From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2010-10-22T04:05:21+09:00
Subject: Re: get blinking cursor in Console, but not in SciTE

On Oct 21, 2:11 pm, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Ruby 1.5.6 over WinXP-Pro/SP3.
> I've got a snippet:
>    puts "Click to the right of cursor;"
>    printf "then enter name and press ENTER:"
>    STDOUT.flush
>    name = $stdin.gets.chomp
>
> When I run it in a Command window, I get a blinking cursor after the
> colon.
> When I run it in SciTE, I don't get the cursor.
>
> I checked SciTE's ruby.properties.rb but didn't recognize any option
> as cursor-related.
>
> Any Ruby/SciTE jocks with an idea?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> Richard

Woops.  I forgot all I had to do is click anywhere in the right-hand
pane and a cursor would be presented after the colon.  (BTW: For
non_SciTE users, the right-hand pane serves as a pseudo-console.)

Best wishes,
Richard