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Re: Show HN: Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've indexed every ruby gem, including rails.

Is there some way I can view my own ruby project with this? like by pointing it at my github repo url/ssh url?

If your gem is published, we'll pick it up automatically during the next index run. If not, we're thinking about adding the ability to index public repos -- but private ones are longer-term. What do you need?

Re: Show HN: Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

#52
I like the speed of the search and most of the layout. It could really use some kind of Table of Contents for the current entry, though.

For more fanciful ideas, it would be neat if there was a way to add links to particular paragraphs or sections so you can link to any relevant blog posts or StackOverflow questions that explain the intricacies of something in more detail. Especially if it was easy for readers to add them in themselves.

Re: Show HN: Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

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post #52

I like the speed of the search and most of the layout. It could really use some kind of Table of Contents for the current entry, though. For more fanciful ideas, it would be neat if there was a way to add links to particular paragraphs or sections so you can link to any relevant blog posts or StackOverflow questions that explain the intricacies of something in more detail. Especially if it was easy for readers to add…

We do have a ToC view for everything we index, it's just not totally obvious how to get to it right now (from search, click on the header in the preview window -- those links go to the view you want). For example:

http://www.omniref.com/docs/ruby/stdlib/2.0.0-p247/classes/A...

That said, you're totally right about this needing to be more visible, and we'll have something better for this in the next day or so.

"it would be neat if there was a way to add links to particular paragraphs or sections so you can link to any relevant blog posts or StackOverflow questions that explain the intricacies of something in more detail. Especially if it was easy for readers to add them in themselves."

We've had multiple requests for comments, so that's definitely going on our short list of new features. Thanks for the feedback, and let us know if you think of anything else.

Re: Show HN: Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

#57

Tim & I are planning to spend quite a bit more time on this, what do you other devs want to see in documentation search? Full stack? Multi version? Comments? Examples? IDE integration? What would make your life better?

It would be awesome if I could upload (or just post) my Gemfile to your site and be able to search only the gems I am using.

Re: Show HN: Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

#58

Tim & I are planning to spend quite a bit more time on this, what do you other devs want to see in documentation search? Full stack? Multi version? Comments? Examples? IDE integration? What would make your life better?

It would also be nice to use chrome's "tab to search" feature so I can just type: "omniref" [TAB] [query]

Re: Show HN: Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation

#59

Tim & I are planning to spend quite a bit more time on this, what do you other devs want to see in documentation search? Full stack? Multi version? Comments? Examples? IDE integration? What would make your life better?

It would be awesome if I could upload (or just post) my Gemfile to your site and be able to search only the gems I am using.

I've wanted this since the beginning, so this is coming soon. ;-)
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