[ANN] irb-history 1.0.0: Persistent, shared Readline history for IRB

[Sam Stephenson]

irb-history 1.0.0
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irb-history gives IRB persistent, shared Readline history by way of=20
Distributed Ruby (DRb). What does that mean?

Persistent

irb-history-server stores its history in YAML in a file of your choice (the=
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default is ~/.irb_history).

Shared

Load the irb-history client in your ~/.irbrc, and you'll instantly have=20
access to the irb-history store. Every line you type is sent to the server=
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and will appear in other clients' histories immediately.

Because irb-history uses DRb, you can share your history with other IRB=20
sessions:

* on the same computer
* on other computers on your local network
* on computers connected to the Internet (fun, but not recommended )


Installation and usage
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It's a simple process:

1. Install the gem.
$ gem install irb-history

2. Start a history server listening on 127.0.0.1, port 26501 (see the=20
irb-history-server documentation for more options).
$ irb-history-server -d

Note: If you wish to use irb-history on a network, you'll need to=20
pass the -h flag with an appropriate address to listen on.
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3. Add three lines to your ~/.irbrc.
require 'rubygems'
require 'irb/history'
IRB::History.start_client

This connects to the history server on 127.0.0.1, port 26501. If you=
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need to specify a different host and/or port, just pass a DRb URI to=
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start_client. For example:
IRB::History.start_client 'druby://galt:4000'
connects to the history server on host galt, port 4000.


Source code
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Check out the darcs repository:
$ darcs get http://dev.conio.net/repos/irb-history
RDoc documentation:
http://irb-history.rubyforge.org/rdoc/


irb-history is freely distributable under the terms of a MIT-style license.
Enjoy!

 

[Andrew Walrond]

irb-history 1.0.0

One less thing on _my_ wishlist

I'll be testing this out asap!

Andew Walrond