From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2007-03-09T23:51:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Arrays - Storing User Input

On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 11:00:04PM +0900, woodyee wrote:
> Easy one but I can't figure this out! I'm trying to ask someone to
> type some stuff, and then at the end (when they press the spacebar
> without typing anything), I want to display what they typed.
> 
> Here's my code:
> 
> 
> something = []
> puts "Say something..."
> something = gets.chomp
> puts something
> 
> I'm seeing what I typed after I hit the spacebar. Any ideas? Thanks!!

You mean 'Enter' rather than 'Spacebar' ?

For Linux, you can use the ruby-termios library (from RAA) to turn echo
off/on, or highline (also from RAA) for a higher-level interface.
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/highline/

Under Windows I have no idea.