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4/27/2005 1:31:00 PM
On 4/27/05, Brian Buckley <briankbuckley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> From p.191 of the pickaxe2 book, I put the following into my irb.rc file.
>
> def ri(*names)
> system(%{ri #{names.map {|name| name.to_s}.join(" ")}})
> end
>
> However, when I open an irb session and type, say,
>
> ri Proc
>
> I do not get the documentation I'm seeking, just a return =>false.
>
> "ri Proc" works fine for me from a command line. Can anyone suggest what
> might be wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
> ruby 1.8.2, Windows XP
>
>
On windows it needs to be ri.bat, just like you should use irb.bat
Jason