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Asked: 2026-06-02T15:25:37+00:00

Here is my ruby script: require_relative ‘lib/say.rb’ say(hello) I run it from macvim via

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Here is my ruby script:

require_relative 'lib/say.rb' 
say("hello")

I run it from macvim via :w ! ruby and got:

:w ! ruby
-:1:in `require_relative': cannot infer basepath (LoadError)
    from -:1:in `<main>'

shell returned 1

Though ! ruby % vim command works fine.
And also changing the require_relative... to require File.expand_path('../lib/say', __FILE__) also helps…

But… What is actually wrong with these friends: require_relative + :w ! ruby ?

Why do I need this? Just to use in vim the ⌘ + R shortkey from the vim-ruby-runner plugin which is based on :w !ruby vim command and have my code looks better with require_relative…

P.S.
I found the following question on SO: Why isn't current directory on my Ruby path?
Seems the latter source correspond to my problem too… But it was hard for me to get all answers I need from there.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The owner of the vim-ruby-runner plugin, found the solution at http://www.rodrigoalvesvieira.com/add-require-relative-to-irb/

    Plugin is fixed and can be get at https://github.com/henrik/vim-ruby-runner

    Solution (and fix for vim-ruby-runner) can be also found at https://github.com/henrik/vim-ruby-runner/issues/5

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