From: Chuck Brotman <brotman@...>
Date: 2005-06-21T10:05:36+09:00
Subject: Re: YANQ: Yet Another  Newbe question... irb

Robert,
   You've got it!  Yes that's the problem I'm having!

James,
   Here are the actual results showing "the problem" andthat end<cr> does 
the trick:



c:\ruby182-15\freeride>irb
irb(main):001:0> if 1==1
irb(main):002:1> puts "yes"
irb(main):003:1>
irb(main):004:1*
irb(main):005:1*
irb(main):006:1*
irb(main):007:1*
irb(main):008:1* end
yes
=> nil
irb(main):009:0>
=> nil


Thanks again!!

"Robert Klemme" <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote in message 
news:3hohmbFi1921U1@individual.net...
> James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>> On Jun 20, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Chuck Brotman wrote:
>>
>>> When using the irb I sometimes end up in a state where hitting
>>> enter only
>>> gives me a new prompt. I understand that I've (somehow) gotteninto
>>> the irb's
>>> line continuation mode. It seems that anything I type at this point
>>> gets
>>> swallowed up.   Is there some way to get out of this, without
>>> exiting from
>>> the irb altogether?
>>
>> Hmm, could you show us some examples?
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>
> He means:
>
>>> if 1 == 1
>>> puts 'yes'
>>>
> ?>
> ?>
> ?>
> ?>
> ?>
>
> Now two things help here:
>
> - entering "end<cr>" until the normal prompt comes back.
>
> - pressing CTRL-C
>
> Note, how "exit<cr>" does *not* help. :-)
>
> Chuck, with your question frequency you might want to join #ruby-lang on 
> freenode - a lot of Ruby folks hang out there and you usually get 
> immediate feedback (plus some weired comments, if someone is in the 
> mood... :-))
>
> Kind regards
>
>    robert
>