From: Kelly Norton <knorton@...>
Date: 2006-02-03T02:05:01+09:00
Subject: Re: irb cursor navigation

On OS X 10.4, you are running into Apple's long standing readline  
problems. There is a step-by-step fix described here:

http://tech.rufy.com/entry/46

However, there are other problems with Apple's ruby, so you may  
seriously consider compiling your own.

/kel

On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Matt Maycock wrote:

> Whenever I use irb on my OS X 10.4 box, pressing left, right, up,  
> or down
> results in ^[[D, ^[[A, etc instead of the intended effect.  Is  
> there a fix?
>
> Thank you,
>
> ~Matthew Maycock
>
> --
> There's no word in the English language for what you do to a dead  
> thing to
> make it stop chasing you.