From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2004-10-06T05:01:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Use ri from irb ?

Its Me wrote:
> What do I need to do to use ri from within irb? I can use it fine from the
> (dos) command line.

That's handled in Programming Ruby 2 (Pickaxe II), page 191.

Add the following to your .irbrc file:

   def ri(*names)
     system(%{ri #{names.map {|name| name.to_s}.join(" ")}})
   end

Regards,

   Michael