From: Axel Date: 2009-06-17T16:40:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Unexpected behaviour of Highline metod ask! In case you don't get a better answer (I've experiences with highline, but not with 'echo'): If you are on Windows, maybe it does not work. If you are on Linux/Unix, do you have everything from the documentation: " echo: This requires HighLine’s character reader. See the character attribute for details. Note: When using HighLine to manage echo on Unix based systems, we recommend installing the termios gem. Without it, it’s possible to type fast enough to have letters still show up (when reading character by character only). " -Axel