The simplest workaround I've found:
irb --noreadline

Robert MannI wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have a hungarian keyboard on a windows machine.
> 
> When I go into IRB, I can only type characters as if I had an English
> standard keyboard hooked in.
> 
> Hence I can't type any special characters properly.
> 
> Is there any way to get IRB to work with an foreign (in this case 
> hungarian)
> Keyboard?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> rob :)


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