Ruby - Run external file in new window

Question

I have a ruby script (script1.rb):

puts "Hello world!"
puts "I am a script"

I have another script (scrip2.rb):

puts "I will run a separate script"
require 'script1.rb'
puts "I have finished."

I want to be able to run script1.rb in a new window and have script2.rb still run while script1.rb is running.

So: Script2 puts "I will run a separate script" Then, it runs script1 and puts "I have finished." at the same time while script1 is putsing its text.

I hope this makes sense and that there's a solution.

Operating system is Windows.

Thanks, Reece

Answer 1

Pure Ruby is really just a scripting language without any GUI components or concepts of screens or windows.

However on Windows, and without using any GUI gem, you CAN create a new cmd.exe command prompt with a new script using a trick like this:

puts "I will run a separate script"
system('start cmd.exe /K ruby "some ruby script.rb"')
puts "I have finished."

This will run the Ruby script some ruby script.rb as a new process in a new command prompt window. Perhaps that gets you what you need.