Irb Ri integration (Was: An assimilators guide to Python?)

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From: Charles Comstock [mailto:cc1@cec.wustl.edu]
Subject: Irb Ri integration (Was: An assimilators guide to Python?)

Now that we have alot of the standard docs in ri format available in
general do we have any integration between ri and irb? That would be
nice to be able to easily call them from within irb. I mean
I suppose
you could just call ri Array or whatever, but nonetheless it seems
some integration is possible.

it’s a pending RCR

http://rcrchive.net/rcr/RCR/RCR197
Abstract: Add a help() function to irb that would invoke ri on any module.

gavri

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Hi,

At Thu, 5 Feb 2004 21:05:39 +0900,
Gavri Savio Fernandez wrote in [ruby-talk:91613]:

From: Charles Comstock [mailto:cc1@cec.wustl.edu]
Subject: Irb Ri integration (Was: An assimilators guide to Python?)

Now that we have alot of the standard docs in ri format available in
general do we have any integration between ri and irb? That would be
nice to be able to easily call them from within irb. I mean
I suppose
you could just call ri Array or whatever, but nonetheless it seems
some integration is possible.

it’s a pending RCR

RCR::RCR197 - RCRchive home
Abstract: Add a help() function to irb that would invoke ri on any module.

A quick hack.

Index: lib/irb/extend-command.rb

···

===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ruby/src/ruby/lib/irb/extend-command.rb,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -2 -p -d -r1.4 extend-command.rb
— lib/irb/extend-command.rb 29 Jul 2002 06:14:08 -0000 1.4
+++ lib/irb/extend-command.rb 5 Feb 2004 12:43:03 -0000
@@ -101,4 +101,7 @@ module IRB
[:irb_kill, :Kill, “irb/cmd/subirb”,
[:kill, OVERRIDE_PRIVATE_ONLY]],
+

  •  [:irb_help, :Help, "irb/cmd/help",

  •    [:help, NO_OVERRIDE]],
    ]

Index: lib/irb/cmd/help.rb

RCS file: lib/irb/cmd/help.rb
diff -N lib/irb/cmd/help.rb
— /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ lib/irb/cmd/help.rb 5 Feb 2004 12:48:02 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require ‘rdoc/ri/ri_driver’
+
+module IRB

  • module ExtendCommand
  • module Help
  •  begin

  •    @ri = RiDriver.new

  •  rescue SystemExit

  •  else

  •    def self.execute(context, *names)

  •      names.each do |name|

  •        begin

  •          @ri.get_info_for(name.to_s)

  •        rescue RiError

  •          puts $!.message

  •        end

  •      end

  •      nil

  •    end

  •  end
  • end
  • end
    +end

–
Nobu Nakada

3

Hi,

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In message “Re: Irb Ri integration (Was: An assimilators guide to Python?)” on 04/02/05, nobu.nokada@softhome.net nobu.nokada@softhome.net writes:

RCR::RCR197 - RCRchive home
Abstract: Add a help() function to irb that would invoke ri on any module.

A quick hack.

Interesting. Can you commit?

						matz.
4

Hi,

At Fri, 6 Feb 2004 00:21:40 +0900,
Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote in [ruby-talk:91617]:

RCR::RCR197 - RCRchive home
Abstract: Add a help() function to irb that would invoke ri on any module.

A quick hack.

Interesting. Can you commit?

What about 1.8?

···

–
Nobu Nakada

5

Hi,

···

In message “Re: Irb Ri integration (Was: An assimilators guide to Python?)” on 04/02/06, nobu.nokada@softhome.net nobu.nokada@softhome.net writes:

Interesting. Can you commit?

What about 1.8?

Let us see a while before backporting.

						matz.