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Hi Tony, Just in case it wasn't obvious, the source code is on GitHub [1]. As Ross said, please consider forking it and sending a pull request for any documentation improvements you want to do. //Ed [1] https://github.com/ruby-marc/ruby-marc On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Tony, I'm glad that ruby-marc appears to be generally useful. > > Another (even simpler) way to do what you want is: > > record.to_marc > > Which, I think, would do the same thing you're doing with MARC::Writer.encode. > > If you want to write up a block of text to plop into the README, feel > free to send some me some copy (wholesale edits also welcome). > > Thanks, > -Ross. > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Tony Zanella <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hello all, >> If I may suggest adding to the documentation for the marc gem >> (http://marc.rubyforge.org/)... >> >> Currently, the documentation gives examples for how to read, create and write >> MARC records. >> >> The source code also includes an "encode" method in MARC::Writer, which came >> in handy for me when I needed to send an encoded record off to be archived on >> the fly, without writing it to the filesystem. >> >> That method isn't in the documentation, but it would be nice to see there! It >> could be as simple as: >> >> # encoding a record >> MARC::Writer.encode(record) >> >> Thanks for your consideration! >> Tony >> >