Hi Laurent, I would be happy with sharing the code. Technically I'd like to see it this way: 1. code packaged as macgem (mr-console?) note: mr may be standard prefix for all macruby-only gems (why? to be searchable on github, rubyforge, etc.) 2. mr-console preinstalled as a standard macgem in macruby installation (this is what Apple does with some gems in standard Ruby installation in Leopard and nobody has problem with it) 3. new/modified macruby application XCode template, which has wizard page with checkboxes for additional application features (console will be one of them, others may come in the future) 4. new application template should generate script for installing gems locally into application's /vendor (similar to rails script/plugin - /vendor takes precedence) With macgem we will get versioning/updating for free and what is more important we will motivate the community to create similar libraries the right way from the beginning. Those popular gems then may be included in the standard installation in future macruby releases (without the need of repackaging/renaming etc.) I know it is a little bit more work for now, but I believe it is the right way to go and I'm willing to help with this. By the way the console has still some quirks (floating cursor on screen in some cases). People on github are welcome to fork and contribute. These are features I'd like to see in the future: 0. solving cursor quirks 1. font/colors selection 2. action for clearing the console 3. support for opening multiple console windows (tabs maybe?) 4. ruby syntax highlighting 5. console command history preserving between application sessions (up arrow) Antonin On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Laurent Sansonetti <lsansonetti@apple.com> wrote:
Hi Antonin,
Excellent work! Would you mind if the project ships with MacRuby, as a sample code?
We should perhaps customize it a little bit too, providing a way to change the font, and showing the console by default when the app starts. Also, maybe the console.rb file should be bundled with MacRuby in the standard library so that you can easily fire it up from a MacRuby app.
Laurent
On Oct 22, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Antonin Hildebrand wrote:
Hi Rich, I'm using console code made by Tim Burks. I cannot imagine developing Cocoa+MacRuby without something similar.
I've created a github project with sample MacRuby application: http://github.com/woid/macruby-irb/tree/master
The original project is here: http://www.rubycocoa.com/mastering-cocoa-with-ruby
best regards, Antonin
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
It should be possible to create a macirb session that (like script/console, in Rails) loads up an app's code and then lets the user interact with it, via the keyboard. I find console very handy for exploration, so I think this would be, too.
Going a bit further, what about setting up a macirb session that lets the user interact dynamically with MR? For example, start up MR, play with the GUI, then go over to the macirb session to look at the results, overload methods, etc.
It may be that Xcode already has this sort of functionality (if so, please point me to it :). I suspect, however, that Xcode isn't really built to take advantage of dynamic languages. So, what mashups would be possible and interesting?
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