From: Dave Burt Date: 2006-07-21T00:20:12+09:00 Subject: Re: irb and readline listrecv@gmail.com wrote: > (As an aside, I don't think it's possible to run a console program in > Windows without going through cmd.exe) You can use the old command.com shell (Windows XP still includes it) instead of cmd.exe. I'm not sure what effect this would have. Cheers, Dave