Class: IRB::ExtendCommand::Help

Inherits:
Nop show all
Defined in:
lib/irb/cmd/help.rb

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Nop

#irb_context

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Nop

category, description, execute, #initialize, #irb

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from IRB::ExtendCommand::Nop

Class Method Details

.transform_args(args) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/irb/cmd/help.rb', line 20

def transform_args(args)
  # Return a string literal as is for backward compatibility
  if args.empty? || string_literal?(args)
    args
  else # Otherwise, consider the input as a String for convenience
    args.strip.dump
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#execute(*names) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/irb/cmd/help.rb', line 33

def execute(*names)
  require 'rdoc/ri/driver'
  opts = RDoc::RI::Driver.process_args([])
  IRB::ExtendCommand::Help.const_set(:Ri, RDoc::RI::Driver.new(opts))
rescue LoadError, SystemExit
  IRB::ExtendCommand::Help.remove_method(:execute)
  # raise NoMethodError in ensure
else
  def execute(*names)
    if names.empty?
      Ri.interactive
      return
    end
    names.each do |name|
      begin
        Ri.display_name(name.to_s)
      rescue RDoc::RI::Error
        puts $!.message
      end
    end
    nil
  end
  nil
ensure
  execute(*names)
end