# Prettier documentation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prettier-documentation/120525>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 17, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prettier-documentation/120525 "2007-11-17T23:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prettier-documentation/120525/1 "2007-11-17T23:24:53Z")

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hi all,

how is the documentation for [http://rake.rubyforge.org/](http://rake.rubyforge.org/) and  
[http://syntax.rubyforge.org/api/](http://syntax.rubyforge.org/api/) generated?  
i like the look of it much better than vanilla rdoc.

any ideas?

thanks,  
\_c

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**Author:** ![polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prettier-documentation/120525/2 "2007-11-19T13:42:45Z")

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i finally found the answer to my question through quasi-random googling.  
shame that nice templates like  
[Buckblog: RDoc Template](http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2005/4/8/rdoc-template) are not included, by  
default. maybe there should be a gem with additional rdoc templates or  
something.

> how is the documentation for [http://rake.rubyforge.org/](http://rake.rubyforge.org/) and  
> [http://syntax.rubyforge.org/api/](http://syntax.rubyforge.org/api/) generated?  
> i like the look of it much better than vanilla rdoc.

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**Author:** ![polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prettier-documentation/120525/3 "2007-11-19T15:31:37Z")

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On Nov 19, 7:42 am, Christophe M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> i finally found the answer to my question through quasi-random googling.  
> shame that nice templates likehttp://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2005/4/8/rdoc-templateare not included, by  
> default. maybe there should be a gem with additional rdoc templates or  
> something.
> 
> > how is the documentation forhttp://rake.rubyforge.org/and  
> > [http://syntax.rubyforge.org/api/generated](http://syntax.rubyforge.org/api/generated)?  
> > i like the look of it much better than vanilla rdoc.

I don’t undertand why the jamis template isn’t included.

you might try allison though.

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**Author:** ![polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prettier-documentation/120525/4 "2007-11-19T17:18:56Z")

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> I don’t undertand why the jamis template isn’t included.
> 
> you might try allison though.

thanks, yeah, found that though my googling too. just blogged about it:

> **[generating prettier rdoc](http://crepuscular-homunculus.blogspot.com/2007/11/generating-prettier-rdoc.html)**
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> If you've ever looked at the rails documentation you may have wondered how DHH and crew generated it. I find it a lot prettier to look at t...