README

SimplyTabby
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This plugin takes advantage of a Rails 2.0 feature, 'Multiple Controller View Paths'.

tab·by –noun:
a spiteful female gossip or tattler.

SimplyTabby is a plugin which collects system information, only to turn around and
"be a tabby".

This plugin renders system information in <!-- HTML comments -->.

To Add/remove additional system information.  Add the following to environment.rb
where :type is either :crypt or :public.  Items under :crypt will be encrypted, so
the general public cannot view their contents.  See section A. in appendix for
decryption instructions.
  SimplyTabby.remove_system_information(:type, :environment)
  SimplyTabby.add_system_information(:type, {:database_adapter => ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[RAILS_ENV]['adapter']})

Example
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To use SimplyTabby, include the following code in your layout just before </body>.
  <%= SimplyTabby.do_tell %>

Dependencies
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Ezcrypto rubygem version 0.7.2.  If you do not have ezcrypto installed the encrypted section will not show.

Appendix
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A. Decryption:

Run the following task to decrypt SimplyTabby's OpenSSL object.

  > rake tabby:decrypt
	(in /Users/john/svn/topics)
	INFO: Paste key -- terminate with '^D'
	jB6m1h2x8BhSHXTYRRYHlbUCcgPZqxKqJ4QmuprIX4cWS0ColecYtKGqEhL9
	s5D9Bvt2KLPoxmLWYNWwWrRzT8Rfw8Mc0IVMUqDHWHMmvPvt9FV/ihif9MQS
	AnfGyFXNxfwswZUI0L+xGwbDXFfsSPpLpEq2lMvxN8GBMyDB/3BtPOd+XKua
	FoyWU/+D0w+hlIzY5C9Dc6ieSyoKeh9X5XtWf9pnDRN8AhHNgEle2rLnUwkK
	+zN+pFxHe69o+E3J
	================================================================================
	ip_address: 127.0.0.1
	rails_version: 2.0.1
	ruby_platfom: universal-darwin9.0
	ruby_version: 1.8.6
	hostname: emopop
	database_adapter: mysql
	rubygems_version: 0.9.4
	database_schema_version: 20

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