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Ruby

Posted by dacha
dacha
4,377 Points

IRB typing problem

Every time I try to get back or forward in irb with left or right keyboard arrow it starts to type ^[[C or ^[[D so there is no way I can go back and correct mistake in the middle of a line. Let's say I forgot to close quotation marks in the middle of a line, only way I could correct this is to delete everything to that point and start again. Up and down keyboard arrow also not working for me and gives me ^[[A and ^[[B . Is this suppose to work that way or something is wrong here?

2 Answers

dacha
dacha
4,377 Points
dacha
dacha
4,377 Points

I'm using Windows 8.1. Do you think it has something to do with my OS version?

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

I think it certainly does, because Windows command prompt and linux/Mac's Terminal are quite different. I've been using irb on both Mac and Linux, and things just work right out of the box.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about using Windows as a development machine, maybe someone more knowledgeable with Windows can help you out here. Sorry about that.

dacha
dacha
4,377 Points

Ok. Thank you very much for your time