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Asked: 2026-06-08T22:50:29+00:00

I am running rails3 in Ubuntu and using gedit for coding. I am using

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I am running rails3 in Ubuntu and using gedit for coding. I am using RVM. To look at the gem source code I tried: bundle open jquery-rails

That doesn’t work since I hadn’t setup an editor. After setting gedit as the editor it still doesn’t work because gedit can’t be passed directories. I guess it only works with files. Too bad :(.

nathan.f77’s answer to this question ( Lookup Gem or Plugin code packaged in a Rails3 application ) seems promising, but I wasn’t able to follow his instructions. They lacked sufficient detail for me.

What is a very easy way to browse the source files for gems that I am using in my rails3 app?

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    CubaLibre’s response got me half-way there. The other piece of the puzzle I was able to get from Ask Ubuntu.

    Here are the steps to browse gem code in gedit using Ubuntu.

    a. From the command line run:

    gnome-open $(bundle show [gem-name])

    b. This will open up the gem directory in nautilus. From there just double click on file you’d like to see and it will open up in gedit.

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