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Diffstat (limited to 'railties/lib/rails/engine.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | railties/lib/rails/engine.rb | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb index 9c287b3804..1dede32dd4 100644 --- a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb +++ b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'pathname' module Rails # <tt>Rails::Engine</tt> allows you to wrap a specific Rails application or subset of # functionality and share it with other applications or within a larger packaged application. - # Since Rails 3.0, every <tt>Rails::Application</tt> is just an engine, which allows for simple + # Every <tt>Rails::Application</tt> is just an engine, which allows for simple # feature and application sharing. # # Any <tt>Rails::Engine</tt> is also a <tt>Rails::Railtie</tt>, so the same @@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ module Rails # # == Creating an Engine # - # 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 engine, you have to specify an +Engine+ for it somewhere inside - # your plugin's +lib+ folder (similar to how we specify a +Railtie+): + # If you want a gem to 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 @@ -69,10 +68,9 @@ module Rails # # == Paths # - # Since Rails 3.0, applications and engines have more flexible path configuration (as - # opposed to the previous hardcoded path configuration). This means that you are not - # required to place your controllers at <tt>app/controllers</tt>, but in any place - # which you find convenient. + # Applications and engines have flexible path configuration, meaning 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</tt>. # You can set that as an option: |