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diff --git a/trunk/lib/English.rb b/trunk/lib/English.rb deleted file mode 100644 index 1a0e11de74..0000000000 --- a/trunk/lib/English.rb +++ /dev/null @@ -1,155 +0,0 @@ -# Include the English library file in a Ruby script, and you can -# reference the global variables such as \VAR{\$\_} using less -# cryptic names, listed in the following table.% \vref{tab:english}. -# -# Without 'English': -# -# $\ = ' -- ' -# "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/ -# print $", $', $$, "\n" -# -# With English: -# -# require "English" -# -# $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' -- ' -# "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/ -# print $LOADED_FEATURES, $POSTMATCH, $PID, "\n" - - -# The exception object passed to +raise+. -alias $ERROR_INFO $! - -# The stack backtrace generated by the last -# exception. <tt>See Kernel.caller</tt> for details. Thread local. -alias $ERROR_POSITION $@ - -# The default separator pattern used by <tt>String.split</tt>. May be -# set from the command line using the <tt>-F</tt> flag. -alias $FS $; - -# The default separator pattern used by <tt>String.split</tt>. May be -# set from the command line using the <tt>-F</tt> flag. -alias $FIELD_SEPARATOR $; - -# The separator string output between the parameters to methods such -# as <tt>Kernel.print</tt> and <tt>Array.join</tt>. Defaults to +nil+, -# which adds no text. -alias $OFS $, - -# The separator string output between the parameters to methods such -# as <tt>Kernel.print</tt> and <tt>Array.join</tt>. Defaults to +nil+, -# which adds no text. -alias $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR $, - -# The input record separator (newline by default). This is the value -# that routines such as <tt>Kernel.gets</tt> use to determine record -# boundaries. If set to +nil+, +gets+ will read the entire file. -alias $RS $/ - -# The input record separator (newline by default). This is the value -# that routines such as <tt>Kernel.gets</tt> use to determine record -# boundaries. If set to +nil+, +gets+ will read the entire file. -alias $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR $/ - -# The string appended to the output of every call to methods such as -# <tt>Kernel.print</tt> and <tt>IO.write</tt>. The default value is -# +nil+. -alias $ORS $\ - -# The string appended to the output of every call to methods such as -# <tt>Kernel.print</tt> and <tt>IO.write</tt>. The default value is -# +nil+. -alias $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR $\ - -# The number of the last line read from the current input file. -alias $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER $. - -# The number of the last line read from the current input file. -alias $NR $. - -# The last line read by <tt>Kernel.gets</tt> or -# <tt>Kernel.readline</tt>. Many string-related functions in the -# +Kernel+ module operate on <tt>$_</tt> by default. The variable is -# local to the current scope. Thread local. -alias $LAST_READ_LINE $_ - -# The destination of output for <tt>Kernel.print</tt> -# and <tt>Kernel.printf</tt>. The default value is -# <tt>$stdout</tt>. -alias $DEFAULT_OUTPUT $> - -# An object that provides access to the concatenation -# of the contents of all the files -# given as command-line arguments, or <tt>$stdin</tt> -# (in the case where there are no -# arguments). <tt>$<</tt> supports methods similar to a -# +File+ object: -# +inmode+, +close+, -# <tt>closed?</tt>, +each+, -# <tt>each_byte</tt>, <tt>each_line</tt>, -# +eof+, <tt>eof?</tt>, +file+, -# +filename+, +fileno+, -# +getc+, +gets+, +lineno+, -# <tt>lineno=</tt>, +path+, -# +pos+, <tt>pos=</tt>, -# +read+, +readchar+, -# +readline+, +readlines+, -# +rewind+, +seek+, +skip+, -# +tell+, <tt>to_a</tt>, <tt>to_i</tt>, -# <tt>to_io</tt>, <tt>to_s</tt>, along with the -# methods in +Enumerable+. The method +file+ -# returns a +File+ object for the file currently -# being read. This may change as <tt>$<</tt> reads -# through the files on the command line. Read only. -alias $DEFAULT_INPUT $< - -# The process number of the program being executed. Read only. -alias $PID $$ - -# The process number of the program being executed. Read only. -alias $PROCESS_ID $$ - -# The exit status of the last child process to terminate. Read -# only. Thread local. -alias $CHILD_STATUS $? - -# A +MatchData+ object that encapsulates the results of a successful -# pattern match. The variables <tt>$&</tt>, <tt>$`</tt>, <tt>$'</tt>, -# and <tt>$1</tt> to <tt>$9</tt> are all derived from -# <tt>$~</tt>. Assigning to <tt>$~</tt> changes the values of these -# derived variables. This variable is local to the current -# scope. Thread local. -alias $LAST_MATCH_INFO $~ - -# If set to any value apart from +nil+ or +false+, all pattern matches -# will be case insensitive, string comparisons will ignore case, and -# string hash values will be case insensitive. Deprecated -alias $IGNORECASE $= - -# An array of strings containing the command-line -# options from the invocation of the program. Options -# used by the Ruby interpreter will have been -# removed. Read only. Also known simply as +ARGV+. -alias $ARGV $* - -# The string matched by the last successful pattern -# match. This variable is local to the current -# scope. Read only. Thread local. -alias $MATCH $& - -# The string preceding the match in the last -# successful pattern match. This variable is local to -# the current scope. Read only. Thread local. -alias $PREMATCH $` - -# The string following the match in the last -# successful pattern match. This variable is local to -# the current scope. Read only. Thread local. -alias $POSTMATCH $' - -# The contents of the highest-numbered group matched in the last -# successful pattern match. Thus, in <tt>"cat" =~ /(c|a)(t|z)/</tt>, -# <tt>$+</tt> will be set to "t". This variable is local to the -# current scope. Read only. Thread local. -alias $LAST_PAREN_MATCH $+ |