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authorYukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto <[email protected]>2013-05-01 18:09:40 -0700
committerYukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto <[email protected]>2013-05-01 18:09:40 -0700
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Merge pull request #1227 from bovi/patch-2
Cosmetic improvements of mrbgems documentation
-rw-r--r--doc/mrbgems/README.md34
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mrbgems/README.md b/doc/mrbgems/README.md
index 6b7462af5..1ad39a02b 100644
--- a/doc/mrbgems/README.md
+++ b/doc/mrbgems/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ standardised way into mruby.
## Usage
By default mrbgems is currently deactivated. As soon as you add a GEM to your
-build configuration (*build_config.rb*), mrbgems will be activated and the
+build configuration (i.e. *build_config.rb*), mrbgems will be activated and the
extension integrated.
To add a GEM into the *build_config.rb* add the following line for example:
@@ -25,41 +25,41 @@ A remote GIT repository location for a GEM is also supported:
conf.gem :bitbucket => 'mruby/mrbgems-example', :branch => 'master'
-NOTE: ':bitbucket' option supports only git. Hg is unsupported in this version.
+NOTE: `:bitbucket` option supports only git. Hg is unsupported in this version.
## GemBox
There are instances when you wish to add a collection of gems into mruby at
once, or be able to substitute gems based on configuration, without having to
add each gem to the *build_config.rb* file. A packaged collection of mrbgems
-is called a Gembox. A Gembox is a file that contains a list of gems to load
+is called a GemBox. A GemBox is a file that contains a list of gems to load
into mruby, in the same format as if you were adding them to *build_config.rb*
-via `config.gem`, but wrapped in an ```Mruby::GemBox``` object. Gemboxes are
-loaded into mruby via `config.gembox boxname`.
+via `config.gem`, but wrapped in an `MRuby::GemBox` object. GemBoxes are
+loaded into mruby via `config.gembox 'boxname'`.
-Below we have created a Gembox containing mruby-time and mrbgems-example:
+Below we have created a GemBox containing *mruby-time* and *mrbgems-example*:
MRuby::GemBox.new do |conf|
conf.gem "#{root}/mrbgems/mruby-time"
conf.gem :github => 'masuidrive/mrbgems-example'
end
-As mentioned, the Gembox uses the same conventions as `MRuby::Build`. The Gembox
+As mentioned, the GemBox uses the same conventions as `MRuby::Build`. The GemBox
must be saved with a *.gembox* extension inside the *mrbgems* directory to to be
picked up by mruby.
-To use this example Gembox, we save it as 'custom.box' inside the *mrbgems*
+To use this example GemBox, we save it as `custom.gembox` inside the *mrbgems*
directory in mruby, and add the following to our *build_config.rb* file inside
the build block:
conf.gembox 'custom'
-This will cause the 'custom' gembox to be read in during the build process,
-adding mruby-time and mrbgems-example to the build.
+This will cause the *custom* GemBox to be read in during the build process,
+adding *mruby-time* and *mrbgems-example* to the build.
-There are two Gemboxes that ship with mruby: [default](mrbgems/default.gembox)
-and [full-core](mrbgems/full-core). The [default](mrbgems/default.gembox) Gembox
-contains several core components of mruby, and [full-core](mrbgems/full-core)
+There are two GemBoxes that ship with mruby: [default](../../mrbgems/default.gembox)
+and [full-core](../../mrbgems/full-core.gembox). The [default](../../mrbgems/default.gembox) GemBox
+contains several core components of mruby, and [full-core](../../mrbgems/full-core.gembox)
contains every gem found in the *mrbgems* directory.
## GEM Structure
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The maximal GEM structure looks like this:
The folder *mrblib* contains pure Ruby files to extend mruby. The folder *src*
contains C files to extend mruby. The folder *test* contains C and pure Ruby files
-for testing purposes which will be used by ```mrbtest```. *mrbgem.rake* contains
+for testing purposes which will be used by `mrbtest`. *mrbgem.rake* contains
the specification to compile C and Ruby files. *README.md* is a short description
of your GEM.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ GEM direcotry. A typical GEM specification could look like this for example:
The mrbgems build process will use this specification to compile Object and Ruby
files. The compilation results will be add to *lib/libmruby.a*. This file is used
-by tools like ```mruby``` and ```mirb``` to empower the GEM functionality.
+by tools like `mruby` and `mirb` to empower the GEM functionality.
In case your GEM has more complex build requirements you can use
the following options additionally inside of your GEM specification:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ integrate C libraries into mruby.
### Pre-Conditions
mrbgems expects that you have implemented a C method called
-```mrb_YOURGEMNAME_gem_init(mrb_state)```. ```YOURGEMNAME``` will be replaced
+`mrb_YOURGEMNAME_gem_init(mrb_state)`. `YOURGEMNAME` will be replaced
by the name of your GEM. If you call your GEM *c_extension_example*, your
initialisation method could look like this:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ initialisation method could look like this:
### Finalize
mrbgems expects that you have implemented a C method called
-```mrb_YOURGEMNAME_gem_final(mrb_state)```. ```YOURGEMNAME``` will be replaced
+`mrb_YOURGEMNAME_gem_final(mrb_state)`. `YOURGEMNAME` will be replaced
by the name of your GEM. If you call your GEM *c_extension_example*, your
finalizer method could look like this: