title: Am I missing something by not installing ri and rdoc for gems?
body: <p>I've never seen the point of installing the ri and rdoc for gems and my .gemrc file has --no-ri and --no-rdoc set. Since every gem includes ri and rdoc info, I just wondered if I'm missing something? Is there any advantage to installing the ri and rdoc for a gem?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
  <p>Chris</p>
  
  <p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
  
  <p>If you don't install the ri and rdoc, you don't lose anything of great value. I thought perhaps it got used in some of the IDEs (I'm an Emacs user) but that doesn't seem to be the case. </p>