From: Rahul Kumar Date: 2010-08-30T14:01:46+09:00 Subject: Re: How to make a ruby script listining for interactivity? Bart Van bos wrote: > Hi folks, > > I would like to know if I can make a ruby script interactive. I don't > mean using IRB, but I would like to be able to interact within my > scripts after I press a certain 'magic' key. So far I have been looking > into trap and signals, but I don't really find the thing I need. > > For those who know/used TCL, I loved using package 'interactive'. This > package allowed me to 'pause' my scripts with , giving me a > command interpreter that allowed my to interact with me script. This is > very useful for debugging purposes, since it allows you to 'pause' your > script and check some variables, instances, etc... Pressing the magic > key again 'unpaused' the script and let it run further on. > > Kind regards, > Bart Wow ! this sounds like just what i have sorely been wanting. I have started trying out a multi-threaded approach and giving a prompt to the user to interact, but that makes each script complex. Do you have any details on this, perhaps we could do this in ruby. Do you have any TCL source you could mail me, or link to (if on the web), or attach to the thread. I would love to work on this. I did think of trapping signals. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.