From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2005-12-22T05:13:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Key-mapping

That functionality is provided by the readline library, which I don't
think is setup with Ruby by default on Mac OS X (or maybe it is but
you just need to enable that option on irb.) But either way the Ruby
provided with Mac OS X is broken in various ways. Here is information
on how to properly set up Ruby on a Mac:

http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger

Ryan

On 12/21/05, Gunnar <gunnar.larsson2@comhem.se> wrote:
> Hi all
> I know this is not a Ruby thing, but I try anyhow.
> When I'm using irb on my Linux system the cursor keypad works great, ie
> the leftarrow backspace and uparrow gives me the previous line.
> Using my iMac the keypad only results in an escape sequence (^[[A for
> uparrow, ^[[C for leftarrow etc). I have not been able to find any
> key-mapping in irb, or in the terminal setup.
> All help appreciated
> Gunnar