From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-09-09T09:01:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Wirble 0.1.1: Irb Enhancements for the Masses

Paul Duncan wrote:
> 
> I looked into highlighting the input in Irb, too.  It's a lot more work,
> but it might be doable.  At a minimum, I'd need to write, borrow, or
> steal a full-blown Ruby lexer.  I'd probably need a more terminal-
> friendly replacement for readlines (probably curses).
> 

You can use the lexer built into irb. I forget how it's
done, but I did it two years ago. ;)


Hal