tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11933937.post115829538805693816..comments2011-03-19T13:48:26.788-05:00Stephen Chuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181510921622947661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11933937.post-69363942211827587992008-08-23T19:45:00.000-05:002008-08-23T19:45:00.000-05:00anonymous: I had the same problem with ri not working. I found the answer here: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/poignant-stiffs/2004-July/000094.html<BR/><BR/>Basically, run ri directly from the command prompt, not from within irb.Jessicahttp://rainforest.care2.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11933937.post-78872073256117951882008-08-06T13:24:00.000-05:002008-08-06T13:24:00.000-05:00change this line <BR/>system(%{echo | ri #{names.collect { |name| name.to_s }.join(" ")}})<BR/><BR/>to <BR/><BR/>system(%{echo | ri.<B>bat</B> #{names.collect { |name| name.to_s }.join(" ")}})<BR/><BR/>to get tab completion to workadamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726509987166691310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11933937.post-1159626389599769922006-09-30T09:26:00.000-05:002006-09-30T09:26:00.000-05:00I'm not sure. The code above works for me. I remember I had to either reboot or do something else to force the new code in .irbrc to kick in my irb session.Stephen Chuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181510921622947661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11933937.post-1159174833963450792006-09-25T04:00:00.000-05:002006-09-25T04:00:00.000-05:00The Tab-completion thing is great.<BR/><BR/>The ri trick doesn't work for me, though:<BR/><BR/>irb(main):001:0> ri "String.strip"<BR/>NoMethodError: undefined method `ri' for main:Object<BR/> from (irb):1<BR/> from :0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com