From: joel <skeeler@...>
Date: 2001-01-09T17:36:36+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8905] Re: 'irb --readline' fails

ts wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "J" == Joel VanderWerf <skeeler@sirius.com> writes:
> 
> J> Any idea why this happens?
> 
>  Verify that the extension readline is built when you compile ruby. See in
>  the directory ruby-1.6.2/ext/readline

More info:

When I run 'irb --readline' or even just 'irb' from the dir you mention,
it works nicely.

When I run 'irb' from other dirs, it works, but without command line
editing.

When I run 'irb --readline' from other dirs, I get the error I reported
before:

/usr/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:557:in `initialize': uninitialized
constant IRB::Context::ReadlineInputMethod (NameError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:305:in `new'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:305:in `initialize'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:51:in `new'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:51:in `start'
        from /usr/bin/irb:19

Do I have to put etc/readline on some path variable?

-- 

Joel VanderWerf
skeeler@sirius.com