From: Charles Mills <cmills@...>
Date: 2005-02-07T03:35:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Interactive Shell


Jenjhiz wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm looking for a Ruby interactive shell where I can paste snippet of
> codes (rather than typing them in). eval.rb doesn't do it (or I
haven't
> found a way to make it do it).
> Thanks!
> gk

There is an answer to your question at the bottom of this page:
http://rubygarden.org/ruby?Irb/TipsAndTricks

<snip>
If you add this to your .irbrc file:
 IRB.conf[:PROMPT][:XMP][:RETURN] = "\# => %s\n"

and start with irb --prompt xmp you'll have a great session for copying
and pasting code.
</snip>

-Charlie