[Newby] Scite, irb question

[Brent W. Hughes]

I've recently downloaded Ruby which includes the Scite editor. I get
into the editor and select "Run irb" from the Tools menu. I get irb
running in the right column. Then I type 123 and find that each
character is duplicated. That is:

irb(main):001:0> 112233

=> 123

What gives?

Brent

 

[Chris Pine]

When using irb, or when running programs which ask for keyboard input
(via 'gets' or something like that), I'd recommend just using your
good-ol' Windows Command Prompt.

I only use the F5 (runs your ruby program) if it's a non-interactive progra=
m.

On a totally unrelated note, I don't know how newby you are, but if
you've never done any programming before, you might get something out
of a tutorial I wrote (which, like Pinocchio, dreams of being a real
book, and may soon get its wish!)

http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

Welcome to Ruby!

Chris