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> Perhaps ri can be extended to include more than just classes.

It can.  See Rimport 
http://www.ruby-lang.org/raa/list.rhtml?name=rimport

(But know that work on rimport has been halted for assorted reasons.)

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> For now, I'll continue searching through PickAxe.

Or use the slightly enhanced ri hosted at ruby-doc.org

http://www.ruby-doc.org/find

(It just calls Rimport running on the server.)

James

www.ruby-doc.org
www.rubyxml.com
www.jamesbritt.com

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