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authorMatt Buck <techpeace@gmail.com>2011-01-19 14:30:28 -0600
committerMatt Buck <techpeace@gmail.com>2011-01-19 14:30:28 -0600
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Make all references to engines lowercase in docs.
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diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
index b945df5703..6e5e842370 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ require 'rails/engine/railties'
module Rails
# Rails::Engine allows you to wrap a specific Rails application and share it across
# different applications. Since Rails 3.0, every <tt>Rails::Application</tt> is nothing
- # more than an <tt>Engine</tt>, allowing you to share it very easily.
+ # more than an engine, allowing you to share it very easily.
#
# Any <tt>Rails::Engine</tt> is also a <tt>Rails::Railtie</tt>, so the same methods
- # (like <tt>rake_tasks</tt> and <tt>generators</tt>) and configuration available in the
+ # (like <tt>rake_tasks</tt> and +generators+) and configuration available in the
# latter can also be used in the former.
#
# == Creating an Engine
#
- # In Rails versions prior to 3.0, your gems automatically behaved as Engines, however,
+ # In Rails versions prior to 3.0, your gems automatically behaved as engines, however,
# this coupled Rails to Rubygems. Since Rails 3.0, if you want a gem to automatically
- # behave as an <tt>Engine</tt>, you have to specify an <tt>Engine</tt> for it somewhere
- # inside your plugin's <tt>lib</tt> folder (similar to how we specify a <tt>Railtie</tt>):
+ # behave as an engine, you have to specify an +Engine+ for it somewhere inside
+ # your plugin's +lib+ folder (similar to how we specify a +Railtie+):
#
# # lib/my_engine.rb
# module MyEngine
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ module Rails
# end
#
# Then ensure that this file is loaded at the top of your <tt>config/application.rb</tt>
- # (or in your <tt>Gemfile</tt>) and it will automatically load models, controllers and helpers
- # inside <tt>app</tt>, load routes at <tt>config/routes.rb</tt>, load locales at
+ # (or in your +Gemfile+) and it will automatically load models, controllers and helpers
+ # inside +app+, load routes at <tt>config/routes.rb</tt>, load locales at
# <tt>config/locales/*</tt>, and load tasks at <tt>lib/tasks/*</tt>.
#
# == Configuration
#
- # Besides the <tt>Railtie</tt> configuration which is shared across the application, in a
+ # Besides the +Railtie+ configuration which is shared across the application, in a
# <tt>Rails::Engine</tt> you can access <tt>autoload_paths</tt>, <tt>eager_load_paths</tt>
# and <tt>autoload_once_paths</tt>, which, differently from a <tt>Railtie</tt>, are scoped to
- # the current <tt>Engine</tt>.
+ # the current engine.
#
# Example:
#
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module Rails
#
# == Generators
#
- # You can set up generators for Engines with <tt>config.generators</tt> method:
+ # You can set up generators for engines with <tt>config.generators</tt> method:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# config.generators do |g|
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # You can also set generators for application by using <tt>config.app_generators</tt>:
+ # You can also set generators for an application by using <tt>config.app_generators</tt>:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# # note that you can also pass block to app_generators in the same way you
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ module Rails
#
# == Paths
#
- # Since Rails 3.0, both your Application and Engines do not have hardcoded paths.
+ # Since Rails 3.0, both your application and engines do not have hardcoded paths.
# This means that you are not required to place your controllers at <tt>app/controllers</tt>,
# but in any place which you find convenient.
#
- # For example, let's suppose you want to place your controllers in <tt>lib/controllers.
+ # For example, let's suppose you want to place your controllers in <tt>lib/controllers</tt>.
# All you would need to do is:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ module Rails
# paths["app/controllers"] << "lib/controllers"
# end
#
- # The available paths in an Engine are:
+ # The available paths in an engine are:
#
# class MyEngine < Rails::Engine
# paths["app"] #=> ["app"]
@@ -105,16 +105,16 @@ module Rails
# paths["config/routes"] #=> ["config/routes.rb"]
# end
#
- # Your <tt>Application</tt> class adds a couple more paths to this set. And as in your
- # <tt>Application</tt>,all folders under <tt>app</tt> are automatically added to the load path.
+ # Your <tt>Application</tt> class adds a couple more paths to this set. And as in your
+ # <tt>Application</tt>,all folders under +app+ are automatically added to the load path.
# So if you have <tt>app/observers</tt>, it's added by default.
#
# == Endpoint
#
- # An Engine can be also a rack application. It can be useful if you have a rack application that
- # you would like to wrap with Engine and provide some of the Engine's features.
+ # An engine can be also a rack application. It can be useful if you have a rack application that
+ # you would like to wrap with +Engine+ and provide some of the +Engine+'s features.
#
- # To do that, use the <tt>endpoint</tt> method:
+ # To do that, use the +endpoint+ method:
#
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # Now you can mount your <tt>Engine</tt> in application's routes just like that:
+ # Now you can mount your engine in application's routes just like that:
#
# MyRailsApp::Application.routes.draw do
# mount MyEngine::Engine => "/engine"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ module Rails
#
# == Middleware stack
#
- # As <tt>Engine</tt> can now be rack endpoint, it can also have a middleware stack. The usage is exactly
+ # As an engine can now be rack endpoint, it can also have a middleware stack. The usage is exactly
# the same as in <tt>Application</tt>:
#
# module MyEngine
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ module Rails
#
# == Routes
#
- # If you don't specify endpoint, routes will be used as default endpoint. You can use them
- # just like you use application's routes:
+ # If you don't specify an endpoint, routes will be used as the default endpoint. You can use them
+ # just like you use an application's routes:
#
# # ENGINE/config/routes.rb
# MyEngine::Engine.routes.draw do
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ module Rails
# match "/blog/omg" => "main#omg"
# end
#
- # <tt>MyEngine</tT> is mounted at <tt>/blog</tt>, and <tt>/blog/omg</tt> points to application's
- # controller. In such a situation, requests to <tt>/blog/omg</tt> will go through <tt>MyEngine</tt>,
- # and if there is no such route in Engine's routes, it will be dispatched to <tt>main#omg</tt>.
+ # +MyEngine+ is mounted at <tt>/blog</tt>, and <tt>/blog/omg</tt> points to application's
+ # controller. In such a situation, requests to <tt>/blog/omg</tt> will go through +MyEngine+,
+ # and if there is no such route in +Engine+'s routes, it will be dispatched to <tt>main#omg</tt>.
# It's much better to swap that:
#
# MyRailsApp::Application.routes.draw do
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ module Rails
# mount MyEngine::Engine => "/blog"
# end
#
- # Now, </tt>Engine</tt> will get only requests that were not handled by <tt>Application</tt>.
+ # Now, +Engine+ will get only requests that were not handled by +Application+.
#
# == Asset path
#
- # When you use <tt>Engine</tt> with its own public directory, you will probably want to copy or symlink it
+ # When you use +Engine+ with its own public directory, you will probably want to copy or symlink it
# to application's public directory. To simplify generating paths for assets, you can set <tt>asset_path</tt>
- # for an <tt>Engine</tt>:
+ # for an engine:
#
# module MyEngine
# class Engine < Rails::Engine
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # With such a config, asset paths will be automatically modified inside <tt>Engine</tt>:
+ # With such a config, asset paths will be automatically modified inside +Engine+:
#
# image_path("foo.jpg") #=> "/my_engine/images/foo.jpg"
#
# == Serving static files
#
# By default, Rails uses <tt>ActionDispatch::Static</tt> to serve static files in development mode. This is ok
- # while you develop your application, but when you want to deploy it, assets from engine will not be
+ # while you develop your application, but when you want to deploy it, assets from an engine will not be
# served by default. You should choose one of the two following strategies:
#
# * enable serving static files by setting config.serve_static_assets to true
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # With such an Engine, everything that is inside the +MyEngine+ module will be isolated from
+ # With such an engine, everything that is inside the +MyEngine+ module will be isolated from
# the application.
#
# Consider such controller:
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ module Rails
# end
# end
#
- # If engine is marked as isolated, +FooController+ has access only to helpers from engine and
+ # If an engine is marked as isolated, +FooController+ has access only to helpers from +Engine+ and
# <tt>url_helpers</tt> from <tt>MyEngine::Engine.routes</tt>.
#
# The next thing that changes in isolated engines is the behaviour of routes. Normally, when you namespace
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ module Rails
#
# == Using Engine's routes outside Engine
#
- # Since you can now mount engine inside application's routes, you do not have direct access to engine's
- # <tt>url_helpers</tt> inside application. When you mount Engine in application's routes, a special helper is
+ # Since you can now mount an engine inside application's routes, you do not have direct access to +Engine+'s
+ # <tt>url_helpers</tt> inside +Application+. When you mount an engine in an application's routes, a special helper is
# created to allow you to do that. Consider such a scenario:
#
# # APP/config/routes.rb
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ module Rails
# Note that the <tt>:as</tt> option given to mount takes the <tt>engine_name</tT> as default, so most of the time
# you can simply omit it.
#
- # Finally, if you want to generate a url to engine's route using <tt>polymorphic_url</tt>, you also need
+ # Finally, if you want to generate a url to an engine's route using <tt>polymorphic_url</tt>, you also need
# to pass the engine helper. Let's say that you want to create a form pointing to one of the
# engine's routes. All you need to do is pass the helper as the first element in array with
# attributes for url: