptable, although line numbers and colour would be nice too.)

Thanks for your time,
Chris

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