Comments on: Improved irb configuration http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/07/improved-irb-configuration/ Sat, 19 May 2012 07:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Samuel Huckins http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/07/improved-irb-configuration/comment-page-1/#comment-29376 Samuel Huckins Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:53:59 +0000 http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/?p=1068#comment-29376 Wow, that looks super handy! Thanks, Alex! I will have to play with that some more and blog about it in specific. I got it installed and was able to get the interactive method searches working ("String.ri //", etc). However running it on simple class and specific methods didn't seem to work: <code lang="ruby">>> String.ri :upcase Looking up topics [String#upcase] . No articles found => nil >> Array.ri Looking up topics [Array] . No articles found => nil</code> Wow, that looks super handy! Thanks, Alex! I will have to play with that some more and blog about it in specific. I got it installed and was able to get the interactive method searches working (“String.ri //”, etc). However running it on simple class and specific methods didn’t seem to work:

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>> String.ri :upcase
Looking up topics [String#upcase] .
No articles found
=> nil
>> Array.ri
Looking up topics [Array] .
No articles found
=> nil
]]> By: Alex Fortuna http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/07/improved-irb-configuration/comment-page-1/#comment-29365 Alex Fortuna Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:51:30 +0000 http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/?p=1068#comment-29365 Nice hacks. Regarding `interesting_methods`, there's a more systematic approach offered by ORI gem -- interactive method list with regular expressions and a bunch of neat filtering options. Also, you get a _working_ RI in your IRB console. Info: <a href="http://github.com/dadooda/ori" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/dadooda/ori</a>. <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cXVVYuXpH" rel="nofollow">Watch intro screencast</a>. ### Setup (`~/.irbrc`) ### <code> require "rubygems" require "ori" </code> ### Request RI on a Class ### <code> Array.ri String.ri [].ri "".ri 5.ri </code> ### Request RI on a Method ### <code> String.ri :upcase "".ri :upcase [].ri :sort Hash.ri :[] </code> ### Request Interactive Method List ### <code> String.ri // "".ri // "".ri /case/ "".ri /^to_/ User.ri /^validates_/ </code> etc. Cheers! Nice hacks.

Regarding `interesting_methods`, there’s a more systematic approach offered by ORI gem — interactive method list with regular expressions and a bunch of neat filtering options.

Also, you get a _working_ RI in your IRB console.

Info: http://github.com/dadooda/ori.

Watch intro screencast.

### Setup (`~/.irbrc`) ###

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require "rubygems"
require "ori"

### Request RI on a Class ###

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Array.ri
String.ri
[].ri
"".ri
5.ri

### Request RI on a Method ###

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String.ri :upcase
"".ri :upcase
[].ri :sort
Hash.ri :[]

### Request Interactive Method List ###

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String.ri //
"".ri //
"".ri /case/
"".ri /^to_/
User.ri /^validates_/

etc.

Cheers!

]]> By: Sobber http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/07/improved-irb-configuration/comment-page-1/#comment-7633 Sobber Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:04:06 +0000 http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/?p=1068#comment-7633 Really good post, using parts of that for my own .irbrc now. Really good post, using parts of that for my own .irbrc now.

]]> By: A better Ruby prompt | tail -f findings.out http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/2009/07/improved-irb-configuration/comment-page-1/#comment-5441 A better Ruby prompt | tail -f findings.out Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:20:31 +0000 http://dancingpenguinsoflight.com/?p=1068#comment-5441 [...] After hearing about this, I looked around for example .irbrc files and put together a decent one. Check out this post for more details. Share and [...] [...] After hearing about this, I looked around for example .irbrc files and put together a decent one. Check out this post for more details. Share and [...]

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