From: duke <sidney.reilley.ii@...>
Date: 2011-04-15T21:30:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Running Ruby script in emacs

On Apr 14, 4:42 pm, "mouser" <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 14-Apr-2011, duke <sidney.reilley...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey ...
>
> > I'm taking my first steps with Ruby. I have ruby-mode loaded and
> > working. I also have run-ruby, but we'll forget about that for the
> > moment.
>
> > I have a working script that I want to "compile" and run while in ruby-
> > mode. I grok how to compile it - no worries there. The script asks for
> > input from the user. That's what I don't know how to do! Is there a
> > way to input a value while in the 'compilation' process? TIA...
>
> Have you looked into ruby-compilation.el?  The version on emacswiki.org is
> old, but you can either install it via ELPA, or fromhttps://github.com/eschulte/rinari/tree/master/utildirectly.  You can then
> M-x ruby-compilation-this-buffer and it will execute your script in a
> compilation buffer.  You can input data in the compilation window, but note
> that you might find that RET doesn't do the job because it's been shadowed
> by a different mode.  If this happens to you, you will need to rebind
> comint-send-input.

Thank you so much! I'll give it a try, for sure!