Ruby Document format

<h2 id="use">Use</h2>
<p>Originally, most documentation in the Ruby world, including for Ruby itself, had been written in RD. Then in 2002, much of it was converted to RDoc format. Although, the Japanese version of the <i>Ruby Reference Manual</i> still remains in RD format.
</p><p>RD is designed to be written by hand and easily read in its raw form. Most end-users however experience it after it has been converted into HTML or <a href="/facts/Man_page/S2yYjy0J">man pages</a>.
</p><p>RD can be embedded in Ruby code, and pure RD files usually have the extension .rd.
</p>
<h2 id="sample-rd-document">Sample RD document</h2>
<p>This document is syntactically correct RD,
which attempts to follow the major conventions on section naming as well.
</p>
<table><tbody><tr><th>Source</th><th>HTML result</th></tr><tr><td>=begin= NAMERD sample - A sample RD document= SYNOPSIS here.is_a?(Piece::Of::Code) print <<"END" This indented block will not be scanned for formatting codes or directives, and spacing will be preserved. END= DESCRIPTIONHere's some normal text.  It includes text that is((*emphasized*)), ((%keyboard%)), (({code}))-formatted,((|variable part|)), ((:indexed:)), and (('as-is'))((-footnote-)).== An Example List* This is a bulleted list.* Here's another item.  * Nested list item.== An ordered List(1) This is the first item(2) second    * Nested unordered list.(3) third    (1) Nested ordered list    (2) its second item=end=begin html<img src="Example.png" align="right" alt="Figure 1." /><p>    Here's some embedded HTML.  In this block I can     include images, apply <span style="color: green">    styles</span>, or do anything else I can do with    HTML.  RD processors that aren't outputting HTML will    completely ignore it.</p>=end=begin= COPYRIGHTCopyright 2005 <a href="/facts/J._Random_Hacker/WG991qDM">J. Random Hacker</a> <jrh@cpan.org>.Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the <a href="/facts/GNU_Free_Documentation_License/IhVHF3zP">GNU Free Documentation License</a>, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the <a href="/facts/Free_Software_Foundation/k0sBmw7y">Free Software Foundation</a>; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.=end</td><td><h2 id="name">NAME</h2><p>RD sample - A sample RD document</p><h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>here.is_a?(Piece::Of::Code)print <<"END"This indented block will not be scanned for formattingcodes or directives, and spacing will be preserved.END<h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2><p>Here's some normal text.  It includes text that is<i>emphasized</i>, keyboard, code-formatted, variable part, indexed, and as-is*1.</p><h2 id="an-example-list">An Example List</h2><ul><li>This is a bulleted list.</li><li>Here's another item.<ul><li>Nested list item.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="an-ordered-list">An ordered List</h2><ol><li>This is the first item</li><li>second</li></ol><ul><li>Nested unordered list.</li></ul><ol><li>start=3</li><li>third</li></ol><ol><li>Nested ordered list</li><li>its second item</li></ol><p>Here's some embedded HTML.  In this block I can include images, apply styles, or do anything else I can do withHTML.  RD processors that aren't outputting HTMLwill completely ignore it.</p><h2 id="copyright">COPYRIGHT</h2><p>Copyright 2005 J. Random Hacker <jrh@cpan.org>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Markdown/yAL6qk7M">Markdown</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Plain_Old_Documentation/wpKtRCUk">Plain Old Documentation</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/rdtool?name=RDtool">RDtool</a> - Framework to translate RD document into other formats.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/uwabami/rdtool/blob/master/doc/rd-draft.rd">rd-draft.rd</a> - full description of RD markup languard (in RD format)</li>
<li><a href="http://rubyforge.org/docman/view.php/5708/3908/rd-draft.html">rd-draft.html</a> - full description of RD markup language (converted to HTML)</li></ul>

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Ruby Document format