From: Todd <toddkennethbenson@...>
Date: 2005-11-22T16:57:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Command buffer in irb


Todd wrote:
> Yuri Kozlov wrote:
> > >So I decided to try out Ubuntu on a different partition.  I built Ruby
> > >1.8.3, and now in irb I can't hit the up arrow to bring up my last
> > >command(s).  Is there a way to set this up?  I'm asking because I'm a
> > >terrible typist and require this much-needed tool (crutch).
> >
> > Before building ruby, check you have installed the following packages:
> > libreadline[4 or 5]-dev
> > libncurses[5 or w5]-dev
> >
> > Regard,
> > Yuri Kozlov
>
> No, I don't think that's it.  I have both of those and using the up
> arrow in a terminal works fine.  It's just irb.  Some kind of character
> mapping that isn't happening?  Maybe some error during the compile that
> I missed?  I'll try building again and see if I can grab any
> errors/warnings.

Nope.  I recompiled, then deleted the whole installation, reunpacked,
recompiled (seeing no warning or error during the compile when it
linked with readline), and even tried "irb --readline" in case that
might help.  Still does the same thing.  I press up-arrow, and it just
returns ^]]A to the screen, which I'm assuming is the control
character.  If anybody can point me into some direction pertaining to
this, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Todd