From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-11-04T20:36:14+09:00
Subject: Re: irb problems on one-click windows installer

Robert Feldt wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a couple of students that use Ruby in a course and they've run
> into a problem that is not my home ground since I don't run Ruby from
> the one-click installer. But maybe some of you have seen this problem:
>
> After installing the latest one-click installer irb works from the
> standard windows command line prompt (cmd) but they say they cannot use
> curly {} or normal braces [] so cannot try out code easily.
>
> Can this be a problem with the one-click installer irb or is it their
> windows setup?
>
> Any hints appreciated.
>
> I've been trying to get them to install cygwin and run from their but
> they are stubborn... ;)

Are you using a non-english keyboard? If so, I know there are issues here
(which is beyond my expertise), but I have seen solutions posted to
ruby-talk. Try this google search (for example):

   site:blade.nagaokaut.aazc.jp ruby irb german keyboard

Curt