## What is mruby
mruby is the lightweight implementation of the Ruby language complying to (part
-of) the [ISO standard][ISO-standard]. Its syntax is Ruby 1.9 compatible.
+of) the [ISO standard][ISO-standard]. Its syntax is Ruby 2.x compatible.
mruby can be linked and embedded within your application. We provide the
interpreter program "mruby" and the interactive mruby shell "mirb" as examples.
## How to get mruby
-The stable version 2.0.1 of mruby can be downloaded via the following URL: [https://github.com/mruby/mruby/archive/2.0.1.zip](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/archive/2.0.1.zip)
+The stable version 2.1.2 of mruby can be downloaded via the following URL: [https://github.com/mruby/mruby/archive/2.1.2.zip](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/archive/2.1.2.zip)
The latest development version of mruby can be downloaded via the following URL: [https://github.com/mruby/mruby/zipball/master](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/zipball/master)
## mruby home-page
-The URL of the mruby home-page is: [http://www.mruby.org](http://www.mruby.org).
+The URL of the mruby home-page is: https://mruby.org.
## Mailing list
-We don't have a mailing list, but you can use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/mruby/mruby).
+We don't have a mailing list, but you can use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues).
## How to compile and install (mruby and gems)
-See the [doc/guides/compile.md](doc/guides/compile.md) file.
+See the [compile.md](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/blob/master/doc/guides/compile.md) file.
## Running Tests
To run the tests, execute the following from the project's root directory.
- $ make test
+ $ rake test
-Or
+Note: `bison` bundled with MacOS is too old to compile `mruby`.
+Try `brew install bison` and follow the instuction shown to update
+the `$PATH` to compile `mruby`.
- $ ruby ./minirake test
+## Building documentation
+
+There are two sets of documentation in mruby: the mruby API (generated by yard) and C API (Doxygen)
+
+To build both of them, simply go
+
+ rake doc
+
+You can also view them in your browser
+
+ rake view_api
+ rake view_capi
## How to customize mruby (mrbgems)
mruby contains a package manager called *mrbgems*. To create extensions
in C and/or Ruby you should create a *GEM*. For a documentation of how to
-use mrbgems consult the file [doc/guides/mrbgems.md](doc/guides/mrbgems.md). For example code of
-how to use mrbgems look into the folder *examples/mrbgems/*.
+use mrbgems consult the file [mrbgems.md](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/blob/master/doc/guides/mrbgems.md).
+For example code of how to use mrbgems look into the folder *examples/mrbgems/*.
## License
-mruby is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
+mruby is released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/mruby/mruby/blob/master/LICENSE).
## Note for License
[ISO-standard]: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=59579
[build-status-img]: https://travis-ci.org/mruby/mruby.svg?branch=master
-[contribution-guidelines]: CONTRIBUTING.md
+[contribution-guidelines]: https://github.com/mruby/mruby/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[travis-ci]: https://travis-ci.org/mruby/mruby