Rubygems is kind enough to generate RDoc for installed gems, but the directories move as the gem versions evolve, and it's inconvenient to keep browsing for them. This tool produces a useful HTML index with direct links to the RDocs for all the gems installed on your system.

Getting it
The program's git repository is here: gemdocindex.
Either browse to 'gemdocindex' there and download the raw version, or check out ("clone") the repository as follows:
git clone git://git.sanityinc.com/gemdocindex.git
You can then track future changes by executing this command in the 'gemdocindex' directory:
git pull
Running it
Execute this command from a UNIX command line:
./gemrdoc > gemindex.html
(Windows users can probably run the same command, but adding "ruby" at the beginning.)
Tested on OS X; should work on other platforms. Patches are welcome.
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