# AltGr keys and irb

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/altgr-keys-and-irb/13219>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [24 August 2004 11:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/altgr-keys-and-irb/13219 "2004-08-24T11:30:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Schmiedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Stefan\_Schmiedl](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stefan_Schmiedl)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2004 11:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/altgr-keys-and-irb/13219/1 "2004-08-24T11:30:40Z")

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Hi there,

I just noticed that I cannot type any AltGr character combinations on a German keyboard  
both on NT4 and Win2k in the current irb (ruby 1.8.2 2004-07-29 i386-mswin32).

This hurts the ruby experience a little bit, because among those characters are  
{}[]~\| ...

Ideas, anyone?

Thanks,  
s.

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**Author:** ![Henrik\_Horneber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@Henrik\_Horneber](https://rubytalk.org/u/Henrik_Horneber)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2004 12:03 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/altgr-keys-and-irb/13219/2 "2004-08-24T12:03:07Z")

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Stefan Schmiedl wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I just noticed that I cannot type any AltGr character combinations on a German keyboard  
> both on NT4 and Win2k in the current irb (ruby 1.8.2 2004-07-29 i386-mswin32).
> 
> This hurts the ruby experience a little bit, because among those characters are  
> {}~\| ...
> 
> Ideas, anyone?
> 
> Thanks,  
> s.

Sure, have a look at [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/107774](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/107774)

=)

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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Schmiedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Stefan\_Schmiedl](https://rubytalk.org/u/Stefan_Schmiedl)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2004 12:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/altgr-keys-and-irb/13219/3 "2004-08-24T12:25:44Z")

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Thanks, Henrik. That's tremendously helpful.

s.

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> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:03:07 +0900, Henrik Horneber \<ryco@gmx.net\> wrote:
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> > Sure, have a look at [http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/107774](http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/107774)
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