# FXIrb 0.3.0 - the "it lives!" release **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 18, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673 "2006-12-18T00:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/1 "2006-12-18T00:05:32Z")
Thanks to Markus P. for filing a bug report and getting me to take another look at the sadly neglected FXIrb. This is mostly a code cleanup and bugfix release, though there are a couple of minor features added. From an end user perspective, the major feature of this release is that multiline editing, wihch was broken rather badly in the previous release, now works well and smoothly. (Though note that because of the way fxirb interacts with irb, you can only edit a multiline command in the history - the first time, it has to be entered line by line as with normal irb). I hope to address this in a future release. From a developer’s pov, the code should be a lot pleasanter to read through and (hopefully!) contribute to. I’ve also started the move towards isolating the fox-specific code, so that I can add Gtk, Qt and other GUI front ends in the future. Request for contributions: - This is the first release in a good while, and represents a fairly extensive overhaul. Please to be hammering on it and submitting bug reports - Feature requests welcome - I badly need someone to help with the Windows side of things. There are a bunch of outstanding windows bugs that I can’t fix. - If anyone knows how to gracefully detect the installed version of fox and select the correct ‘require’, do tell me. - Also, there is a bunch of stuff in the TODO list 🙂 Changelog: 0.3 - Martin DeMello - 2006/12/17 \* Code cleanups: - Removed Fox:: from keynames - added FxEvent#ctrl? and FxEvent#shift? - moved FxText method calls outside the onKeyPress function - changed a bunch of methods from camelcase to underscores - public and private methods marked off clearly \* Bugfixes - {Ctrl, Shift}-{backspace, del} not passed through to FxText - Ctrl-D only exits if the current line is empty - Lots of fixes for multiline input \* Features - Unique history entries - Ignore ‘enter’ on empty line ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/2 "2006-12-18T00:07:32Z")
On 12/18/06, Martin DeMello [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks to Markus P. for filing a bug report and getting me to take > another look at the sadly neglected FXIrb. This is mostly a code > cleanup and bugfix release, though there are a couple of minor > features added. Doh - [http://rubyforge.org/projects/fxirb/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/fxirb/) Add automated rubyforge submit and mailing list announce to the TODO list 🙂 martin ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/3 "2006-12-18T04:14:05Z")
Martin DeMello wrote: > - If anyone knows how to gracefully detect the installed version of > fox and select the correct ‘require’, do tell me. how about this? begin require ‘fox16’ rescue LoadError require ‘fox14’ end ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/4 "2006-12-18T17:19:36Z")
Le 17 déc. 06, à 18:04, Martin DeMello a écrit : > - Feature requests welcome Can it use fri (fastri[1])? That would be great. Guillaume. [1] [eigenclass.org](http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?fastri) ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/5 "2006-12-18T17:21:37Z")
On 12/18/06, Joel VanderWerf [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > end > With another fallback for fox12 too, I suppose. Yes, that should work > nicely. Thanks. martin ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/6 "2006-12-18T17:29:40Z")
Hi, Martin DeMello wrote: > - Feature requests welcome Do you think you could also publish it as a gem? It would make it easier for me, as I wouldn’t have to publish a new version of fxri each time you release a new version of fxirb. Greetings, Markus ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/7 "2006-12-18T18:55:58Z")
Le 18 déc. 06, à 11:36, Markus P. a écrit : > Hi, > > Guillaume M. wrote: > > > Can it use fri (fastri[1])? That would be great. > > Hm, that would probably more fitting for fxri[0] than fxirb. I’ll take > a look at it and maybe try to implement something over the Christmas > holidays. Ah! Yes. I got confused. But that would be great anyway 🙂 Thanks, Guillaume. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/8 "2006-12-18T19:26:03Z")
On 12/18/06, Markus P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > Martin DeMello wrote: > > > - Feature requests welcome > > Do you think you could also publish it as a gem? It would make it easier > for me, as I wouldn’t have to publish a new version of fxri each time > you release a new version of fxirb. Good point. Will look into doing this within the next few days. martin ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxirb-0-3-0-the-it-lives-release/79673/9 "2006-12-18T17:37:42Z")
Hi, Guillaume M. wrote: > Can it use fri (fastri[1])? That would be great. Hm, that would probably more fitting for fxri[0] than fxirb. I’ll take a look at it and maybe try to implement something over the Christmas holidays. Greetings, Markus [0] [http://rubyforge.org/projects/fxri/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/fxri/)