# Practical ruby console on windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [8 June 2007 10:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/practical-ruby-console-on-windows/38201 "2007-06-08T10:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kiripolszky\_Karoly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Kiripolszky\_Karoly](https://rubytalk.org/u/Kiripolszky_Karoly)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2007 10:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/practical-ruby-console-on-windows/38201/1 "2007-06-08T10:00:18Z")
Ehlo, I'm just wondering if there's any good console for Ruby on Windows? Mine is a Hungarian system and when I use irb from the win console I just can't enter asterisks and some other chars, on the other hand fxri is slow like hell. It's starting up slow, it takes a lot of time to load doc strings and even once it is loaded the cursor goes from one char to another with some 1/2 second delay, which is freaky especially when you edit a very long line. Python has a very cool Pythonwin console and editor which I love very much. I'm seeking something like that for Ruby. Maybe I'll try to write my own solution, if there isn't any already... Thanks in advance! Károly Kiripolszky ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Svitok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jan\_Svitok](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jan_Svitok)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2007 11:54 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/practical-ruby-console-on-windows/38201/2 "2007-06-08T11:54:32Z")
Try fastri instead of ri, maybe there's a version with fx. > **···** > > On 6/8/07, Kiripolszky Károly \ wrote: > > > Ehlo, > > > > I'm just wondering if there's any good console for Ruby on Windows? > > Mine is a Hungarian system and when I use irb from the win console I > > just can't enter asterisks and some other chars, on the other hand > > fxri is slow like hell. > > It's starting up slow, it takes a lot of time to load doc strings and > > even once it is loaded the cursor goes from one char to another with > > some 1/2 second delay, which is freaky especially when you edit a very > > long line. Python has a very cool Pythonwin console and editor which I > > love very much. I'm seeking something like that for Ruby. Maybe I'll > > try to write my own solution, if there isn't any already... Thanks in > > advance! > > > > Károly Kiripolszky ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_DeMello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Martin\_DeMello](https://rubytalk.org/u/Martin_DeMello)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2007 18:47 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/practical-ruby-console-on-windows/38201/3 "2007-06-08T18:47:58Z")
Have you tried just plain fxirb, without fxri? It might or might not be faster, but if the problem is the docstrings it has a chance of speeding things up if you just use the irb component. martin > **···** > > On 6/8/07, Kiripolszky Károly \ wrote: > > > Ehlo, > > > > I'm just wondering if there's any good console for Ruby on Windows? > > Mine is a Hungarian system and when I use irb from the win console I > > just can't enter asterisks and some other chars, on the other hand > > fxri is slow like hell. ---
**Author:** ![gga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@gga](https://rubytalk.org/u/gga)\ **Post date:** [13 June 2007 14:00 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/practical-ruby-console-on-windows/38201/4 "2007-06-13T14:00:11Z")
This is not a problem with IRB but with your environment. You need to create an .inputrc file for your environment that translates your keys (this is usually done on unix oses to support even bash properly, but obviously not windows). > **···** > > On Jun 8, 6:59 am, Kiripolszky Károly \ wrote: > > > Ehlo, > > > > I'm just wondering if there's any good console for Ruby on Windows? > > Mine is a Hungarian system and when I use irb from the win console I > > just can't enter asterisks and some other chars, on the other hand > > fxri is slow like hell. ---
**Author:** ![Michal\_hramrach\_Such](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Michal\_hramrach\_Such](https://rubytalk.org/u/Michal_hramrach_Such)\ **Post date:** [13 June 2007 18:36 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/practical-ruby-console-on-windows/38201/5 "2007-06-13T18:36:09Z")
I am not sure about Hungarian but I have to switch to English to write asterisks, they aren't on the keyboard for my language. It works in console as well. However, the shortcut keys in non-NT Windows console (command.com as opposed to cmd.exe) are DOS compatible (and may need some setup). Thanks Michal > **···** > > On 13/06/07, gga \ wrote: > > > On Jun 8, 6:59 am, Kiripolszky Károly \ \> wrote: > > \> Ehlo, > > \> > > \> I'm just wondering if there's any good console for Ruby on Windows? > > \> Mine is a Hungarian system and when I use irb from the win console I > > \> just can't enter asterisks and some other chars, on the other hand > > \> fxri is slow like hell. > > > > This is not a problem with IRB but with your environment. You need to > > create an .inputrc file for your environment that translates your keys > > (this is usually done on unix oses to support even bash properly, but > > obviously not windows).