From: James Herdman Date: 2006-02-03T02:08:17+09:00 Subject: Re: irb cursor navigation On 2006-02-02 11:59:25 -0500, Tanner Burson said: > > On 2/2/06, Sascha Ebach wrote: >> >> 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? >> >> Great, I have the same problem. Was just gonna ask myself. I have it on >> RedHat Linux 7.3. > > > It's most likely a lack of the readline library being installed. If you're > using the built in OSX ruby install it's recommended that you build your > own. Search this list for a LOT more information regarding ruby and > readline. > > -Sascha Ebach I don't have this problem on my OS X 10.4 box. I compiled and installed my own copy of Ruby following these instructions >> http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger Make sure you read the part about /usr/local linked on that page. James