From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2009-01-29T16:50:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21662] Re: [Feature #1046] request: ability to run 	without specifying .rb

Hi,

At Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:11:16 +0900,
Roger Pack wrote in [ruby-core:21646]:
> 
> > |Oh sorry--I meant that you would probably find my answer [that I am lazy and
> > |don't want to have to think when running ruby] as unsatisfying.
> >
> > That's the point.  I have been a Ruby user for last 15 years, and I
> > have never felt omitting extension help me being lazy.  I am sure I am
> > lazier than you are here.  In fact, I am too lazy to think about .rb
> > as a extension, it's only a part of file name unless it a library name
> > (target of require).  So there must be something help you by omitting
> > extension.  Could you explain how this help you to be lazy, unless you
> > are too lazy?
> >
> > Tab issue is reasonable, but not strong enough, if I have "foo.rb",
> > when I type "fo" then hit tab, I will get "foo.rb" anyway.  It's
> > highly dependent on how you choose file names.
> 
> 
> good answer :)
> 
> I like the suggestion to create a batch file [say r.bat] that handles
> both cases that should work well.

What about the suggestion by Luis Lavena at [ruby-core:21581]?

> Another question:
> 
> Is there a way to do this from the command line?
> 
> require 2 files:
> 
> $ ruby -rrubygems -rfacets -e '3'
> ruby: no such file to load -- facets (LoadError)

It's gem specific, and has gone in 1.9 as rubygems is built-in
now.

> Also is there a way to do something like
> $ ruby -e 'initialization code' filename_run_after.rb

ruby -e 'initialization code; load($0=ARGV.shift)' filename_run_after.rb

-- 
Nobu Nakada