From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-10-13T07:20:40+09:00
Subject: Re: integrating irb/ruby into vim

dave davidson wrote:

> is there a possibility to have an option to run the ruby script
> currently being edited in vim from inside the program?  or even
> better, have the ability to pop open an irb session from the editing
> environment.  i'm running cream/gvim 6.3 on windows.

No.  Vim doesn’t have a terminal emulator built in...by choice (see
Emacs).

See the other reply for very good alternatives.  You can also look into
creating a 'compiler' that simply runs your file in an environment you
like.  Read the help on :compiler (:help :compiler) for an introduction,
        nikolai

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