From: Stefan Mahlitz <stefan@...>
Date: 2007-03-20T06:08:41+09:00
Subject: Re: gets() makes my Ruby hang...?

PythonUsr wrote:
> I'm using Ruby 1.8.5, with SciTE as my IDE.
> I'm not a beginner at Ruby, I've been using it for about a year and a
> half now.
> 
> I just got a new computer, so I installed Ruby onto it. So I open up
> SciTE and type out a fairly long program. I run it, and all that pops
> up is the cmd window that should compile my code. It hangs there
> forever until I close it manually. I said "what is up with this?" and
> I tried something. I had an inkling that it was gets() that was
> causing my problems, so I made a new program:
> 
> name = gets("What is your name? ")
> puts name

You may want:

print "What is your name? "
$stdout.flush
name = gets()
puts name

and enter in the scite console.

You can ignore the cmd-window that pops up.

At least it does work for me

Stefan.