I'm running exact same ruby/irb vers, and still get this.  Not always -
I wasn't able to figure out exactly when it happens.

Where can I report this bug?


Peñá wrote:
> From: listrecv / gmail.com [mailto:listrecv / gmail.com]
> # I'm getting funny behavior when using irb (readline) on Windows.  When
> # I go back to a very long line in the history, I can't edit it.  After
> # hit the left arrow a few times, the cursors moves *up* a line, and not
> # left anymore.  At that point, I can't figure out what I'm typing, and
> # so I have to Ctrl-C.
> # Does anyone else experience this problem?  More importantly,
> # is there a
> # way to fix it?
> # Any ideas or help appreciated.
>
> also experienced that, but when i upgraded to latest one-click, the odd behavior disappeared.
>
> irb(main):003:0> x="athas dfjalsd thsi is a very long line of text asd;fljas;dlf
> jas;dlfja;sdlfjas ldjflakj djfkjdf jdkfjsdkfjskdfjksdjf;alskdjflasdjflasjdflasdj
> fa;lsdfjalsdkjf jdkfjdkjfkdjfdlksjfslkdjfslkdjfkdjf dkfjkdjfkdjfkd jfl jflskdjfl
> aksjdflasdkjflsk djfksjdf klsjdf;lakdsjf sjdflkajsdflksjdflaskjflaskdjf;alsdkfja
> ;sldkfj;lsd fja;lsd ja;lfk a;ldfj asj;lsdfja;sdlfkj sldkfjslkjfsldjf ;slfjasldjf
> a;sdl fasd;lfjs djflskdjf lsdkjf sldjfslkdjf lsf"
> => "athas dfjalsd thsi is a very long line of text asd;fljas;dlfjas;dlfja;sdlfja
> s ldjflakj djfkjdf jdkfjsdkfjskdfjksdjf;alskdjflasdjflasjdflasdjfa;lsdfjalsdkjf
> jdkfjdkjfkdjfdlksjfslkdjfslkdjfkdjf dkfjkdjfkdjfkd jfl jflskdjflaksjdflasdkjflsk
>  djfksjdf klsjdf;lakdsjf sjdflkajsdflksjdflaskjflaskdjf;alsdkfja;sldkfj;lsd fja;
> lsd ja;lfk a;ldfj asj;lsdfja;sdlfkj sldkfjslkjfsldjf ;slfjasldjfa;sdl fasd;lfjs
> djflskdjf lsdkjf sldjfslkdjf lsf"
> irb(main):004:0> quit
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\botp>irb --version
> irb 0.9.5(05/04/13)
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\botp>ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.4 (2006-04-14) [i386-mswin32]
> 
> 
> not sure if this helps though.
> kind regards -botp