From: Geoff Stanley <geoffstanley@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T00:25:57+09:00
Subject: Re: IRB'ing within a program

Leslie Viljoen wrote:
> Breakpoint! Breakpoint!
> It's extremely useful.
> 
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-breakpoint/
> 
> There's even a gem: ruby-breakpoint
> 
> Les

Yeah, I already got breakpoint. I like it. The thing is, it's not what 
I'm going for. At least, I don't think it is.

See, breakpoint actually starts a a new irb session and it uses all the 
data from the current program. I want a new, clean irb session. Here's 
actually why I'm looking to do this.

Someone might remember I made a thread before about extending methods 
for a plugin system. That was for an IRC client I'm making. So is this. 
I'm looking to create an IRB plugin that will take input from a line 
such as "/irb foo = 5", send it to an irb session that is completely 
removed from the irc client, then output the result.

In terms of a GUI, I'm thinking of having a separate pane to the side 
for the irb session. Perhaps that pane will have it's own textfield for 
direct input into the irb session. Perhaps not. Even if it does, it 
still needs to be able to take input from an external source (the input 
textfield) and send its output to an external place (the output 
textbox).

Thanks again

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