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
> > 
> > 
>