Why is it that I can't repeat lines and edit them in IRB? If I press my
cursor up key, normally, that repeats the line I just entered. Then, I
can backspace and modify any part of that line I want before executing
it. But, it's dying on me. After I backspace a few characters, the
cursor goes nuts, and, I've lost my instruction string. Has anyone else
seen this behavior?
Thanks,
Peter
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Sounds like your missing readline support.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Peter Bailey wrote:
Why is it that I can't repeat lines and edit them in IRB? If I press my
cursor up key, normally, that repeats the line I just entered. Then, I
can backspace and modify any part of that line I want before executing
it. But, it's dying on me. After I backspace a few characters, the
cursor goes nuts, and, I've lost my instruction string. Has anyone else
seen this behavior?
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Greg Donald
Cyberfusion Consulting
http://cyberfusionconsulting.com/
Greg Donald wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Peter Bailey wrote:
Why is it that I can't repeat lines and edit them in IRB? If I press my
cursor up key, normally, that repeats the line I just entered. Then, I
can backspace and modify any part of that line I want before executing
it. But, it's dying on me. After I backspace a few characters, the
cursor goes nuts, and, I've lost my instruction string. Has anyone else
seen this behavior?Sounds like your missing readline support.
Sorry, but, I don't know what that is. Is that a gem I need to install?
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Readline is the library that makes your irb behave more like a modern
shell. I added readline support to my Ruby when I compiled it.
--with-readline-dir=/usr/local
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Peter Bailey wrote:
> Sounds like your missing readline support.
Sorry, but, I don't know what that is. Is that a gem I need to install?
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Cyberfusion Consulting
http://cyberfusionconsulting.com/
Greg Donald wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Peter Bailey wrote:
> Sounds like your missing readline support.
Sorry, but, I don't know what that is. Is that a gem I need to install?
Readline is the library that makes your irb behave more like a modern
shell. I added readline support to my Ruby when I compiled it.--with-readline-dir=/usr/local
OK. Well, I'm on Windows and I didn't compile anything. Ruby's been
"out-of-the-box" for me for almost a year now and it's worked
beautifully. I'll look into it further. Thanks.
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Peter Bailey wrote:
Greg Donald wrote:
> Sounds like your missing readline support.
Sorry, but, I don't know what that is. Is that a gem I need to install?
Readline is the library that makes your irb behave more like a modern
shell. I added readline support to my Ruby when I compiled it.--with-readline-dir=/usr/local
OK. Well, I'm on Windows and I didn't compile anything. Ruby's been
"out-of-the-box" for me for almost a year now and it's worked
beautifully. I'll look into it further. Thanks.
Well, I tried everything including uninstalling and re-installing Ruby.
But, it still isn't working. This is very weird.
Ask yourself if you've installed anything recently (since you last remember it working) ...
Something could've clobbered something.
Is your keyboard working in every app?
Is it CygWin or something?
On Sep 24, 2007, at 2:17 PM, Peter Bailey wrote:
Peter Bailey wrote:
Greg Donald wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Peter Bailey wrote:
Sounds like your missing readline support.
Sorry, but, I don't know what that is. Is that a gem I need to install?
Readline is the library that makes your irb behave more like a modern
shell. I added readline support to my Ruby when I compiled it.--with-readline-dir=/usr/local
OK. Well, I'm on Windows and I didn't compile anything. Ruby's been
"out-of-the-box" for me for almost a year now and it's worked
beautifully. I'll look into it further. Thanks.Well, I tried everything including uninstalling and re-installing Ruby.
But, it still isn't working. This is very weird.
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