The normal keystroke for the start menu ( the one hidden by the
windows key ) is Ctrl-Escape.

Simply take a look at the files that were installed with the one-click
installer... Under Ruby->Ruby 1.8.2-15->Samples you will see a
hello.rb ... look at the code at the end ... There's a small bit of
code that does the whole wait for input...

If you need more than that, I would suggest writing a small batch file
to wrap the interpreter and put a pause at the end... same idea but
you then don't have to add anything to your scripts ...

Lots of ways to do it... just gotta choose one.

j.



On 8/29/05, Jamal Hansen <jamal.hansen / gmail.com> wrote:
> I just tried this and it seemed to work, though it is kind of kludgy.
> Copy the command prompt shortcut from your menu to the "send to"
> folder.
> 
> Then take any file and send it to command prompt by right clicking.
> It doesn't actually send anything, but it does open the command prompt
> window.
> 
> Also Alt + S seems to open the start menu, but only if focus is on it. :(
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Jamal
> 
> On 8/29/05, Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight / gmail.com> wrote:
> > yeah, but that only works if you have a keyboard *WITH* a windows key ...
> >
> > j.
> >
> > On 8/29/05, matt.hulse / gmail.com <matt.hulse / gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Same as previous but quicker:
> > >
> > > WindowsKey + R  (Same as Start -- Run)
> > > type "cmd"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "So long, and thanks for all the fish"
> >
> > Jeff Wood
> >
> >
> 
> 


-- 
"So long, and thanks for all the fish"

Jeff Wood