[Eric] configuring eric4 for ruby

[detlev]

On Freitag, 5. Februar 2010, Kirk Lowery wrote:
> I've been using eric4 for a while for python programming. Now I'm getting
> into ruby, and have a question:
> 
> I see that the syntax highlighting JustWorks(tm) which is great. One of the
> great benefits of eric is the shell in the horizontal toolbox. I'm able to
> explore the language by doing tests of code there. I'd like to do the same
> with ruby (I assume with ri), but I don't see any setting in preferences to
> do that, and eric (apparently) doesn't do it automatically.
> 
> How do I access ri in eric4?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Kirk
> 

Just open the Shell context menu, Start, Ruby. 

If you save your script with a .rb extension, you may use eric to debug it. To 
develop Ruby projects just select Ruby as it's programming language in the 
project properties dialog.

Regards,
Detlev
-- 
Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de