# \[ANN\] ERBook 6.0.0

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**Created:** [January 19, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-6-0-0/158110 "2009-01-19T13:48:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-6-0-0/158110/1 "2009-01-19T13:48:09Z")

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```
                       ERBook 6.0.0

       Extensible document processor based on eRuby

           http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/

```

ERBook is an extensible document processor that emits [1]any  
document you can imagine from [2]eRuby templates that allow  
scripting and dynamic content generation.

A working [3]XHTML (web page) format is provided, while  
[4]LaTeX (PDF), [5]UNIX manual page, and [6]plain text  
formats are planned… [7]patches are welcome!

6.1 Version 6.0.0 (2009-01-19)

This release improves the appearance & usability of the XHTML  
format, refactors the core logic into reusable libraries,  
fixes some bugs and improves variable names.

Incompatible changes

```
 * Renamed @types to @nodes_by_type and @spec to @format in
   XHTML format.

 * Moved the core logic of the erbook executable into the
   ERBook::Document and ERBook::Document::Template classes.

```

New features

```
 * Addded navigation menus beside every segment in the user
   manual. These menus allow you to jump to the
   next/previous segment, whereas previously you always had
   to go back to the table of contents and select a new
   segment.

 * A star is drawn beside a reverse jump target in the table
   of contents, so the user can continue where they left
   off.

 * Added "inline" node definition parameter (see [8]Section
   3.2.1. Node definition).

 * Added $subtitle parameter to XHTML format.
 * Document parameters for the XHTML format, such as $title,
   can now be disabled by setting them to nil.

 * Relative file paths can now be specified in <%#include#%>
   directives.

 * Added a "node" node (see [9]Section 5.1.4.2.1. node),
   which serves as a pass-through container, in the XHTML
   format.

 * Allow user to type <pre> blocks on single lines without
   affecting the display of their content.

 * Initial newline in the body of <code> is now stripped.
   This allows users to write their code blocks normally:
   <code>
   foo
   bar
   </code>
   Instead of abnormally to avoid an extra leading newline:
   <code>foo
   bar
   </code>

 * Paragraph nodes are now included in the table of
   contents.

```

Bug fixes

```
 * Input to unindentation algorithm was being partially
   unindented beforehand by the logic that silences
   code-only eRuby directives. This corrupted the
   unindentation algorithm's output in some cases.

 * <pre> blocks now expand to fit their content in the XHTML
   format. No more scrollbars!

 * <a/> without href was treated as external hyperlink.

```

Housekeeping

```
 * Revised the project logo to emphasize the owl mascot.
 * Replaced dull MediaWiki hyperlink colors with more lively
   colors in XHTML format.

 * Wrote more API documentation and use [10]Inochi to
   simplify project maintenance.

```

References

1. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#HelloWorld)
2. [eRuby - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERuby)
3. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#xhtml)
4. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#latex)
5. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#man)
6. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#text)
7. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#License)
8. [http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#SpecFile.nodes](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#SpecFile.nodes)
9. [http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#xhtml.nodes.node](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#xhtml.nodes.node)
10. [http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/inochi](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/inochi)