From: Stewart <stewart.matheson@...>
Date: 2009-08-12T01:15:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline not working with Ruby

On Aug 11, 5:09 pm, Robert Dober <robert.do...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Pascal J.
>
>
>
> Bourguignon<p...@informatimago.com> wrote:
> > Marvin Gülker <sutn...@gmx.net> writes:
>
> >> Stewart wrote:
> >>> 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?
>
> >> No suggestions, but I have this problem too:
>
> >> irb
> >> irb(main):001:0> puts "Test"
> >> Test
> >> => nil
> >> irb(main):002:0> ^[[A
>
> >> ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p243 (2009-07-16 revision 24175) [i686-linux]
>
> > type in the shell:
>
> >   echo $TERM
>
> > and compare with the actual terminal (or terminal emulator) that you are using.
>
> > --
> > __Pascal Bourguignon__
>
> I strongly suggest to check if your readline extension really compiled
> before explorating the unlikely path of terminal issues
> type
>
> ruby -rreadline -e 'p 42"
>
> and only if that works explore Pascal's idea.
> HTH
> Robert
>
> --
> module Kernel
>   alias_method :λ, :lambda
> end

/usr/local/src/ruby-1.8.7-p72/ext/readline $ ruby -rreadline -e 'p 42'
/usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-darwin9.6.0/
readline.bundle: dlopen(/usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
i686-darwin9.6.0/readline.bundle, 9): Symbol not found:
_rl_filename_completion_function (LoadError)
  Referenced from: /usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-
darwin9.6.0/readline.bundle
  Expected in: flat namespace
 - /usr/local/ruby_test/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-darwin9.6.0/
readline.bundle