irb and script/console problem

rubyonrails-talk
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I've had a problem with irb and script/console since about mid-summer and it's absolutely killing me. In either environment, I'm unable to use the spacebar. It simply doesn't register.

I've tried using Terminal.app and iTerm and I see the same behavior.

Anyone ever had this problem before? Solutions?

~Barry Hess

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they all work for me...

OSX 10.4.10 ruby 1.8.5 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 35) [i686-darwin8.9.1] Rails 1.2.3

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They used to work for me as well...

OSX 10.4.10 ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-darwin8.10.1] Rails 1.2.3

I just reinstalled my Ruby-MySQL driver and now MySQL console won't accept the space bar, either. I really wish I knew what the hell is going on.

~Barry

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Responding to my own message. If anyone wants to read about my path to resolving this problem (in excruciating detail), check the below link. It's an embarrassing statement of how little I know about compiling things and *nix in general. Expect lots of statements about irb, Ruby versions, and readline.

  http://bjhess.com/bjhessblog/2007/10/22/ruby-console-spacebar-problems/

So far I've only resolved my Ruby problem. My MySQL issue still exists...

~Barry

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Responding to my own message. If anyone wants to read about my path to resolving this problem (in excruciating detail), check the below link. It's an embarrassing statement of how little I know about compiling things and *nix in general. Expect lots of statements about irb, Ruby versions, and readline.

  http://bjhess.com/bjhessblog/2007/10/22/ruby-console-spacebar-problems/

So far I've only resolved my Ruby problem. My MySQL issue still exists...

~Barry