The other option is to install the pure ruby readline gem which replaces the broken version of readline that's otherwise used in Windows. http://github.com/luislavena/rb-readline Luis has also packaged this in the new rubyinstaller for Windows.
-Charley On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Alan Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > Marekj- > You are using windows right? What I understood about this is that window > commandline already had readline in it so putting it in irb was doing it > twice which is what was messing up the commandline in windows. I'm not sure > what tab tab and ctrl-r does, but I don't use them and i'd rather have the > ability to type more than 80 chars. > > I probably don't really understand why it works...but it does. Not sure > where i'd go to find out more? > > Alan > > On Feb 8, 2010 10:49 AM, "marekj" <[email protected]> wrote: > > so I see that TABTAB and CTRL+R don't work without readline. > and conf.io is now StdioInputMethod instead of ReadlineInputMethod > So far I don't know what other implications may be for --noreadline option > > > marekj > > Watirloo: Semantic Page Objects in UseCases > http://github.com/marekj/watirloo/ > > Support Watir Project http://pledgie.com/campaigns/2982 > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Željko Filipin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Watir General" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Before posting, please read the following guidelines: > http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<watir-general%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Watir General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Before posting, please read the following guidelines: http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/Support To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general
