How do you read ruby source code?

ruby-talk
1

Hi, I'm a Java developer who is checking out Ruby on Rails. I'm
wondering how Ruby developers go about browsing Ruby source code?

In my favorite Java IDE, whenever I'm reading some source code and it
calls a method that I don't understand, I type "Control-B" to jump to
the method's source code. I haven't found a convenient way to do this
for Ruby code so far.

2

I do that in vim with Ctrl-] and excuberant ctags [
http://ctags.sourceforge.net/\]. There should be plenty of other editors that
support ctags. I don't know about Java IDEs though.

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On 9/28/05, brian-usenet@slesinsky.org <brian-usenet@slesinsky.org> wrote:

In my favorite Java IDE, whenever I'm reading some source code and it
calls a method that I don't understand, I type "Control-B" to jump to
the method's source code. I haven't found a convenient way to do this
for Ruby code so far.

3

Coming from a Java background, you might be interested in the ruby
integration in eclipse.

Dan

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On 9/27/05, brian-usenet@slesinsky.org <brian-usenet@slesinsky.org> wrote:

Hi, I'm a Java developer who is checking out Ruby on Rails. I'm
wondering how Ruby developers go about browsing Ruby source code?

In my favorite Java IDE, whenever I'm reading some source code and it
calls a method that I don't understand, I type "Control-B" to jump to
the method's source code. I haven't found a convenient way to do this
for Ruby code so far.

4

I'm wondering how Ruby developers go about browsing Ruby source code?

I usually get a cup of tea, sit back and just enjoy it. :slight_smile:

5

I use jedit with the ruby plugin.. jedit.com/ruby

--Good stuff!

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On 9/27/05, David Balmain <dbalmain.ml@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/28/05, brian-usenet@slesinsky.org <brian-usenet@slesinsky.org> wrote:

> In my favorite Java IDE, whenever I'm reading some source code and it
> calls a method that I don't understand, I type "Control-B" to jump to
> the method's source code. I haven't found a convenient way to do this
> for Ruby code so far.

I do that in vim with Ctrl-] and excuberant ctags [
http://ctags.sourceforge.net/\]. There should be plenty of other editors that
support ctags. I don't know about Java IDEs though.

6

You can run Gonzui on any RAA lib:

http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/usingGonzuiAndRaa.html

Daniel Amelang wrote:

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Coming from a Java background, you might be interested in the ruby
integration in eclipse.

http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/

Dan

On 9/27/05, brian-usenet@slesinsky.org <brian-usenet@slesinsky.org> wrote:
> Hi, I'm a Java developer who is checking out Ruby on Rails. I'm
> wondering how Ruby developers go about browsing Ruby source code?
>
> In my favorite Java IDE, whenever I'm reading some source code and it
> calls a method that I don't understand, I type "Control-B" to jump to
> the method's source code. I haven't found a convenient way to do this
> for Ruby code so far.
>
>
>

7

Correction:

jedit.org/ruby

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On 9/28/05, Gene Tani <gene.tani@gmail.com> wrote:

You can run Gonzui on any RAA lib:

http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/usingGonzuiAndRaa.html

Daniel Amelang wrote:
> Coming from a Java background, you might be interested in the ruby
> integration in eclipse.
>
> http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/
>
> Dan
>
> On 9/27/05, brian-usenet@slesinsky.org <brian-usenet@slesinsky.org> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm a Java developer who is checking out Ruby on Rails. I'm
> > wondering how Ruby developers go about browsing Ruby source code?
> >
> > In my favorite Java IDE, whenever I'm reading some source code and it
> > calls a method that I don't understand, I type "Control-B" to jump to
> > the method's source code. I haven't found a convenient way to do this
> > for Ruby code so far.
> >
> >
> >