hirb by cldwalker

A mini view framework for console/irb that's easy to use, even while under its influence. Console goodies include a no-wrap table, auto-pager, tree and menu.

Install

gem install hirb

Description

Hirb provides a mini view framework for console applications and uses it to improve irb’s default inspect output. Given an object or array of objects, hirb renders a view based on the object’s class and/or ancestry. Hirb offers reusable views in the form of helper classes. The two main helpers, Hirb::Helpers::Table and Hirb::Helpers::Tree, provide several options for generating ascii tables and trees. Using Hirb::Helpers::AutoTable, hirb has useful default views for at least ten popular database gems i.e. Rails’ ActiveRecord::Base. Other than views, hirb offers a smart pager and a console menu. The smart pager only pages when the output exceeds the current screen size. The menu is used in conjunction with tables to offer two dimensional menus. Note: To read a linked version of this README, click here.

Read documentation.

Download

You can download this project in either zip or tar formats, or clone the project with Git:

$ git clone git://github.com/cldwalker/hirb

Issues

Issues, bugs, feature requests? Please report them on github.

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License

MIT

Authors

Gabriel Horner (gabriel.horner [AT] gmail.com)

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