History.js for Rails

Provides History.js (1.7.1) for use with Rails 3 & 4

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Installation

Rails 3.1+

To use History.js with your Rails 3.1+ application, add the following to your Gemfile

gem "historyjs-rails"

Run bundle install and History.js will be available for you to use via the asset pipeline. Add one of the following lines (depending on your framework) into your app/assets/javascripts/application.js file...

# HTML4 & 5 support (with hash fallback)
//= require history_jquery    # jQuery 1.3+
//= require history_mootools  # Mootools 1.3+
//= require history_right     # Right.js 2.2+
//= require history_zepto     # Zepto 0.5+
//= require history_native    # For everything else

# HTML5 only support
//= require history_jquery_html5    # jQuery 1.3+
//= require history_mootools_html5  # Mootools 1.3+
//= require history_right_html5     # Right.js 2.2+
//= require history_zepto_html5     # Zepto 0.5+
//= require history_native_html5    # For everything else

...or for the minified version in development

# HTML4 & 5 support (with hash fallback)
//= require history_jquery.min    # jQuery 1.3+
//= require history_mootools.min  # Mootools 1.3+
//= require history_right.min     # Right.js 2.2+
//= require history_zepto.min     # Zepto 0.5+
//= require history_native.min    # For everything else

# HTML5 only support
//= require history_jquery_html5.min    # jQuery 1.3+
//= require history_mootools_html5.min  # Mootools 1.3+
//= require history_right_html5.min     # Right.js 2.2+
//= require history_zepto_html5.min     # Zepto 0.5+
//= require history_native_html5.min    # For everything else

History.js is now installed. Woop!

Rails 3.0

To use History.js with your Rails 3.0 application, add the following to your Gemfile

gem "historyjs-rails"

Run bundle install followed by the install generator (with the desired framework option)

# HTML4 & 5 support (with hash fallback)
rails generate historyjs:install --jquery    # jQuery 1.3+
rails generate historyjs:install --mootools  # Mootools 1.3+
rails generate historyjs:install --right     # Right.js 2.2+
rails generate historyjs:install --zepto     # Zepto 0.5+
rails generate historyjs:install --native    # For everything else

# HTML5 only support
rails generate historyjs:install --jquery --html5    # jQuery 1.3+
rails generate historyjs:install --mootools --html5  # Mootools 1.3+
rails generate historyjs:install --right --html5     # Right.js 2.2+
rails generate historyjs:install --zepto --html5     # Zepto 0.5+
rails generate historyjs:install --native --html5    # For everything else

History.js is now installed. Woop!

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