Comments on: Setting up the Interactive Ruby Shell (IRB) for non-english keyboards on Windows XP http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/ A blog about technology, visualization, music and unmanned vehicle experiments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Daniel http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-2293 Daniel Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:07:11 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-2293 rman, that worked like a charm. Thanks! Danish keyboard. rman, that worked like a charm. Thanks!

Danish keyboard.

]]> By: rman http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-2249 rman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:53:44 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-2249 You can manipulate the init.rb file (located in $ruby_installtion\lib\ruby\versionxxx\irb) Scroll down and set the following line to: @CONF[:USE_READLINE] = false (comment the following stuff on the same line: #unless defined?(ReadlineInputMethod)) Hope this helps You can manipulate the init.rb file (located in $ruby_installtion\lib\ruby\versionxxx\irb)

Scroll down and set the following line to:
@CONF[:USE_READLINE] = false

(comment the following stuff on the same line: #unless defined?(ReadlineInputMethod))
Hope this helps

]]> By: Emmanuel Pirsch http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-2203 Emmanuel Pirsch Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:27:28 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-2203 This solution did not work for me, <a href="http://epirsch.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-irb-work-properly-under-windows.html" rel="nofollow">but changing the "M-" with "\e" in the .inputrc file solved the problem for good</a>. This solution did not work for me, but changing the “M-” with “\e” in the .inputrc file solved the problem for good.

]]> By: JFred http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-2146 JFred Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:47:48 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-2146 As long as you're talking Windows XP. Start it this way. Put this into console.cmd: <code> @start "rails console" /MAX ruby script\console </code> Then just run 'console' from the command line, and it will start up in its own window. I found that using the --noreadline option makes it work better. Otherwise history gets confused after you enter a long line. Tab completion is less important than history, for me. As long as you’re talking Windows XP. Start it this way. Put this into console.cmd:

@start "rails console" /MAX ruby script\console

Then just run ‘console’ from the command line, and it will start up in its own window.

I found that using the –noreadline option makes it work better. Otherwise history gets confused after you enter a long line. Tab completion is less important than history, for me.

]]> By: flip http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-1982 flip Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:08:06 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-1982 doesn't work for me :( checked everything twice: 1. set home-path to a path with .inputrc 2. the .inputrc in the home-path has the above lines and a free line at the end (tried different encodings (dos/unix/utf8)) 3. in console.rb i modified the irc-call to exec "#{options[:irb]} #{libs} --simple-prompt --readline" if i now start the console, still no special chars like [] are possible. running with --noreadline works well, but i really miss the console functions like to browse with the arrow keys through the console history. any idea? thanks! cheers, flip doesn’t work for me :(

checked everything twice:
1. set home-path to a path with .inputrc
2. the .inputrc in the home-path has the above lines and a free line at the end (tried different encodings (dos/unix/utf8))
3. in console.rb i modified the irc-call to
exec “#{options[:irb]} #{libs} –simple-prompt –readline”

if i now start the console, still no special chars like [] are possible. running with –noreadline works well, but i really miss the console functions like to browse with the arrow keys through the console history.

any idea?

thanks!

cheers,
flip

]]> By: tayfun http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-271 tayfun Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:33:05 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-271 Hello, Thanks for the solution but I find that this does not work for the Turkish keyboard. Can you direct me on how a solution can be found for the Turkish keyboard case? Another .inputrc for example? [--noreadline works but I want tab completion too] Hello,
Thanks for the solution but I find that this does not work for the Turkish keyboard. Can you direct me on how a solution can be found for the Turkish keyboard case? Another .inputrc for example?

[--noreadline works but I want tab completion too]

]]> By: Michel http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-62 Michel Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:33:10 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-62 --noreadline also works with French (AltGr) –noreadline also works with French (AltGr)

]]> By: eduardo http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-38 eduardo Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:20:52 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-38 Spanish keyboard here... easyest workaround I've found: <code> irb --noreadline </code> Spanish keyboard here… easyest workaround I’ve found:

irb --noreadline

]]> By: Martin Dittus http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-10 Martin Dittus Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:43:57 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-10 --noreadline works well for me up to the point where you want to exit irb -- ^C, ^D, ^Z have no effect. So thanks for this .inputrc workaround. To quickly set up the HOME env variable you can also simply put this in your irb.bat: <code>set HOME=%HOMEPATH%</code> To create .inputrc: <code>cd %HOMEPATH% edit .inputrc</code> Or do this: <code>cd %HOMEPATH% copy con .inputrc</code> ... then paste Peter's .inputrc content above (with a right mouse click), make sure you end the input with a blank line, hit ^Z and enter. 10 years time to forget all about DOS, and it just came back in a rush... ;) –noreadline works well for me up to the point where you want to exit irb — ^C, ^D, ^Z have no effect. So thanks for this .inputrc workaround.

To quickly set up the HOME env variable you can also simply put this in your irb.bat:

set HOME=%HOMEPATH%

To create .inputrc:

cd %HOMEPATH%
edit .inputrc

Or do this:

cd %HOMEPATH%
copy con .inputrc

… then paste Peter’s .inputrc content above (with a right mouse click), make sure you end the input with a blank line, hit ^Z and enter.

10 years time to forget all about DOS, and it just came back in a rush… ;)

]]> By: Daniel http://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/#comment-3 Daniel Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:54:57 +0000 http://localhost:8080/2005/setting-up-the-interactive-ruby-whell-irb-for-non-english-keyboard-on-windows-xp/#comment-3 I guess you are supposed to use newlines in the .inputrc content. At least that was how I got it to work. Thanks anyway for pointing out the direction! I guess you are supposed to use newlines in the .inputrc content. At least that was how I got it to work. Thanks anyway for pointing out the direction!

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