From: Holden Glova <dsafari@...>
Date: 2000-12-16T13:56:22+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7393] Re: Ruby IDE (again)

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Hi Kevin,

Comments are below.

On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:24, I think Kevin Smith wrote:
> I'm going to bring up the topic of a Ruby IDE yet again (as I notice it
>
> >occurs frequently in the archives too). Straight to the point, I want to
> > make one :)
> >
> >If anyone is currently making one I would like to help in some way If I
> > can. Some features I would like to include in an IDE are:
>
> (snipped great features)
>
> I would love to see a ruby IDE. As a fan of XP, I would love to see
> it grow incrementally. Grand plans for hundreds of features are
> great, but I am most interested in those few features that are
> really critical.

I agree completely - I was just trying to show the overall direction that I 
would want to take something like this towards in the future :)

> I would start to use a ruby IDE that could:
> - Edit source (ideally with syntax highlights, but that could come later)
> - Automatically pull in 'require' source files
> - Invoke the interpreter against the source with one keystroke

I had originally planned for your points 1 and 3, but what do you mean by 
point 2? Do you mean that you don't have to actually write the require, it 
will automatically add the require in as you go along?

> With that as a base, adding class browsing, rubyunit, refactoring
> abilities, plugins, etc. shouldn't be that hard.

I hope so :)

> My philosophy is to start small, and let it grow.

Amen to that.

> I would contribute to this project, if it is done in a language I
> can work with. Good luck!

I had planned to write this in Ruby itself.

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Signed,
Holden Glova
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