From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-06-11T06:55:05+09:00
Subject: Re: more questions regarding  .irbrc on Windows

On 10.06.2009 23:17, bbiker wrote:
> I did not want to kidnap a previous thread on the subject of .irbrc on
> Windows.
> 
> On my Windows XP SP3, I have 3 Ruby installed.
> 
> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]
> 
> ruby 1.8.6 (2009-03-31 patchlevel 386) [i386-mingw32]

I would get rid of the older of the two versions.  This saves space and 
helps avoid confusion.

> ruby 1.9.1 (2009-05-12 revision 23412) [i386-mingw32]
> 
> A search revealed the absence of any .irbrc file.
> 
> Questions:
> 
>   Is it necessary to have an .irbrc file?

No.

>   What should it contained?

require "irb/completion"

Kind regards

	robert

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