# Fine-grained rdoc control with hoe

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fine-grained-rdoc-control-with-hoe/140625>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 16, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fine-grained-rdoc-control-with-hoe/140625 "2008-06-16T21:35:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fine-grained-rdoc-control-with-hoe/140625/1 "2008-06-16T21:35:25Z")

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Is there any way to specify the options to be passed to rdoc for hoe’s  
documentation targets (either in the Rakefile or in environment  
variables)? I looked for this, but I could not find it. I have  
wanted this for several things in the past, but I’m now interested in  
it for specifying a different rdoc template.

If this isn’t supported, I would like to vote for this as an  
enhancement for a future version of hoe. Thank you!

Tony

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fine-grained-rdoc-control-with-hoe/140625/2 "2008-09-27T20:05:36Z")

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> If this isn’t supported, I would like to vote for this as an  
> enhancement for a future version of hoe. Thank you!
> 
> Tony  
> I actually fixed this myself by adding the RDOCOPT environment variable  
> (rdoc 2.1.0), from which rdoc sources options.

## Tony

Tony S.  
Designing Patterns, LLC  
[http://www.designingpatterns.com](http://www.designingpatterns.com)  
[http://blogs.designingpatterns.com](http://blogs.designingpatterns.com)