From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-12-22T07:03:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:27276] Re: [Bug #2511] irb exits unexpectedly windows


On Dec 21, 2009, at 13:28 , Vlad Why wrote:

> Bug #2511: irb exits unexpectedly windows
> http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2511
> 
> Author: Vlad Why
> Status: Open, Priority: Low
> Category: lib
> ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p376 (2009-12-07 revision 26041) [i386-mswin32]
> 
> WINDOWS XP
> 
> D:\server\ruby\bin>chcp
> Active code page: 866
> 
> D:\server\ruby\bin>irb
> irb(main):001:0> ������������  <----   russian chars
> 
> D:\server\ruby\bin>  <-----  exited
> 
> also I can't type any characters with "right alt" using belgium/french keyboard layout ( "AltGr"+2 = @  "AltGr"+3 = # ....)
> 
> I always disable readline with this ....  no colors,  no autocompletion (((((
> 
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/readline/readline'
> module Readline
> def readline prompt, something
>   print prompt
>   return $stdin.gets.strip
> end
> def self.readline prompt, something
>   print prompt
>   return $stdin.gets.strip
> end
> end

I don't have any solutions for you, but I think you can reduce your above workaround via:

      @use_readline = IRB.conf[:USE_READLINE]

Setting to false should bypass readline.