From: pjb@... (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
Date: 2009-08-12T00:25:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline not working with Ruby

Stewart <stewart.matheson@gmail.com> writes:

> Hey I compiled ruby with readline support. However when i go to IRB i
> just get jibbrish when i press the up arrow on my keyboard.  Any
> suggestions?

Identify  the  terminal (emulator)  that  you  use  and set  the  TERM
environment variable correctly.

If you change it, use tset to reset the terminal.

Launch irb.  readline should use the TERM environment variable to
parse the right control codes from the terminal keyboard and send the
right control codes to the terminal screen.

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__Pascal Bourguignon__