# Launching a debugger / irb session

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/launching-a-debugger-irb-session/52785>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/launching-a-debugger-irb-session/52785 "2006-01-19T02:19:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/launching-a-debugger-irb-session/52785/1 "2006-01-19T02:19:04Z")

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I have a GUI application (using ruby-gnome2). It would be great if  
there was a button in the GUI that, when clicked, would launch an  
xterm that started something like irb that would have access to the  
same data that the GUI was using (if that makes any sense).

Sorta like the breakpoint debugger in Rails, I think.

What’s a straightforward way of doing something like that?

Thanks,  
Joe

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**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/launching-a-debugger-irb-session/52785/2 "2006-01-19T02:58:22Z")

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On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Joe Van D. wrote:

> Joe

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-breakpoint/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-breakpoint/)