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Gem Command to easily open a ruby gem with the editor of your choice. (For a more flexible solution, see Qwandry)

OpenGem

Simply opens the specified gem in your default editor.

gem open rails

If you just want to read documentation you can do:

gem read activerecord

Installation:

OpenGem requires rubygems 1.8.0 or higher. You may need to update rubygems:

gem update --system

Just install with gem:

gem install open_gem

For more help:

gem open --help

Adam Sanderson, [email protected]