From: Henrik Horneber <ryco@...>
Date: 2004-11-04T20:37:22+09:00
Subject: Re: irb problems on one-click windows installer

Curt Hibbs wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/107774