From: Sander Land <sander.land@...>
Date: 2006-09-09T03:48:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Windows.

On 9/8/06, Henry Savr <hsavr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have two problems with my Ruby for Windows (1.8.4):
>
> 1. When I double-click on a file with .rb extention a DOS-like window
> appears and dissapears immediately. I am not able to see results.
You need to open a command prompt and run it from there. Try
installing a shell extension with a "open command prompt here" option
if you need this a lot.

> 2. The Windows command (which should work as it's UNIX parent)
>
> echo 'puts "Hello"' | ruby

>echo 'puts "aa"'
'puts "aa"'

The cmd echo apparently includes the quotes, resulting in a string
which is valid ruby code but doesn't output anything.
Try:
>echo puts "aa" | ruby
aa
>ruby -e 'puts "aa"'
aa