The RI driver implements the command-line ri tool.
The driver supports:
loading RI data from:
Ruby’s standard library
RubyGems
~/.rdoc
A user-supplied directory
Paging output (uses RI_PAGER environment variable, PAGER environment variable or the less, more and pager programs)
Interactive mode with tab-completion
Abbreviated names (ri Zl shows Zlib documentation)
Colorized output
Merging output from multiple RI data sources
An RDoc::RI::Store for each entry in the RI path
Controls the user of the pager vs $stdout
Default options for ri
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 72
def self.default_options
  options = {}
  options[:use_stdout] = !$stdout.tty?
  options[:width] = 72
  options[:interactive] = false
  options[:use_cache] = true
  options[:profile] = false
  # By default all standard paths are used.
  options[:use_system] = true
  options[:use_site] = true
  options[:use_home] = true
  options[:use_gems] = true
  options[:extra_doc_dirs] = []
  return options
end
						Dump data_path using pp
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 93
def self.dump data_path
  require 'pp'
  open data_path, 'rb' do |io|
    pp Marshal.load(io.read)
  end
end
						Creates a new driver using initial_options from ::process_args
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 326
def initialize initial_options = {}
  @paging = false
  @classes = nil
  options = self.class.default_options.update(initial_options)
  @formatter_klass = options[:formatter]
  require 'profile' if options[:profile]
  @names = options[:names]
  @list = options[:list]
  @doc_dirs = []
  @stores   = []
  RDoc::RI::Paths.each(options[:use_system], options[:use_site],
                       options[:use_home], options[:use_gems],
                       *options[:extra_doc_dirs]) do |path, type|
    @doc_dirs << path
    store = RDoc::RI::Store.new path, type
    store.load_cache
    @stores << store
  end
  @list_doc_dirs = options[:list_doc_dirs]
  @interactive = options[:interactive]
  @use_stdout  = options[:use_stdout]
end
						Parses argv and returns a Hash of options
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 104
  def self.process_args argv
    options = default_options
    opts = OptionParser.new do |opt|
      opt.accept File do |file,|
        File.readable?(file) and not File.directory?(file) and file
      end
      opt.program_name = File.basename $0
      opt.version = RDoc::VERSION
      opt.release = nil
      opt.summary_indent = ' ' * 4
      opt.banner = "Usage: #{opt.program_name} [options] [names...]
Where name can be:
  Class | Class::method | Class#method | Class.method | method
All class names may be abbreviated to their minimum unambiguous form. If a name
is ambiguous, all valid options will be listed.
A '.' matches either class or instance methods, while #method
matches only instance and ::method matches only class methods.
For example:
    #{opt.program_name} Fil
    #{opt.program_name} File
    #{opt.program_name} File.new
    #{opt.program_name} zip
Note that shell quoting or escaping may be required for method names containing
punctuation:
    #{opt.program_name} 'Array.[]'
    #{opt.program_name} compact\\!
To see the default directories ri will search, run:
    #{opt.program_name} --list-doc-dirs
Specifying the --system, --site, --home, --gems or --doc-dir options will
limit ri to searching only the specified directories.
Options may also be set in the 'RI' environment variable.
"
      opt.separator nil
      opt.separator "Options:"
      opt.separator nil
      formatters = RDoc::Markup.constants.grep(%r^To[A-Z][a-z]+$/).sort
      formatters = formatters.sort.map do |formatter|
        formatter.to_s.sub('To', '').downcase
      end
      opt.on("--format=NAME", "-f",
             "Uses the selected formatter. The default",
             "formatter is bs for paged output and ansi",
             "otherwise. Valid formatters are:",
             formatters.join(' '), formatters) do |value|
        options[:formatter] = RDoc::Markup.const_get "To#{value.capitalize}"
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--no-pager", "-T",
             "Send output directly to stdout,",
             "rather than to a pager.") do
        options[:use_stdout] = true
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--width=WIDTH", "-w", OptionParser::DecimalInteger,
             "Set the width of the output.") do |value|
        options[:width] = value
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--interactive", "-i",
             "In interactive mode you can repeatedly",
             "look up methods with autocomplete.") do
        options[:interactive] = true
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--list", "-l",
             "List classes ri knows about.") do
        options[:list] = true
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--[no-]profile",
             "Run with the ruby profiler") do |value|
        options[:profile] = value
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.separator "Data source options:"
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--list-doc-dirs",
             "List the directories from which ri will",
             "source documentation on stdout and exit.") do
        options[:list_doc_dirs] = true
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--doc-dir=DIRNAME", "-d", Array,
             "List of directories from which to source",
             "documentation in addition to the standard",
             "directories.  May be repeated.") do |value|
        value.each do |dir|
          unless File.directory? dir then
            raise OptionParser::InvalidArgument, "#{dir} is not a directory"
          end
          options[:extra_doc_dirs] << File.expand_path(dir)
        end
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--no-standard-docs",
             "Do not include documentation from",
             "the Ruby standard library, site_lib,",
             "installed gems, or ~/.rdoc.",
             "Use with --doc-dir") do
        options[:use_system] = false
        options[:use_site] = false
        options[:use_gems] = false
        options[:use_home] = false
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--[no-]system",
             "Include documentation from Ruby's standard",
             "library.  Defaults to true.") do |value|
        options[:use_system] = value
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--[no-]site",
             "Include documentation from libraries",
             "installed in site_lib.",
             "Defaults to true.") do |value|
        options[:use_site] = value
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--[no-]gems",
             "Include documentation from RubyGems.",
             "Defaults to true.") do |value|
        options[:use_gems] = value
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--[no-]home",
             "Include documentation stored in ~/.rdoc.",
             "Defaults to true.") do |value|
        options[:use_home] = value
      end
      opt.separator nil
      opt.separator "Debug options:"
      opt.separator nil
      opt.on("--dump=CACHE", File,
             "Dumps data from an ri cache or data file") do |value|
        options[:dump_path] = value
      end
    end
    argv = ENV['RI'].to_s.split.concat argv
    opts.parse! argv
    options[:names] = argv
    options[:use_stdout] ||= !$stdout.tty?
    options[:use_stdout] ||= options[:interactive]
    options[:width] ||= 72
    options
  rescue OptionParser::InvalidArgument, OptionParser::InvalidOption => e
    puts opts
    puts
    puts e
    exit 1
  end
						Runs the ri command line executable using argv
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 311
def self.run argv = ARGV
  options = process_args argv
  if options[:dump_path] then
    dump options[:dump_path]
    return
  end
  ri = new options
  ri.run
end
						Adds paths for undocumented classes also_in to
out
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 361
def add_also_in out, also_in
  return if also_in.empty?
  out << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(1)
  out << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new("Also found in:")
  paths = RDoc::Markup::Verbatim.new
  also_in.each do |store|
    paths.parts.push store.friendly_path, "\n"
  end
  out << paths
end
						Adds a class header to out for class name which
is described in classes.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 378
def add_class out, name, classes
  heading = if classes.all? { |klass| klass.module? } then
              name
            else
              superclass = classes.map do |klass|
                klass.superclass unless klass.module?
              end.compact.shift || 'Object'
              superclass = superclass.full_name unless String === superclass
              "#{name} < #{superclass}"
            end
  out << RDoc::Markup::Heading.new(1, heading)
  out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
end
						Adds “(from …)” to out for store
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 398
def add_from out, store
  out << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new("(from #{store.friendly_path})")
end
						Adds includes to out
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 405
def add_includes out, includes
  return if includes.empty?
  out << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(1)
  out << RDoc::Markup::Heading.new(1, "Includes:")
  includes.each do |modules, store|
    if modules.length == 1 then
      include = modules.first
      name = include.name
      path = store.friendly_path
      out << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new("#{name} (from #{path})")
      if include.comment then
        out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
        out << include.comment
      end
    else
      out << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new("(from #{store.friendly_path})")
      wout, with = modules.partition { |incl| incl.comment.empty? }
      out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new unless with.empty?
      with.each do |incl|
        out << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new(incl.name)
        out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
        out << incl.comment
      end
      unless wout.empty? then
        verb = RDoc::Markup::Verbatim.new
        wout.each do |incl|
          verb.push incl.name, "\n"
        end
        out << verb
      end
    end
  end
end
						Adds a list of methods to out with a heading of
name
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 451
def add_method_list out, methods, name
  return if methods.empty?
  out << RDoc::Markup::Heading.new(1, "#{name}:")
  out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
  if @use_stdout and !@interactive then
    out.concat methods.map { |method|
      RDoc::Markup::Verbatim.new method
    }
  else
    out << RDoc::Markup::IndentedParagraph.new(2, methods.join(', '))
  end
  out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
end
						Returns ancestor classes of klass
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 471
def ancestors_of klass
  ancestors = []
  unexamined = [klass]
  seen = []
  loop do
    break if unexamined.empty?
    current = unexamined.shift
    seen << current
    stores = classes[current]
    break unless stores and not stores.empty?
    klasses = stores.map do |store|
      store.ancestors[current]
    end.flatten.uniq
    klasses = klasses - seen
    ancestors.concat klasses
    unexamined.concat klasses
  end
  ancestors.reverse
end
						Builds a RDoc::Markup::Document from
found, klasess and includes
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 508
def class_document name, found, klasses, includes
  also_in = []
  out = RDoc::Markup::Document.new
  add_class out, name, klasses
  add_includes out, includes
  found.each do |store, klass|
    comment = klass.comment
    # TODO the store's cache should always return an empty Array
    class_methods    = store.class_methods[klass.full_name]    || []
    instance_methods = store.instance_methods[klass.full_name] || []
    attributes       = store.attributes[klass.full_name]       || []
    if comment.empty? and
       instance_methods.empty? and class_methods.empty? then
      also_in << store
      next
    end
    add_from out, store
    unless comment.empty? then
      out << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(1)
      if comment.merged? then
        parts = comment.parts
        parts = parts.zip [RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new] * parts.length
        parts.flatten!
        parts.pop
        out.concat parts
      else
        out << comment
      end
    end
    if class_methods or instance_methods or not klass.constants.empty? then
      out << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(1)
    end
    unless klass.constants.empty? then
      out << RDoc::Markup::Heading.new(1, "Constants:")
      out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
      list = RDoc::Markup::List.new :NOTE
      constants = klass.constants.sort_by { |constant| constant.name }
      list.concat constants.map { |constant|
        parts = constant.comment.parts if constant.comment
        parts << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new('[not documented]') if
          parts.empty?
        RDoc::Markup::ListItem.new(constant.name, *parts)
      }
      out << list
      out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
    end
    add_method_list out, class_methods,    'Class methods'
    add_method_list out, instance_methods, 'Instance methods'
    add_method_list out, attributes,       'Attributes'
  end
  add_also_in out, also_in
  out
end
						Hash mapping a known class or module to the stores it can be loaded from
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 583
def classes
  return @classes if @classes
  @classes = {}
  @stores.each do |store|
    store.cache[:modules].each do |mod|
      # using default block causes searched-for modules to be added
      @classes[mod] ||= []
      @classes[mod] << store
    end
  end
  @classes
end
						Returns the stores wherin name is found along with the classes
and includes that match it
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 603
def classes_and_includes_for name
  klasses = []
  includes = []
  found = @stores.map do |store|
    begin
      klass = store.load_class name
      klasses  << klass
      includes << [klass.includes, store] if klass.includes
      [store, klass]
    rescue Errno::ENOENT
    end
  end.compact
  includes.reject! do |modules,| modules.empty? end
  [found, klasses, includes]
end
						Completes name based on the caches.  For Readline
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 625
def complete name
  klasses = classes.keys
  completions = []
  klass, selector, method = parse_name name
  # may need to include Foo when given Foo::
  klass_name = method ? name : klass
  if name !~ %r#|\./ then
    completions = klasses.grep(%r^#{Regexp.escape klass_name}[^:]*$/)
    completions.concat klasses.grep(%r^#{Regexp.escape name}[^:]*$/) if
      name =~ %r::$/
    completions << klass if classes.key? klass # to complete a method name
  elsif selector then
    completions << klass if classes.key? klass
  elsif classes.key? klass_name then
    completions << klass_name
  end
  if completions.include? klass and name =~ %r#|\.|::/ then
    methods = list_methods_matching name
    if not methods.empty? then
      # remove Foo if given Foo:: and a method was found
      completions.delete klass
    elsif selector then
      # replace Foo with Foo:: as given
      completions.delete klass
      completions << "#{klass}#{selector}"
    end
    completions.concat methods
  end
  completions.sort.uniq
end
						Converts document to text and writes it to the pager
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 667
def display document
  page do |io|
    text = document.accept formatter(io)
    io.write text
  end
end
						Outputs formatted RI data for class
name.  Groups undocumented classes
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 678
def display_class name
  return if name =~ %r#|\./
  found, klasses, includes = classes_and_includes_for name
  return if found.empty?
  out = class_document name, found, klasses, includes
  display out
end
						Outputs formatted RI data for method
name
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 693
def display_method name
  found = load_methods_matching name
  raise NotFoundError, name if found.empty?
  filtered = filter_methods found, name
  out = method_document name, filtered
  display out
end
						Outputs formatted RI data for the class or method
name.
Returns true if name was found, false if it was not an
alternative could be guessed, raises an error if name couldn’t
be guessed.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 711
def display_name name
  return true if display_class name
  display_method name if name =~ %r::|#|\./
  true
rescue NotFoundError
  matches = list_methods_matching name if name =~ %r::|#|\./
  matches = classes.keys.grep(%r^#{name}/) if matches.empty?
  raise if matches.empty?
  page do |io|
    io.puts "#{name} not found, maybe you meant:"
    io.puts
    io.puts matches.sort.join("\n")
  end
  false
end
						Displays each name in name
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 735
def display_names names
  names.each do |name|
    name = expand_name name
    display_name name
  end
end
						Expands abbreviated klass klass into a fully-qualified class. 
“Zl::Da” will be expanded to Zlib::DataError.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 747
def expand_class klass
  klass.split('::').inject '' do |expanded, klass_part|
    expanded << '::' unless expanded.empty?
    short = expanded << klass_part
    subset = classes.keys.select do |klass_name|
      klass_name =~ %r^#{expanded}[^:]*$/
    end
    abbrevs = Abbrev.abbrev subset
    expanded = abbrevs[short]
    raise NotFoundError, short unless expanded
    expanded.dup
  end
end
						Expands the class portion of name into a fully-qualified
class.  See expand_class.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 770
def expand_name name
  klass, selector, method = parse_name name
  return [selector, method].join if klass.empty?
  "#{expand_class klass}#{selector}#{method}"
end
						Filters the methods in found trying to find a match for
name.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 781
def filter_methods found, name
  regexp = name_regexp name
  filtered = found.find_all do |store, methods|
    methods.any? { |method| method.full_name =~ regexp }
  end
  return filtered unless filtered.empty?
  found
end
						Yields items matching name including the store they were found
in, the class being searched for, the class they were found in (an
ancestor) the types of methods to look up (from method_type), and the method
name being searched for
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 799
def find_methods name
  klass, selector, method = parse_name name
  types = method_type selector
  klasses = nil
  ambiguous = klass.empty?
  if ambiguous then
    klasses = classes.keys
  else
    klasses = ancestors_of klass
    klasses.unshift klass
  end
  methods = []
  klasses.each do |ancestor|
    ancestors = classes[ancestor]
    next unless ancestors
    klass = ancestor if ambiguous
    ancestors.each do |store|
      methods << [store, klass, ancestor, types, method]
    end
  end
  methods = methods.sort_by do |_, k, a, _, m|
    [k, a, m].compact
  end
  methods.each do |item|
    yield(*item) # :yields: store, klass, ancestor, types, method
  end
  self
end
						Creates a new RDoc::Markup::Formatter. If a formatter is given with -f, use it. If we’re outputting to a pager, use bs, otherwise ansi.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 843
def formatter(io)
  if @formatter_klass then
    @formatter_klass.new
  elsif paging? or !io.tty? then
    RDoc::Markup::ToBs.new
  else
    RDoc::Markup::ToAnsi.new
  end
end
						Is file in ENV?
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 892
def in_path? file
  return true if file =~ %r\A/% and File.exist? file
  ENV['PATH'].split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).any? do |path|
    File.exist? File.join(path, file)
  end
end
						Runs ri interactively using Readline if it is available.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 856
def interactive
  puts "\nEnter the method name you want to look up."
  if defined? Readline then
    Readline.completion_proc = method :complete
    puts "You can use tab to autocomplete."
  end
  puts "Enter a blank line to exit.\n\n"
  loop do
    name = if defined? Readline then
             Readline.readline ">> "
           else
             print ">> "
             $stdin.gets
           end
    return if name.nil? or name.empty?
    name = expand_name name.strip
    begin
      display_name name
    rescue NotFoundError => e
      puts e.message
    end
  end
rescue Interrupt
  exit
end
						Lists classes known to ri starting with names.  If
names is empty all known classes are shown.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 904
def list_known_classes names = []
  classes = []
  stores.each do |store|
    classes << store.modules
  end
  classes = classes.flatten.uniq.sort
  unless names.empty? then
    filter = Regexp.union names.map { |name| %r^#{name}/ }
    classes = classes.grep filter
  end
  page do |io|
    if paging? or io.tty? then
      if names.empty? then
        io.puts "Classes and Modules known to ri:"
      else
        io.puts "Classes and Modules starting with #{names.join ', '}:"
      end
      io.puts
    end
    io.puts classes.join("\n")
  end
end
						Returns an Array of methods matching name
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 936
def list_methods_matching name
  found = []
  find_methods name do |store, klass, ancestor, types, method|
    if types == :instance or types == :both then
      methods = store.instance_methods[ancestor]
      if methods then
        matches = methods.grep(%r^#{Regexp.escape method.to_s}/)
        matches = matches.map do |match|
          "#{klass}##{match}"
        end
        found.concat matches
      end
    end
    if types == :class or types == :both then
      methods = store.class_methods[ancestor]
      next unless methods
      matches = methods.grep(%r^#{Regexp.escape method.to_s}/)
      matches = matches.map do |match|
        "#{klass}::#{match}"
      end
      found.concat matches
    end
  end
  found.uniq
end
						Loads RI data for method name on
klass from store.  type and
cache indicate if it is a class or instance method.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 975
def load_method store, cache, klass, type, name
  methods = store.send(cache)[klass]
  return unless methods
  method = methods.find do |method_name|
    method_name == name
  end
  return unless method
  store.load_method klass, "#{type}#{method}"
end
						Returns an Array of RI data for methods matching
name
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 992
def load_methods_matching name
  found = []
  find_methods name do |store, klass, ancestor, types, method|
    methods = []
    methods << load_method(store, :class_methods, ancestor, '::',  method) if
      [:class, :both].include? types
    methods << load_method(store, :instance_methods, ancestor, '#',  method) if
      [:instance, :both].include? types
    found << [store, methods.compact]
  end
  found.reject do |path, methods| methods.empty? end
end
						Builds a RDoc::Markup::Document from
found, klasess and includes
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1013
def method_document name, filtered
  out = RDoc::Markup::Document.new
  out << RDoc::Markup::Heading.new(1, name)
  out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
  filtered.each do |store, methods|
    methods.each do |method|
      out << RDoc::Markup::Paragraph.new("(from #{store.friendly_path})")
      unless name =~ %r^#{Regexp.escape method.parent_name}/ then
        out << RDoc::Markup::Heading.new(3, "Implementation from #{method.parent_name}")
      end
      out << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(1)
      if method.arglists then
        arglists = method.arglists.chomp.split "\n"
        arglists = arglists.map { |line| line + "\n" }
        out << RDoc::Markup::Verbatim.new(*arglists)
        out << RDoc::Markup::Rule.new(1)
      end
      out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
      out << method.comment
      out << RDoc::Markup::BlankLine.new
    end
  end
  out
end
						Returns the type of method (:both, :instance, :class) for
selector
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1047
def method_type selector
  case selector
  when '.', nil then :both
  when '#'      then :instance
  else               :class
  end
end
						Returns a regular expression for name that will match an
RDoc::AnyMethod’s name.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1059
def name_regexp name
  klass, type, name = parse_name name
  case type
  when '#', '::' then
    %r^#{klass}#{type}#{Regexp.escape name}$/
  else
    %r^#{klass}(#|::)#{Regexp.escape name}$/
  end
end
						Paginates output through a pager program.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1073
def page
  if pager = setup_pager then
    begin
      yield pager
    ensure
      pager.close
    end
  else
    yield $stdout
  end
rescue Errno::EPIPE
ensure
  @paging = false
end
						Are we using a pager?
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1091
def paging?
  @paging
end
						Extracts the class, selector and method name parts from name
like Foo::Bar#baz.
NOTE: Given Foo::Bar, Bar is considered a class even though it may be a method
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1102
def parse_name name
  parts = name.split(%r(::|#|\.)/)
  if parts.length == 1 then
    if parts.first =~ %r^[a-z]|^([%&*+\/<>^`|~-]|\+@|-@|<<|<=>?|===?|=>|=~|>>|\[\]=?|~@)$/ then
      type = '.'
      meth = parts.pop
    else
      type = nil
      meth = nil
    end
  elsif parts.length == 2 or parts.last =~ %r::|#|\./ then
    type = parts.pop
    meth = nil
  elsif parts[-2] != '::' or parts.last !~ %r^[A-Z]/ then
    meth = parts.pop
    type = parts.pop
  end
  klass = parts.join
  [klass, type, meth]
end
						Looks up and displays ri data according to the options given.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1129
def run
  if @list_doc_dirs then
    puts @doc_dirs
  elsif @list then
    list_known_classes @names
  elsif @interactive or @names.empty? then
    interactive
  else
    display_names @names
  end
rescue NotFoundError => e
  abort e.message
end
						Sets up a pager program to pass output through. Tries the RI_PAGER and PAGER environment variables followed by pager, less then more.
# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 1147
def setup_pager
  return if @use_stdout
  pagers = [ENV['RI_PAGER'], ENV['PAGER'], 'pager', 'less', 'more']
  pagers.compact.uniq.each do |pager|
    next unless pager
    pager_cmd = pager.split.first
    next unless in_path? pager_cmd
    io = IO.popen(pager, 'w') rescue next
    next if $? and $?.exited? # pager didn't work
    @paging = true
    return io
  end
  @use_stdout = true
  nil
end
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