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
If you just want to browse the source code in a shell you can do:
gem shell activerecord
OpenGem require rubygems 1.3.6 or higher. You may need to update rubygems to take advantage of the new plugin support:
gem update --system
Just install with gem:
gem install open_gem
For more help:
gem open --help
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