Comments on: My .irbrc for console/irb http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/ Ruby makes Rails, Javascript makes Ajax, Dr Nic makes Magic Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Steven Bristol http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-193503 Steven Bristol Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:00:22 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-193503 Hi Nic, Just came across this again while searching for something else. Still great tips. How about an update? Any cool new tricks in your .irbrc? Hi Nic,

Just came across this again while searching for something else. Still great tips. How about an update? Any cool new tricks in your .irbrc?

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]]> By: greenideas: A Matt Henry Joint http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-165732 greenideas: A Matt Henry Joint Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:48:03 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-165732 [...] Dr. Nic also has some great irb tips [...] [...] Dr. Nic also has some great irb tips [...]

]]> By: Ted Naleid » Syntactic Sugar in Groovy and Ruby http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-92348 Ted Naleid » Syntactic Sugar in Groovy and Ruby Wed, 28 May 2008 04:53:29 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-92348 [...] the .irbrc file auto load ruby code when going into irb (the interactive ruby shell. Having a .groovyrc file that gets loaded when [...] [...] the .irbrc file auto load ruby code when going into irb (the interactive ruby shell. Having a .groovyrc file that gets loaded when [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-79547 Daniel Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:43:41 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-79547 @Piggybox [<a href='http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-451' rel="nofollow">via</a>] - I'm not sure that's true. Python has this thing called ipython which seems to work within windows cmd. Dito for cygwin. If someone knows how to make wirble work in windows, that'd be great. @Piggybox [via] –

I’m not sure that’s true. Python has this thing called ipython which seems to work within windows cmd. Dito for cygwin. If someone knows how to make wirble work in windows, that’d be great.

]]> By: Jim OLeary http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-49167 Jim OLeary Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:32:49 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-49167 (I find) another useful method to add to your irbrc is : def self.load_rails(from="./") require File.expand_path(File.join(from,"config/boot")) require File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'config', 'environment') end it loads a rails project into irb, useful if you really should have run ./script/console ;-) (I find) another useful method to add to your irbrc is :

def self.load_rails(from=”./”)
require File.expand_path(File.join(from,”config/boot”))
require File.join(RAILS_ROOT, ‘config’, ‘environment’)
end

it loads a rails project into irb, useful if you really should have run ./script/console ;-)

]]> By: Dr Nic http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-39303 Dr Nic Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:32:10 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-39303 @stephaneliu [<a href="http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-39300" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">via</a>] - it is funny seeing "@stephaneliu" when you are replying to yourself. I might add "@me" and it could point to the previous comment (which we'd assume was your own). @stephaneliu [via] – it is funny seeing “@stephaneliu” when you are replying to yourself. I might add “@me” and it could point to the previous comment (which we’d assume was your own).

]]> By: stephaneliu http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-39300 stephaneliu Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:07:27 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-39300 @stephaneliu [<a href='http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-39299' rel="nofollow">via</a>] - parser didn't like my syntax for second location of irbrc which is in the locomotive home/bin directory. @stephaneliu [via] –

parser didn’t like my syntax for second location of irbrc which is in the locomotive home/bin directory.

]]> By: stephaneliu http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-39299 stephaneliu Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:05:13 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-39299 I can modify the irbrc file on my windows machine but not on my mac that runs locomotive. I modified irbrc file in both ~/.irbrc and /...bin/.irbrc. Should the irbrc file be be in another location? I can modify the irbrc file on my windows machine but not on my mac that runs locomotive. I modified irbrc file in both ~/.irbrc and /…bin/.irbrc. Should the irbrc file be be in another location?

]]> By: Dr Nic http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/comment-page-1/#comment-38083 Dr Nic Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:25:08 +0000 http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/#comment-38083 BTW, if you want to add <code>active_support</code> to .irbrc, and you use Edge Rails, you must not preload the gem if its a rails console. So instead of <pre>require 'active_support'</pre> Use: <pre> unless IRB.conf[:LOAD_MODULES].join =~ /config\\/environment/ require 'active_support' end </pre> Until I did this I was getting errors like: <pre>/vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:94:NoMethodError: undefined method `attr_accessor_with_default' for #<Class:Dispatcher></pre> BTW, if you want to add active_support to .irbrc, and you use Edge Rails, you must not preload the gem if its a rails console.

So instead of 

require 'active_support'

Use:

unless IRB.conf[:LOAD_MODULES].join =~ /config\\/environment/
  require 'active_support'
end

Until I did this I was getting errors like:

/vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:94:NoMethodError: undefined method `attr_accessor_with_default' for #<Class:Dispatcher>
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