From: Brian McCallister <brianm@...>
Date: 2005-01-18T11:31:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] IHelp 0.2.0

btw -- REALLY NICE!

=)

On Jan 17, 2005, at 9:30 PM, Brian McCallister wrote:

> I get
>
> irb(main):001:0> require 'ihelp'
>
> unrecognized option `--readline'
>
> For help on options, try 'ri --help'
>
> brianm@kite:~/work/ihelp-0.2.0$
>
> I suspect stemming from my .irbrc which looks like:
>
> require 'irb/completion'
> ARGV.concat [ "--readline", "--prompt-mode", "simple" ]
>
> IRB.conf[:AUTO_INDENT] = true
>
> def ri(*names)
>   system(%{ri #{names.map {|name| name.to_s}.join(" ")}})
> end
>
>
> When i comment out the ARGV additions it works fine.
>
> -Brian
>
> On Jan 16, 2005, at 3:46 PM, Ilmari Heikkinen wrote:
>
>> URL: http://fhtr.org/projects/ihelp/
>>
>> Download:
>> =========
>>
>>   Release: http://fhtr.org/projects/ihelp/releases/ihelp-0.2.0.tar.gz
>>   Darcs repo: http://dark.fhtr.org/repos/ihelp/
>>
>>
>> IHelp README
>> ============
>>
>>   The IHelp (Interactive Help) package provides contextual help for
>>   objects and methods by using ri.
>>
>>
>> Usage
>> -----
>>
>>   Example:
>>
>>     require 'ihelp'
>>
>>     12.help
>>     "string".help :reverse # cute syntax - "string".help:reverse
>>     Array.help :map
>>     help "Array#map"
>>
>>     # and, after generating ri docs for this (rdoc --ri ihelp/):
>>     IHelp.help
>>
>>
>>   To load IHelp automatically with irb, add the following to your 
>> .irbrc:
>>     require 'ihelp'
>>
>>   If you think it makes the irb startup too slow, load it in a thread:
>>     Thread.new{ require 'ihelp' }
>>
>>   But note that calling help will fail before it's completely loaded.
>>
>>
>> See also
>> --------
>>
>>   ri --help
>>   rdoc --help
>>   ruby --help
>>
>>   The ruby-doc.org Ruby documentation project: 
>> http://www.ruby-doc.org/
>>   Pickaxe book: http://www.ruby-doc.org/find/pickaxe
>>   Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/
>>
>>
>> Requirements
>> ------------
>>
>>   * Ruby 1.8
>>   * generated ri documentation
>>
>>
>> Install
>> -------
>>
>>   De-compress archive and enter its top directory.
>>   Then type:
>>
>>    ($ su)
>>     # ruby setup.rb
>>
>>   These simple step installs this program under the default
>>   location of Ruby libraries.  You can also install files into
>>   your favorite directory by supplying setup.rb some options.
>>   Try "ruby setup.rb --help".
>>
>>
>> License
>> -------
>>
>>   Ruby's
>>
>>
>> Ilmari Heikkinen <kig misfiring net>
>>
>>
>>
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