Whenever I use irb on my OS X 10.4 box, pressing left, right, up, or down
results in ^[[D, ^[[A, etc instead of the intended effect. Is there a fix?
Thank you,
~Matthew Maycock
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There's no word in the English language for what you do to a dead thing to
make it stop chasing you.
Matt Maycock wrote:
Whenever I use irb on my OS X 10.4 box, pressing left, right, up, or down
results in ^[[D, ^[[A, etc instead of the intended effect. Is there a fix?
Great, I have the same problem. Was just gonna ask myself. I have it on RedHat Linux 7.3.
-Sascha Ebach
On OS X 10.4, you are running into Apple's long standing readline problems. There is a step-by-step fix described here:
However, there are other problems with Apple's ruby, so you may seriously consider compiling your own.
/kel
On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Matt Maycock wrote:
Whenever I use irb on my OS X 10.4 box, pressing left, right, up, or down
results in ^[[D, ^[[A, etc instead of the intended effect. Is there a fix?Thank you,
~Matthew Maycock
--
There's no word in the English language for what you do to a dead thing to
make it stop chasing you.
Matt Maycock wrote:
> Whenever I use irb on my OS X 10.4 box, pressing left, right, up, or
down
> results in ^[[D, ^[[A, etc instead of the intended effect. Is there a
fix?Great, I have the same problem. Was just gonna ask myself. I have it on
RedHat Linux 7.3.
It's most likely a lack of the readline library being installed. If you're
using the built in OSX ruby install it's recommended that you build your
own. Search this list for a LOT more information regarding ruby and
readline.
-Sascha Ebach
On 2/2/06, Sascha Ebach <se@digitale-wertschoepfung.de> wrote:
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I don't have this problem on my OS X 10.4 box. I compiled and installed my own copy of Ruby following these instructions >> Dan Benjamin Make sure you read the part about /usr/local linked on that page.
James
On 2006-02-02 11:59:25 -0500, Tanner Burson <tanner.burson@gmail.com> said:
On 2/2/06, Sascha Ebach <se@digitale-wertschoepfung.de> wrote:
Matt Maycock wrote:
Whenever I use irb on my OS X 10.4 box, pressing left, right, up, or
down
results in ^[[D, ^[[A, etc instead of the intended effect. Is there a
fix?
Great, I have the same problem. Was just gonna ask myself. I have it on
RedHat Linux 7.3.It's most likely a lack of the readline library being installed. If you're
using the built in OSX ruby install it's recommended that you build your
own. Search this list for a LOT more information regarding ruby and
readline.-Sascha Ebach