From: Stewart <stewart.matheson@...>
Date: 2009-08-12T00:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline not working with Ruby

On Aug 11, 4:22 pm, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
wrote:
> Stewart <stewart.mathe...@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.
>
> --
> __Pascal Bourguignon__


Not sure what you mean by "terminal (emulator)" could you explain in a
little more detail what you mean.