From: Ross Bamford <rossrt@...>
Date: 2006-04-12T18:42:26+09:00
Subject: Re: irb

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 03:30 +0900, Tom Allison wrote:
> Is there any way to reset irb without closing and restarting it?

I don't know if this is any help, but do you know about IRB's
workspaces?


jobs
# => #0->irb on main (#<Thread:0xb7f296f8>: running)

irb "other object"

jobs
# => #0->irb on main (#<Thread:0xb7f296f8>: stop)
#1->irb#1 on other object (#<Thread:0xb7e29e68>: running)

self
# => "other object"

irb "and another"

jobs
# => #0->irb on main (#<Thread:0xb7f296f8>: stop)
#1->irb#1 on other object (#<Thread:0xb7e29e68>: stop)
#2->irb#2 on and another (#<Thread:0xb7e20fc0>: running)

self
# => "and another"

fg 0
# => #<IRB::Irb: @scanner=#<RubyLex:0xb7e40aa0>,
@context=#<IRB::Context:0xb7e40dfc>, @signal_status=:IN_EVAL>

jobs
# => #0->irb on main (#<Thread:0xb7f296f8>: running)
#1->irb#1 on other object (#<Thread:0xb7e29e68>: stop)
#2->irb#2 on and another (#<Thread:0xb7e20fc0>: stop)

self
# => main

fg 1
# => #<IRB::Irb: @scanner=#<RubyLex:0xb7e29db4>,
@context=#<IRB::Context:0xb7e29dc8>, @signal_status=:IN_EVAL>

exit
# => #<IRB::Irb: @scanner=#<RubyLex:0xb7e40aa0>,
@context=#<IRB::Context:0xb7e40dfc>, @signal_status=:IN_EVAL>

jobs
# => #0->irb on main (#<Thread:0xb7f296f8>: running)
#2->irb#2 on and another (#<Thread:0xb7e20fc0>: stop)

kill 2
# => [2]

jobs
# => #0->irb on main (#<Thread:0xb7f296f8>: running)

exit
$

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