From: Mooffie n/a <mooffie@...>
Date: 2010-04-23T12:38:38+09:00
Subject: Re: DrX, an object inspector

Caleb Clausen wrote:
>
> The size and style drop-down boxes don't work for me if I
> close and then re-open drx a second time from within irb.

Thanks for reminding me of this Ruby/Tk bug. I think I'll have a 
workaround soon. It only happens for Tk 8.4, not for Tk 8.5.

Tip for Ubuntu users:

Here's how to compile Ruby/Tk against the new Tk 8.5:

  http://drx.rubyforge.org/ubuntu-new-tk.html

>
> Is there any chance you'll extend this to show an object's
> contents instead of or in addition to it's class/type?

Yes, there's a chance. I haven't yet an idea how this feature will 
look/behave.

>
> You ought to provide a drx command so I can launch it directly
> instead of invoking it via irb.

Yes, that's a good idea.

>
> You should consider using the EDITOR or VISUAL environment
> variables instead of DRX_EDITOR_COMMAND.

There are several reasons for not doing this. Jakub has explained. I 
certainly don't want to use my EDITOR: mine works only in the console, 
and gedit starts up faster.

(Besides, I don't recommend people to use this environment variable 
anyway. They should put all their configuration in ~/.drxrc: it's much 
better because they can backup it, copy to other systems, etc. This 
DRX_EDITOR_COMMAND exists only because DrX didn't have ~/.drxrc when I 
wrote that section in the user manual.)

Brian Candler wrote:
> Only suggestion: a "back" button would be nice. I had to go to
> the docs to find out that right-click = back.

Thanks, I've added this to my Issue Tracker.
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