From: Mark Bush <mark@...>
Date: 2008-02-23T04:11:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Sorry very newbie post!

Steve wrote:
> Tried that Karl and just get a quick flash of a command line
> window???. Didn`t think I`d fall at the first fence ;-(, been reading
> how good/easy Ruby is for the newbie. Are there better(?) editors
> available for Ruby
> Thanks
> Steve

Not a Windows person, but it sounds like your ruby is a batch file 
creating its own command window to run in.  From the command prompt, 
run:

ruby -e 'puts "Hello"; sleep 5'

It should display "Hello" on the next line, wait 5 seconds and then give 
you a prompt back.

If not, then you need to look at your Ruby installation...

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