tab completion in irb (and rails console)

[Stig Hackvan]

NOTE:  the tab completion you get here won't show you the class methods that get created upon first use (like User.find_by_username) ... until after you've first used them...then you won't have to type as much...

http://blog.nocturne.net.nz/post/307178949/tab-completion-irb

Tab Completion and ANSI colours in IRB

I tend to spend more time using the Rails console than IRB these days, and I’ve grown soft and used to the handy tab completion. Every time I start IRB I wish it behaved similarly. Enter Pablotron’s awesome Wirble!

To get up and running with wirble:

sudo gem install wirble

and then add the following to your ~/.irbrc

begin

  # load wirble

  require 'wirble'

 # start wirble (with color)

  Wirble.init

  Wirble.colorize

    rescue LoadError => err

    warn "Couldn't load Wirble: #{err}"

end

Now typing “foo”.[tab] will give you all the ruby String methods.

Snazzy!

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Scott Haines <newfront...@gmail.com> wrote:

http://nfmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/files/week_three.zip

[Scott Haines]

Stig,
This is awesome. Great extension to the rails console.

It is worth noting, for speed with irb or rails console that tab
complete works for any of you own variables, lambdas etc. Life saver.

> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Scott Haines <newfrontcreat...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >http://nfmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/files/week_three.zip