On Apr 30, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Gavin Kistner wrote:
>  Sorry if I got anyone unduly excited - this isn't an announcement
>  of such a beast.
> 
>  I want this - I'd love a simple dashboard widget that put IRB
>  always at my fingertips.

On 4/30/05, Richard Kilmer <rich@[...].com>  wrote:
>  I totally agree re: dashboard widget.  There is a 'system' call in
>  the dashboard API and wrapping irb should be really straightforward.
>  Due to prior coding commitments, however, I may not be the first to
>  get this done ;-)

(Disclaimer: I'm not home to test this on my own OSX)

Wouldn't it be possible to do something like this with QuickSilver[1]?
It'd be sweet to just hit command-space-irb from anywhere and have a
new irb session. No need for the mouse or anything, just five quick
keystrokes...

Jacob Fugal

[1] http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/