My irbrc file

gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#need irbtools gem isntalled for all these to be pulled in
#need irbtools-more gem isntalled for all these to be pulled in
#you probably want these in rvm global gemset so it get pulled into all the rubies
require 'rubygems' unless defined? Gem # only needed in 1.8

require 'irbtools/configure'
Irbtools.remove_library(:hirb)
Irbtools.remove_library(:boson)
Irbtools.remove_library(:wirb)
Irbtools.remove_library(:fancy_irb)
Irbtools.start

require 'wirb'
Wirb.load_schema :colorless # either need this or need to define own color schema as per yml schemas in repo (otherwise strings are black on a black prompt, no good)
Wirb.start

require 'fancy_irb'
FancyIrb.start(
  :colorize => {              # colors hash. Set to nil to deactivate colorizing
    :rocket_prompt => [:blue],
    :result_prompt => [:blue],
    :input_prompt  => nil,
    :irb_errors    => [:red],
    :stderr        => [:red, :bright],
    :stdout        => [:green, :bright],
    :input         => nil,
    :output        => true, # wirb's output colorization
  }
)

require 'hirb'
Hirb.enable

# Project-specific .irbrc
if Dir.pwd != File.expand_path("~")
  local_irbrc = File.expand_path '.irbrc'
  if File.exist? local_irbrc
    puts "Loading #{local_irbrc}"
    load local_irbrc
  end
end

#require 'paint'
#require 'wirb'
#Wirb.load_schema :colorless # either need this or need to define own color schema as per yml schemas in repo (otherwise strings are black on a black prompt, no good)
#Wirb.start

#require 'looksee'

#require 'fancy_irb'
#FancyIrb.start(
  #:colorize => {              # colors hash. Set to nil to deactivate colorizing
    #:rocket_prompt => [:blue],
    #:result_prompt => [:blue],
    #:input_prompt  => nil,
    #:irb_errors    => [:red],
    #:stderr        => [:red, :bright],
    #:stdout        => [:green, :bright],
    #:input         => nil,
    #:output        => true, # wirb's output colorization
  #}
#)

#require 'hirb'
#Hirb.enable

#require 'clipboard'
#require 'interactive_editor'

#require 'sketches'
#Sketches.config :editor => 'mvim', :background => true

#require 'awesome_print'

#require 'boson'
#Boson.start

#require 'bond'
#Bond.start :readline => :ruby # needs the rb-readline gem