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+    <h1>rubigen</h1>
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+      <p>Get Version</p>
+      <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubigen" class="numbers">1.0.0</a>
+    </div>
+    <h1>Ruby Generator Framework</h1>
+	<h2>What</h2>
+	<p>A framework to allow Ruby applications to generate file/folder stubs
+(like the <code>rails</code> command does for Ruby on Rails, and the &#8216;script/generate&#8217;
+command within a Rails application during development).</p>
+	<h2>Background</h2>
+	<p>RubiGen is originally extracted from Ruby on Rails (specifically the rails_generator
+from its railties gem).</p>
+	<p>The rails_generator was hardcoded with Rails-specific dependencies (<code>RAILS_ROOT</code>),
+Rails generators (&#8216;app&#8217; = Rails application; &#8216;model&#8217; = Rails model+tests+migration),
+and generally assumed it was the only generator framework within the Ruby world (it was).
+So, any RubyGem whose name ended with &#8216;_generator&#8217; was assumed to be a generator for
+a Rails application.</p>
+	<p>But if you are developing a Merb application, then you may want a different set of generators.
+If you are developing a RubyGem, then you will want a different set of generators.</p>
+	<p>RubiGen exists to give different development environments their own generator framework.</p>
+	<h2>Installing</h2>
+	<p>RubiGen is only required at development time, and normally isn&#8217;t required at deployment time
+(unless your application uses it to generate files etc for its users).</p>
+	<p>On your development machine:</p>
+	<p><pre class='syntax'><span class="ident">sudo</span> <span class="ident">gem</span> <span class="ident">install</span> <span class="ident">rubigen</span></pre></p>
+	<h2>Usage</h2>
+	<p>RubiGen will be normally integrated into another RubyGem, such as <code>newgem</code> or <code>merb</code> or <code>camping</code>,
+rather than be used on its own.</p>
+	<p>These frameworks might use RubiGen for two reasons:</p>
+	<ol>
+	<li>To generate an initial stub for developers, e.g. <code>rails</code> generated a stub to write a Rails application. <code>newgem</code> generates a stub to write a RubyGem. <br/>
+  <span class="caps">BTW</span> &#8211; RubiGen has a builtin application <code>ruby_app</code> which generates a bare-bones Ruby application stub (lib, test, and script folders, plus a Rakefile, and a script/generate script)</li>
+		<li>To generate components within their development areas, e.g. Rails had its <code>script/generate</code> script within each Rails application, which hooked back into the rails_generator to lookup and execute generators.</li>
+	</ol>
+	<p>So, there are two steps to integrating RubiGen into your framework:</p>
+	<ol>
+	<li>Use it to generate an initial stub for the developers of your framework. This would create the folders
+   (<code>lib/app</code>, <code>test</code>, <code>script</code>, <code>doc</code>, <code>log</code>, etc) and starting files (<code>Rakefile</code>,
+   <code>README.txt</code>, <code>test/test_helper.rb</code> etc). Importantly, it would generate a <code>script/generate</code> file.
+   The <code>script/generate</code> file (example below) will allow developers of your framework to
+   generate components/extensions within the framework. <br />
+   RubiGen allows you to restrict which generators are available. For example, within
+   RubyGem development environment (as generated by <code>newgem</code>), the <code>script/generator</code>
+   only shows <code>rubygem</code>-related generators. Merb could restrict <code>script/generator</code>
+   to only show Merb related generators (or perhaps Merb and/or Rails generators)</li>
+		<li>Your framework RubyGem (e.g. <code>newgem</code> or <code>merb</code> RubyGems) needs to add <code>rubigen</code> as a
+   dependency, so that users of your RubyGem can access the generator framework.</li>
+	</ol>
+	<h1>Creating generators</h1>
+	<p>There are two types of generators:</p>
+	<ol>
+	<li>Application Generators &#8211; used by developers of your framework to get started.
+   Generally, you will create one Application Generator for your framework.
+   It generates a base stub (such as the <code>rails</code> stub for new Rails applications)
+   for your framework users.</li>
+		<li>Component Generators &#8211; used by developers to extend their application.
+   You may include 1+ built-in generators with your framework.
+   Developers can also write generators for your framework, and like Rails&#8217; generator
+   install them in various places and have access to their via RubiGen.</li>
+	</ol>
+	<h2>Creating an Application Generator for your Framework</h2>
+	<h3>Easy way</h3>
+	<p><a href="http://newgem.rubyforge.org/">newgem</a> (v0.13.0+) can generate an Application Generator
+for a RubyGem.</p>
+	<ol>
+	<li>Create new RubyGem: <code>newgem foobar</code></li>
+		<li>Create generator: <code>script/generator application_generator foobar</code></li>
+		<li>Update tests + generator</li>
+		<li>Install</li>
+		<li>Run with: foobar</li>
+	</ol>
+	<p>For more documentation, run <code>script/generator application_generator</code></p>
+	<h3><span class="caps">DIY</span></h3>
+	<p>Without RubiGen, to give your users a head start and create a stub for them, you will
+copiously use <code>mkdir_p</code> and <code>File.open</code>. Your script will either be primitive (only
+create the bare folders and very few files) or it will be very long and unreadable
+(ok, perhaps I&#8217;m just talking about the <code>newgem</code> script, which I am dubiously responsible
+for&#8230; :P).</p>
+	<p>With RubiGen, you can create stubs using powerful, yet simple, syntax. Templates are
+extracted into a <code>templates</code> folder, and activating the generator from a script requires
+only a few lines of code.</p>
+	<p>These are the <code>newgem</code> files related to its Application Generator.</p>
+	<pre><code>bin/
+  bin/newgem        # Appliction Generator script; Usage: newgem gemname [options]
+app_generators/
+  app_generators/newgem/
+    app_generators/newgem/newgem_generator.rb
+    app_generators/newgem/USAGE
+    app_generators/newgem/templates/
+      app_generators/newgem/templates/app.rb
+      app_generators/newgem/templates/History.txt
+      app_generators/newgem/templates/... lots and lots of templates</code></pre>
+	<p>The <code>bin/newgem</code> script is very simple, and looks like:</p>
+	<p><pre class='syntax'>
+<span class="ident">require</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">rubygems</span><span class="punct">'</span>
+<span class="ident">require</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">rubigen</span><span class="punct">'</span>
+<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="punct">%w(</span><span class="string">-v --version</span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">include?</span> <span class="constant">ARGV</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">first</span>
+  <span class="ident">require</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">newgem/version</span><span class="punct">'</span>
+  <span class="ident">puts</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string"><span class="expr">#{File.basename($0)}</span> <span class="expr">#{Newgem::VERSION::STRING}</span></span><span class="punct">&quot;</span>
+  <span class="ident">exit</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="punct">)</span>
+<span class="keyword">end</span>
+<span class="ident">require</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">rubigen/scripts/generate</span><span class="punct">'</span>
+<span class="constant">RubiGen</span><span class="punct">::</span><span class="constant">Base</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">use_application_sources!</span>
+<span class="constant">RubiGen</span><span class="punct">::</span><span class="constant">Scripts</span><span class="punct">::</span><span class="constant">Generate</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">new</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">run</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="constant">ARGV</span><span class="punct">,</span> <span class="symbol">:generator</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">newgem</span><span class="punct">')</span>
+</pre></p>
+	<p>You can copy and paste this for your own generator script, and place it in your RubyGem&#8217;s <code>bin</code> folder.
+Change <code>newgem</code> to your RubyGem&#8217;s name in the script above (and in all the folders listed above too)</p>
+	<p><span class="caps">NOTE</span>: If you leave <code>newgem</code> there, then it will execute the <code>newgem_generator.rb</code> generator;
+as the generators are loaded from all RubyGem&#8217;s having <code>/app_generators</code> folders.</p>
+	<p>So, for your RubyGem, you need to keep the <code>/app_generators</code> folder (as you are creating an
+Application Generator, not a Component Generator), but change <code>newgem</code> to <code>your gem name</code> in
+all the subfolders and files. <span class="caps">ESPECIALLY</span> <code>newgem_generator.rb</code> -&gt; <code>yourgem_generator.rb</code>,
+as this is how the generator is discovered (via <code>RubiGen::Base.use_application_sources!</code>).</p>
+	<p>All the generator work is performed within <code>yourgem_generator.rb</code>. A stub for it will be:</p>
+	<p><pre class='syntax'>
+<span class="ident">require</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">rbconfig</span><span class="punct">'</span>
+<span class="keyword">class </span><span class="class">YourgemGenerator</span> <span class="punct">&lt;</span> <span class="constant">RubiGen</span><span class="punct">::</span><span class="constant">Base</span>
+  <span class="constant">DEFAULT_SHEBANG</span> <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="constant">File</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">join</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="constant">Config</span><span class="punct">::</span><span class="constant">CONFIG</span><span class="punct">['</span><span class="string">bindir</span><span class="punct">'],</span>
+                              <span class="constant">Config</span><span class="punct">::</span><span class="constant">CONFIG</span><span class="punct">['</span><span class="string">ruby_install_name</span><span class="punct">'])</span>
+  <span class="ident">default_options</span>   <span class="symbol">:shebang</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="constant">DEFAULT_SHEBANG</span><span class="punct">,</span>
+                    <span class="symbol">:an_option</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string">some_default</span><span class="punct">'</span>
+  <span class="ident">attr_reader</span> <span class="symbol">:app_name</span><span class="punct">,</span> <span class="symbol">:module_name</span>
+  <span class="keyword">def </span><span class="method">initialize</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="ident">runtime_args</span><span class="punct">,</span> <span class="ident">runtime_options</span> <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="punct">{})</span>
+    <span class="keyword">super</span>
+    <span class="ident">usage</span> <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="ident">args</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">empty?</span>
+    <span class="attribute">@destination_root</span> <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="ident">args</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">shift</span>
+    <span class="attribute">@app_name</span>     <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="constant">File</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">basename</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="constant">File</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">expand_path</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="attribute">@destination_root</span><span class="punct">))</span>
+    <span class="attribute">@module_name</span>  <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="ident">app_name</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">camelize</span>
+    <span class="ident">extract_options</span>
+  <span class="keyword">end</span>
+  <span class="keyword">def </span><span class="method">manifest</span>
+    <span class="comment"># Use /usr/bin/env if no special shebang was specified</span>
+    <span class="ident">script_options</span>     <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="punct">{</span> <span class="symbol">:chmod</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="number">0755</span><span class="punct">,</span> <span class="symbol">:shebang</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="ident">options</span><span class="punct">[</span><span class="symbol">:shebang</span><span class="punct">]</span> <span class="punct">==</span> <span class="constant">DEFAULT_SHEBANG</span> <span class="punct">?</span> <span class="constant">nil</span> <span class="punct">:</span> <span class="ident">options</span><span class="punct">[</span><span class="symbol">:shebang</span><span class="punct">]</span> <span class="punct">}</span>
+    <span class="ident">windows</span>            <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="punct">(</span><span class="constant">RUBY_PLATFORM</span> <span class="punct">=~</span> <span class="punct">/</span><span class="regex">dos|win32|cygwin</span><span class="punct">/</span><span class="ident">i</span><span class="punct">)</span> <span class="punct">||</span> <span class="punct">(</span><span class="constant">RUBY_PLATFORM</span> <span class="punct">=~</span> <span class="punct">/</span><span class="regex">(:?mswin|mingw)</span><span class="punct">/)</span>
+    <span class="ident">record</span> <span class="keyword">do</span> <span class="punct">|</span><span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">|</span>
+      <span class="comment"># Root directory and all subdirectories.</span>
+      <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">directory</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string"></span><span class="punct">'</span>
+      <span class="constant">BASEDIRS</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">each</span> <span class="punct">{</span> <span class="punct">|</span><span class="ident">path</span><span class="punct">|</span> <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">directory</span> <span class="ident">path</span> <span class="punct">}</span>
+      <span class="comment"># Root</span>
+      <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">template_copy_each</span> <span class="punct">%w(</span><span class="string"> Rakefile </span><span class="punct">)</span>
+      <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">file_copy_each</span>     <span class="punct">%w(</span><span class="string"> README.txt </span><span class="punct">)</span>
+      <span class="comment"># Test helper</span>
+      <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">template</span>   <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">test_helper.rb</span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span>        <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">test/test_helper.rb</span><span class="punct">&quot;</span>
+      <span class="comment"># Scripts</span>
+      <span class="punct">%w(</span><span class="string"> generate </span><span class="punct">).</span><span class="ident">each</span> <span class="keyword">do</span> <span class="punct">|</span><span class="ident">file</span><span class="punct">|</span>
+        <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">template</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">script/<span class="expr">#{file}</span></span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span>        <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">script/<span class="expr">#{file}</span></span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span> <span class="ident">script_options</span>
+        <span class="ident">m</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">template</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">script/win_script.cmd</span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">script/<span class="expr">#{file}</span>.cmd</span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span>
+          <span class="symbol">:assigns</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="punct">{</span> <span class="symbol">:filename</span> <span class="punct">=&gt;</span> <span class="ident">file</span> <span class="punct">}</span> <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="ident">windows</span>
+      <span class="keyword">end</span>
+    <span class="keyword">end</span>
+  <span class="keyword">end</span>
+  <span class="ident">protected</span>
+    <span class="keyword">def </span><span class="method">banner</span>
+      <span class="punct">&lt;&lt;-</span><span class="constant">EOS</span><span class="string">
+Create a stub for <span class="expr">#{File.basename $0}</span> to get started.
+Usage: <span class="expr">#{File.basename $0}</span> /path/to/your/app [options]&quot;
+</span><span class="constant">EOS</span>
+    <span class="keyword">end</span>
+    <span class="keyword">def </span><span class="method">add_options!</span><span class="punct">(</span><span class="ident">opts</span><span class="punct">)</span>
+      <span class="ident">opts</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">separator</span> <span class="punct">'</span><span class="string"></span><span class="punct">'</span>
+      <span class="ident">opts</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">separator</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string"><span class="expr">#{File.basename $0}</span> options:</span><span class="punct">&quot;</span>
+      <span class="ident">opts</span><span class="punct">.</span><span class="ident">on</span><span class="punct">(&quot;</span><span class="string">-v</span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">--version</span><span class="punct">&quot;,</span> <span class="punct">&quot;</span><span class="string">Show the <span class="expr">#{File.basename($0)}</span> version number and quit.</span><span class="punct">&quot;)</span>
+    <span class="keyword">end</span>
+  <span class="comment"># Installation skeleton.  Intermediate directories are automatically</span>
+  <span class="comment"># created so don't sweat their absence here.</span>
+  <span class="constant">BASEDIRS</span> <span class="punct">=</span> <span class="punct">%w(</span><span class="string">
+    doc
+    lib
+    log
+    script
+    test
+    tmp
+  </span><span class="punct">)</span>
+<span class="keyword">end</span>
+</pre></p>
+	<p>Easy peasy.</p>
+	<h2>Creating a Component Generator for your Framework</h2>
+	<p>You can include Component Generators in RubyGems, and they will be automatially picked up
+by your framework&#8217;s <code>script/generate</code> script.</p>
+	<h3>Easy way</h3>
+	<p>Use <a href="http://newgem.rubyforge.org/">newgem</a>, (v0.13.0+), and run:</p>
+<pre>
+script/generate component_generator
+</pre>
+	<p>and follow the instructions.</p>
+	<h2>Forum</h2>
+	<p><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rubigen">http://groups.google.com/group/rubigen</a></p>
+	<h2>How to submit patches</h2>
+	<p>Read the <a href="http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/">8 steps for fixing other people&#8217;s code</a> and for section <a href="http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/#8b-google-groups">8b: Submit patch to Google Groups</a>, use the Google Group above.
+The trunk repository is <code>svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/rubigen/trunk</code> for anonymous access.</p>
+	<h2>License</h2>
+	<p>This code is free to use under the terms of the <span class="caps">MIT</span> license.</p>
+	<h2>Contact</h2>
+	<p>Comments are welcome. Send an email to <a href="mailto:drnicwilliams@gmail.com">Dr Nic Williams</a> via the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rubigen">forum</a></p>
+    <p class="coda">
+      <a href="drnicwilliams@gmail.com">Dr Nic Williams</a>, 20th August 2007<br>
+      Theme extended from <a href="http://rb2js.rubyforge.org/">Paul Battley</a>
+    </p>
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+h1. rubigen
+h1. Ruby Generator Framework
+h2. What
+A framework to allow Ruby applications to generate file/folder stubs
+(like the <code>rails</code> command does for Ruby on Rails, and the 'script/generate'
+command within a Rails application during development).
+h2. Background
+RubiGen is originally extracted from Ruby on Rails (specifically the rails_generator
+from its railties gem).
+The rails_generator was hardcoded with Rails-specific dependencies (<code>RAILS_ROOT</code>),
+Rails generators ('app' = Rails application; 'model' = Rails model+tests+migration),
+and generally assumed it was the only generator framework within the Ruby world (it was).
+So, any RubyGem whose name ended with '_generator' was assumed to be a generator for
+a Rails application.
+But if you are developing a Merb application, then you may want a different set of generators.
+If you are developing a RubyGem, then you will want a different set of generators.
+RubiGen exists to give different development environments their own generator framework.
+h2. Installing
+RubiGen is only required at development time, and normally isn't required at deployment time
+(unless your application uses it to generate files etc for its users).
+On your development machine:
+<pre syntax="ruby">sudo gem install rubigen</pre>
+h2. Usage
+RubiGen will be normally integrated into another RubyGem, such as <code>newgem</code> or <code>merb</code> or <code>camping</code>,
+rather than be used on its own.
+These frameworks might use RubiGen for two reasons:
+# To generate an initial stub for developers, e.g. <code>rails</code> generated a stub to write a Rails application. <code>newgem</code> generates a stub to write a RubyGem. <br/>
+  BTW - RubiGen has a builtin application <code>ruby_app</code> which generates a bare-bones Ruby application stub (lib, test, and script folders, plus a Rakefile, and a script/generate script)
+# To generate components within their development areas, e.g. Rails had its <code>script/generate</code> script within each Rails application, which hooked back into the rails_generator to lookup and execute generators.
+So, there are two steps to integrating RubiGen into your framework:
+# Use it to generate an initial stub for the developers of your framework. This would create the folders
+   (<code>lib/app</code>, <code>test</code>, <code>script</code>, <code>doc</code>, <code>log</code>, etc) and starting files (<code>Rakefile</code>,
+   <code>README.txt</code>, <code>test/test_helper.rb</code> etc). Importantly, it would generate a <code>script/generate</code> file.
+   The <code>script/generate</code> file (example below) will allow developers of your framework to
+   generate components/extensions within the framework. <br />
+   RubiGen allows you to restrict which generators are available. For example, within
+   RubyGem development environment (as generated by <code>newgem</code>), the <code>script/generator</code>
+   only shows <code>rubygem</code>-related generators. Merb could restrict <code>script/generator</code>
+   to only show Merb related generators (or perhaps Merb and/or Rails generators)
+# Your framework RubyGem (e.g. <code>newgem</code> or <code>merb</code> RubyGems) needs to add <code>rubigen</code> as a
+   dependency, so that users of your RubyGem can access the generator framework.
+h1. Creating generators
+There are two types of generators:
+# Application Generators - used by developers of your framework to get started.
+   Generally, you will create one Application Generator for your framework.
+   It generates a base stub (such as the <code>rails</code> stub for new Rails applications)
+   for your framework users.
+# Component Generators - used by developers to extend their application.
+   You may include 1+ built-in generators with your framework.
+   Developers can also write generators for your framework, and like Rails' generator
+   install them in various places and have access to their via RubiGen.
+h2. Creating an Application Generator for your Framework
+h3. Easy way
+"newgem":http://newgem.rubyforge.org/ (v0.13.0+) can generate an Application Generator
+for a RubyGem.
+# Create new RubyGem: <code>newgem foobar</code>
+# Create generator: <code>script/generator application_generator foobar</code>
+# Update tests + generator
+# Install
+# Run with: foobar
+For more documentation, run <code>script/generator application_generator</code>
+h3. DIY
+Without RubiGen, to give your users a head start and create a stub for them, you will
+copiously use <code>mkdir_p</code> and <code>File.open</code>. Your script will either be primitive (only
+create the bare folders and very few files) or it will be very long and unreadable
+(ok, perhaps I'm just talking about the <code>newgem</code> script, which I am dubiously responsible
+for... :P).
+With RubiGen, you can create stubs using powerful, yet simple, syntax. Templates are
+extracted into a <code>templates</code> folder, and activating the generator from a script requires
+only a few lines of code.
+These are the <code>newgem</code> files related to its Application Generator.
+    bin/
+      bin/newgem        # Appliction Generator script; Usage: newgem gemname [options]
+    app_generators/
+      app_generators/newgem/
+        app_generators/newgem/newgem_generator.rb
+        app_generators/newgem/USAGE
+        app_generators/newgem/templates/
+          app_generators/newgem/templates/app.rb
+          app_generators/newgem/templates/History.txt
+          app_generators/newgem/templates/... lots and lots of templates
+The <code>bin/newgem</code> script is very simple, and looks like:
+<pre syntax="ruby">
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rubigen'
+if %w(-v --version).include? ARGV.first
+  require 'newgem/version'
+  puts "#{File.basename($0)} #{Newgem::VERSION::STRING}"
+  exit(0)
+end
+require 'rubigen/scripts/generate'
+RubiGen::Base.use_application_sources!
+RubiGen::Scripts::Generate.new.run(ARGV, :generator => 'newgem')
+</pre>
+You can copy and paste this for your own generator script, and place it in your RubyGem's <code>bin</code> folder.
+Change <code>newgem</code> to your RubyGem's name in the script above (and in all the folders listed above too)
+NOTE: If you leave <code>newgem</code> there, then it will execute the <code>newgem_generator.rb</code> generator;
+as the generators are loaded from all RubyGem's having <code>/app_generators</code> folders.
+So, for your RubyGem, you need to keep the <code>/app_generators</code> folder (as you are creating an
+Application Generator, not a Component Generator), but change <code>newgem</code> to <code>your gem name</code> in
+all the subfolders and files. ESPECIALLY <code>newgem_generator.rb</code> -> <code>yourgem_generator.rb</code>,
+as this is how the generator is discovered (via <code>RubiGen::Base.use_application_sources!</code>).
+All the generator work is performed within <code>yourgem_generator.rb</code>. A stub for it will be:
+<pre syntax="ruby">
+require 'rbconfig'
+class YourgemGenerator < RubiGen::Base
+  DEFAULT_SHEBANG = File.join(Config::CONFIG['bindir'],
+                              Config::CONFIG['ruby_install_name'])
+  default_options   :shebang => DEFAULT_SHEBANG,
+                    :an_option => 'some_default'
+  attr_reader :app_name, :module_name
+  def initialize(runtime_args, runtime_options = {})
+    super
+    usage if args.empty?
+    @destination_root = args.shift
+    @app_name     = File.basename(File.expand_path(@destination_root))
+    @module_name  = app_name.camelize
+    extract_options
+  end
+  def manifest
+    # Use /usr/bin/env if no special shebang was specified
+    script_options     = { :chmod => 0755, :shebang => options[:shebang] == DEFAULT_SHEBANG ? nil : options[:shebang] }
+    windows            = (RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /dos|win32|cygwin/i) || (RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(:?mswin|mingw)/)
+    record do |m|
+      # Root directory and all subdirectories.
+      m.directory ''
+      BASEDIRS.each { |path| m.directory path }
+      # Root
+      m.template_copy_each %w( Rakefile )
+      m.file_copy_each     %w( README.txt )
+      # Test helper
+      m.template   "test_helper.rb",        "test/test_helper.rb"
+      # Scripts
+      %w( generate ).each do |file|
+        m.template "script/#{file}",        "script/#{file}", script_options
+        m.template "script/win_script.cmd", "script/#{file}.cmd",
+          :assigns => { :filename => file } if windows
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  protected
+    def banner
+      <<-EOS
+Create a stub for #{File.basename $0} to get started.
+Usage: #{File.basename $0} /path/to/your/app [options]"
+EOS
+    end
+    def add_options!(opts)
+      opts.separator ''
+      opts.separator "#{File.basename $0} options:"
+      opts.on("-v", "--version", "Show the #{File.basename($0)} version number and quit.")
+    end
+  # Installation skeleton.  Intermediate directories are automatically
+  # created so don't sweat their absence here.
+  BASEDIRS = %w(
+    doc
+    lib
+    log
+    script
+    test
+    tmp
+  )
+end
+</pre>
+Easy peasy.
+h2. Creating a Component Generator for your Framework
+You can include Component Generators in RubyGems, and they will be automatially picked up
+by your framework's <code>script/generate</code> script.
+h3. Easy way
+Use "newgem":http://newgem.rubyforge.org/, (v0.13.0+), and run:
+<pre>
+script/generate component_generator
+</pre>
+and follow the instructions.
+h2. Forum
+"http://groups.google.com/group/rubigen":http://groups.google.com/group/rubigen
+h2. How to submit patches
+Read the "8 steps for fixing other people's code":http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/ and for section "8b: Submit patch to Google Groups":http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/#8b-google-groups, use the Google Group above.
+The trunk repository is <code>svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/rubigen/trunk</code> for anonymous access.
+h2. License
+This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license.
+h2. Contact
+Comments are welcome. Send an email to "Dr Nic Williams":mailto:drnicwilliams@gmail.com via the "forum":http://groups.google.com/group/rubigen