From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-01-06T08:37:59+09:00
Subject: Re: using irb

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:36:03 -0000, James Edward Gray II  
<james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

> On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:29 AM, J. Ryan Sobol wrote:
>
>> Why is this line necessary in .irbrc?
>
> I was having trouble with IRb at some point and that was the fix.  I'm  
> trying to remember now, but it's not coming to me.  I think it was Rails  
> related.  Console or Breakpointer maybe...
>
> It was some time ago and may not be an issue now.
>

Still useful though - I use something similar to allow symlinks to launch  
different irb 'profiles'. I just have 'tirb' I use for testing stuff (lots  
of requires in .irbrc) and 'irb' that's pretty much standard.

Cheers,

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk