Here is a proof on concept. I tried using multiple threads to do this with no luck. But because this can be implemented using two applications and a file to communicate through, I really hope it is doable as one shoes app.
how to use: get both of the scripts save them to one direcotry run the terminal script, run the shooes app type into the terminal. http://pastie.org/318347 http://pastie.org/318346 I think this is a good direction to head, as long as we can get irb running in a seperate thread and communicating through stringIO versus this silly implementation with two scripts and a file. best On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:49 PM, _why <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 02:52:30PM -0800, Justin Catalana wrote: >> I feel that the current expert-irb.rb is inadequate for a couple >> reasons, including the inability to execute an infinite loop (I think >> this is because it attempts to evaluate the entire loop, and runs out >> of memory), and lack of a true "shell" feel. > > Sure, expert-irb.rb is just a sample, it's not designed to be really > great or anything. I have a different shell with syntax highlighting > for Hackety Hack. However, having played with Small Basic a bit, I > can see the usefulness of their intellisense and reference pane. > > Having an independent Shoes shell for people would be great and I > like your ideas. I think once I've got Shoes running quicker, I'll > have some brainroom to help come up with ideas. > > _why >
