From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-12-08T06:33:50+09:00
Subject: Re: IRB GUI on OSX?

David Masover wrote:
> On Monday 07 December 2009 01:50:10 pm Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
>> Sophi Italy wrote:
>> > Is there a good GUI IRB on OSX? Preferably one that lets me easily
>> > browse RI documentation?
>> 
>> I have to admit that I don't see the problem with having two terminal
>> windows open (beyond simple user preference). Heck, I'd even just use
>> two tabs and not two windows.
> 
> Especially with OS X.
> 
> Chances are, if you've got a Mac, you've got a nice big monitor with a 
> lot of
> resolution, and you can turn on Spaces to get even more space.
> 
> If it's not already the default, bind command+left/right to 
> next/previous
> window in Terminal. 

No need.  That's what Cmd-Grave and Cmd-Sh-Grave already do.

(BTW, I recommend iTerm as a replacement for Terminal.app.  It does a 
better job with managing different session profiles.)

> If your reason for wanting tabbed windows was 
> keyboard
> navigation, there's an answer.
> 
> That is one thing I miss very much on Linux -- I have no easy way to 
> cycle
> through all the windows in a given application, while ignoring windows 
> in
> other applications...

There's a reason I don't use desktop Linux...

Best,
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