From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-02-22T22:55:52+09:00
Subject: Re: special characters

Erik B�gfors wrote:

 > : [bagfors@detrius]$ ; irb
 > irb(main):001:0> a = 'r�ksm�rg�s'
 > "r�ksm�rg�s"
 >
 > Works for me!  What OS are you running?

Dual boot WinME&LinMandrake, but I use only WinME daily. Could I get it 
to work in Win?

Mandrake:

[tobi@localhost tobi]$ ruby --version
ruby 1.6.4 (2001-06-04)[i686-linux]
[tobi@localhost tobi]$ irb
irb(main):001:0> '����'
"\366\344\374\337"
irb(main):002:0> 'arrow up for back in history:'^[OA^[OA
"arrow up for back in history:"
[tobi@localhost tobi]$

1. I get "\366" instead of "�"
2. IRB quits by itself.
3. How do I go back in the line history? On Win/IRB, I use arrow up,
    and arrow left/rihgt to navigate a line.
    In Mandrake/(bash(?))/IRB, those don't work
    (I only see ^[OA etc.equiv.).
4. The stuff from the console has no linebreaks when pasted
    into "Advanced Editor"

Any tips? If that's considered OT, I appreciate offlist mails by 
Linux/Mandrake wizards :)

5. I can't save this document ("sorry; an error occured while trying
    to write this document");
    I have to su root to go online (the Mandrake dialer hangs
    all the time);
    I can't paste this text into GEdit; ...
6. I chose Mandrake for ease of use ... (as with Ruby)
    There are many other problems with Mandrake,
    which make me consider Mac OS X; it seems to be very elegant.
    And until I have that money, WinME is OK, most of the time.
    (and stuff like http://www.xmlspy.com/ (xml editor)
    and http://www.jasc.com/products/webdraw/ (svg editor)
    runs only on Win)

Tobi

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