From: Nathan Powell <nathan@...>
Date: 2008-09-18T00:35:54+09:00
Subject: Re: irb shell exit

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:27:07AM +0900, Scott Harper wrote:
> I am totally new to programming so this may sound stupid, but I would
> appreciate help.
> 
> I am following along in the the Simply Rails 2 book and I am entering
> classes etc. into the irb shell in the ruby console window. The problem
> I am having is that sometimes I enter the wrong command and I can't
> figure out how to exit the irb shell. I have tried typing "exit" and
> that works sometimes, but sometimes it doesn't. The issue arose once
> after I hit the Tab key and the other time i don't think i pressed
> anything out of the ordinary.
> 
> Please see screenshot for clarification.

It looks like you typed irb twice.  Once to get into the shell, and once while in the
shell.  I see though that you are using windows, and I have no idea how
irb works on there, but I would have thought it was similar.

npowell@delilah ~ $ irb 
>> irb
>> exit
=> #<IRB::Irb: @context=#<IRB::Context:0xb7a2d840>,
@signal_status=:IN_EVAL, @scanner=#<RubyLex:0xb7a2d4a8>>
>> exit
npowell@delilah ~ $ 





> 
> Can someone please help?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Attachments:
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/2706/irb_shell_exit.JPG
> 
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