------ art_62850_4692230.1163406098551 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline it can be caused by either readline or console reasons u should know more details to solve it 2006/11/13, Michael Glaesemann <grzm / seespotcode.net>: > > > AnùÃal wrote: > > > I have Ruby 1.8.5 installed in Ubuntu 6.06 (Kernel: 2.6.15-27-686 ) > > IRB works fine with special characters (like accented a, and tilded n) > > but the arrow keys produce the following input: > > > > Up: ^[[A > > Right: ^[[C > > Down: ^[[B > > Left: ^[[D > > > > The other special keys: Insert, Home, Prev Page, Del, End and Nex > > Page produce similar results. > > It looks like IRB might not be compiled with readline support. I'm > not sure how to check this, however. > > Michael Glaesemann > grzm seespotcode net > > > > ------ art_62850_4692230.1163406098551--