greboide / irbrc

My .irbrc settings for interactive Ruby

How to install

1. Install the prerequisite ruby gems: map_by_method, wirble, what_methods
2. Clone this repo using git
   

   git clone git://github.com/logankoester/irbrc.git ~/projects/irbrc

3. Symlink the file to ~/.irbrc
   

   ln -s ~/projects/irbrc/irbrc ~/.irbrc

4. Run ‘irb’ and enjoy!

These settings will also affect your script/console sessions in Rails

What it does

• Sets a shorter prompt (“>>”)
• Saves your command history between irb sessions
• Adds color highlighting to your output
• Type “clear” to clear the screen (or just “c”)
• Enables automatic indentation
• Loads Rubygems for you
• Loads Dr Nic’s map_by_method
• Loads Dr Nic’s what_methods
• Loads pp (pretty print)
• Loads readline
• Implements Object.pm, which pretty prints the methods of an object
• Sketches – http://sketches.rubyforge.org/