From: Shreyas <sravi2k4@...>
Date: 2005-10-17T10:56:56+09:00
Subject: Editing in Ruby

Hi all --

I just started reading up on programming in Ruby. I used to program in
VB / VB.NET, and have done some programming in Java, etc etc. In any
case, I am looking over the basic "how to program in Ruby" tutorials on
the web just to get a general idea of how this programming language
works, and I was wondering if there was any editor out there that had
"autocomplete," i.e., one that will automatically give me a list of
functions for the object in question whenever I type in the '.', and
also give me the tooltips once I start a function.
I installed the one-click Ruby installer (I'm running this on WinXP),
and it gave me a copy of SciTE, but it looks like I need to point it to
a text file listing the entire ruby API, and I don't know where to find
that (I've tried Googling for it, but to no avail). I also have
installed RDE, and FreeRide comes with the installer too (but, of
course, FreeRide seems to run on top of Scintilla).
In any case, I was wondering if anyone knew either (a) how to get a
list of all the functions in ruby exported to an API file, or (b) if
there is an editor out there that can help out. Many times when I'm
programming, it's nice to just be able to see what the valid functions
are for the object in question, rather than having to look it up in the
API documentation.

Thanks!
Shreyas