I exited/restarted RubyWin and all is well now. Very odd. Oh well, I can't complain about the price. ;-) Thanks again! Christopher J. Meisenzahl CPS, CSTE Senior Software Testing Consultant Spherion christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick.Bennett [mailto:Patrick.Bennett / inin.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:57 PM > To: ruby-talk > Subject: RE: A few newbie questions... > > > Hmm.. it works fine for me ..... but, if > you hit Ctrl-Shift-E, then it will display ENQ and from that > point on, it won't ever work until you quit RubyWin. > Definite bug. Plain 'ol Ctrl-e works fine though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com > [mailto:christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:34 PM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: RE: A few newbie questions... > > > Patrick, > > Very cool, thanks! > > One thing though, if I right-click and choose Eval Buffer it > works fine. But if > I press CTRL + E it doesn't execute my code, and just prints > "ENQ". Any ideas? > I'm stumped, couldn't find it in the docs yet either. > > > Thanks very much again for taking the time to reply, very kind of you! > > > Christopher J. Meisenzahl CPS, CSTE > Senior Software Testing Consultant > Spherion > christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Patrick.Bennett [mailto:Patrick.Bennett / inin.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:25 PM > > To: ruby-talk > > Subject: RE: A few newbie questions... > > > > > > You're really going to like Ruby. :> > > SciTE is simply a bundled editor that has some Ruby-smarts > > already built in. I don't care for it personally, but it has > > some nice features (the ruby-smart folding is wonderful). > > RubyWin is an MDI app that lets you quickly test/prototype > > Ruby code. I use it >a lot<. You can open up multiple > > windows, hit Ctrl-E to execute the code and get the results. > > Tweak the code, try again, etc. It's kind of like a GUI > > version of irb. > > > > If you're getting started, the PickAxe book is definitely the > > best place to start (at least it was for me). > > An online version of it comes with the Windows ruby install > > (great for online help lookups). I'd recommend picking up a > > printed copy though. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com > > [mailto:christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:22 PM > > To: ruby-talk ML > > Subject: A few newbie questions... > > > > > > I just downloaded/installed Ruby on Win2K. I really like what > > I've seen so far. > > > > A few questions. > > > > I see that it comes with its own editor, SciTE. What exactly > > then is RubyWin? > > Can I execute Ruby code from it? Can I write code there as > > well? What is the > > purpose of these different pieces? > > > > Any other tips for getting started with Ruby? I know C and > > I've done a little > > PERL & AWK in the past. > > > > Thanks very much, > > Christopher > > > > > > Christopher J. Meisenzahl CPS, CSTE > > Senior Software Testing Consultant > > Spherion > > christopher.j.meisenzahl / citicorp.com > > > > >