# \[ANN\] ERBook 7.1.1

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 7, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-7-1-1/175053 "2009-09-07T04:18:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-7-1-1/175053/1 "2009-09-07T04:18:10Z")

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                       ERBook 7.1.1

       Write books, manuals, and documents in 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, which allow  
scripting and dynamic content generation.

Version 7.1.1 (2009-09-06)

This release improves support for Microsoft, Opera, and  
Webkit web browsers in the XHTML format, revises the code and  
documentation, and fixes some bugs.

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 * [3]Bug fixes

 * [4]Housekeeping

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Bug fixes

```
 * Restore support for Microsoft web browsers by removing
   the optimization of storing image data URIs in XML
   entities. See [5]Serve XHTML as HTML for Microsoft web
   browsers for the consequences of this change.

 * The screen did not scroll during reveal_hash() in Webkit
   browsers.

 * The prevent_jump option of set_hash() did not work for
   Opera and Microsoft browsers.

 * Use text descriptions instead of graphical symbols in the
   ALT fields of navigation menu images.

 * The Abstract was not in the prev/next navigation chain.

```

Housekeeping

```
 * Open source is for fun, so [6]be nice: speak of "related
   works" instead of "competitors".

 * Fix warning about $logo and $feeds being used when not
   defined.

 * Include project website URL in "generator" HTML meta
   field.

 * Emit project license above JavaScript code in XHTML
   output.

 * Lots of other clean up in the documentation and the XHTML
   format.

```

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/#Bug-fixes)
4. [ERBook 9.2.1 — Write books, manuals, and documents in eRuby](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#Housekeeping)
5. 

[http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#Serve-XHTML-as-HTML-for-Microsoft-web-browsers](http://snk.tuxfamily.org/lib/erbook/#Serve-XHTML-as-HTML-for-Microsoft-web-browsers)  
6.  
[http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/03/never-criticize-your-competitors.html](http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/03/never-criticize-your-competitors.html)

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This might be a stupid question, but what is [ANN] ?

Is this a suitable place to announce ruby projects that other people  
might be interested in?

Kind regards,  
Samuel

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**Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-erbook-7-1-1/175053/3 "2009-09-07T04:53:54Z")

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Space Ship T. wrote:

> This might be a stupid question, but what is [ANN] ?

When you see [ANN] in the subject of an email on this ruby-talk list, it  
signifies that the email is an announcement.

Typically, [ANN] announcements are about new releases of open source  
projects. In case of an announcement about a commercial product or  
service, an [ADV] (signifying “ADVertisement”) or [ANN/ADV] label is  
used instead.

> Is this a suitable place to announce ruby projects that other people  
> might be interested in?

Yes. Other places for announcing Ruby projects are the RAA[1](http://raa.ruby-lang.org) and  
RubyForge[2](http://rubyforge.org/news/).

I personally announce my open source projects to all three places  
simultaneously and also provide RSS feeds on my project websites so that  
interested users can also be notified of new releases via their RSS feed  
reader.

Cheers.