# \[ANN\] Gerbil 3.1.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-gerbil-3-1-0/141163 "2008-06-23T02:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-gerbil-3-1-0/141163/1 "2008-06-23T02:28:16Z")
Gerbil is an extensible document generator based on eRuby that outputs to any format you want: plain text, HTML, LaTeX, UNIX man page, your own custom format, and so on. ``` http://gerbil.rubyforge.org ``` ########################################################### Gerbil 3.1.0 This release improves the HTML format by reducing the output file size, improving on-line usability and document printability (please try the “print preview” function in your browser; the output is simply beautiful!), and repairing some defects. 1 Improvements • The file size of the HTML format’s output has been significantly reduced by reusing the data for embedded admonition icons through CSS. So use admonitions generously; they will not bloat the output file size! 1.1 Usability 1 Please see the ./doc/guide.html file in your Web browser. • All headings are now hyperlinks to themselves. This allows readers to obtain a “permanent link” to any section in your HTML document. • A meta navigation menu is now emitted at the top of the HTML document. This menu contains hyperlinks to the various structural elements of a document, such as the abstract, table of contents, list of figures, and references. • The color of visited hyperlinks has been darkened to improve readability. • The style of blockquote now provides better focus on its content. • Cross-reference (xref) hyperlinks now have a mouse-hover title when you override the default link text. 1.2 Printing • Page breaks are now inserted before major sections in the document. This allows for easier printing (you can print a subset of pages without fear of discontinuity) and improves readability through better organization. • In browsers that support CSS3 pseudo-class selectors, cross-reference hyperlinks now show the name and index of their destination node. • Internal hyperlinks (which point to internal URI fragments) that are not cross-references are now shown as normal text to reduce distraction. 2 Repairs • Cross-reference (xref) hyperlinks to paragraphs were broken due to a missing id attribute. • Removed useless CSS styles and fixed some XHTML validation issues.