From: Walton Hoops Date: 2009-09-24T09:38:41+09:00 Subject: Re: Won't Go I've never used sciTE so I can't say for sure, but I've heard it said that Kernel#gets (which is what is actually used when you call gets) does not work in sciTE, but $stdin.gets does. Alternativly there are several different IDEs availiable in which Kernel#gets will work fine. I personally use Aptana Radrails. There is a list of IDEs being built atm. Hava a look at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al_hzYODcgxwdG9tUFhqcVVoUDVaLTlqT2YtNjV1N0E&hl=en Hope this helps! -----Original Message----- From: illeverbe@yahoo.com [mailto:illeverbe@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:23 PM To: ruby-talk ML Subject: Won't Go Cant get Ruby to run it seems. Windows XP. downloaded with 1.8.6 one click installer. try to run "puts gets". works in irb. "gets" does not work in sciTE - it does nothing, but i can close it. if run from command prompt, the window closes immediatly. if i try to run a sample program. window closes after input into sample program. i am looking for a good language to learn oop. but i cant get this one to run. Please help. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.