--------------enigF97EECC75B8A475E8C1EDA7E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I can't confirm this behavior here on my Ubuntu 7.10 machine. But I had some time ago similar problems with vi/vim on a server machine. I was unable to use the backward delete key - I had all the time a beep. Don't know if it has something to do with your problem but maybe you have to search on a different place to solve it. Janek James Edward Gray II schrieb: > I'm trying to track down a long standing issue with my IRb setup that is > very annoying. To test, I've commented out everything in my .irbrc file > and then loaded IRb with: > > $ irb --readline > > Now, these steps show the problem: > > 1. Type: "1 < 405" > 2. Push the left arrow until your cursor is on the space before the 4 (5 > times) > 3. Use a backward delete key to remove the < > 4. Push the right arrow to move to the end of the line (5 times) > 5. Try to type: " > > IRb ignores my typing at this point. Can anyone else confirm that theyee this behavior? > > James Edward Gray II > -- Besuch doch auch meine Websites http://blog.jbbr.net/ | Mein Blog http://php4you.de/ | Webseite zum Thema PHP --------------enigF97EECC75B8A475E8C1EDA7E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHQHHuKaYp1rv3p5wRAnOCAJ4xhhcYuTnJjyF3pB4m0I++o4SBBQCeIkuh DlEVrVmiqgj0DjRHrOmHnKEg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF97EECC75B8A475E8C1EDA7E--