# Irb on windows @{\[ etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 15, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848 "2006-02-15T09:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/1 "2006-02-15T09:58:30Z")
Just to set set things straight (once more)… Im currently stuck at a win32 machine… unable to write @{[ in irb… I know that there’s a solution, but several searches couldnt help me… Please obi-wan! Mikkel B. www.strongside.dk - Football Portal(DK) [nflfeed.helenius.org](http://nflfeed.helenius.org) - Football News(DK) ting.minline.dk - Buy Old Stuff!(DK) ---
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/2 "2006-02-15T10:10:39Z")
See the [http://www.rubywiki.de/wiki/FAQ](http://www.rubywiki.de/wiki/FAQ), its in german but the solution is quite obvious. - Ville ---
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/3 "2006-02-15T15:59:43Z")
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Ville Mattila wrote: > See the [http://www.rubywiki.de/wiki/FAQ](http://www.rubywiki.de/wiki/FAQ), its in german but the > solution is quite obvious. > > - Ville Bookmarked! Thanks a bunch… Mikkel B. www.strongside.dk - Football Portal(DK) [nflfeed.helenius.org](http://nflfeed.helenius.org) - Football News(DK) ting.minline.dk - Buy Old Stuff!(DK) ---
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/4 "2006-02-16T01:49:23Z")
DÅ?a Streda 15 Február 2006 09:57 Mikkel B. napísal: > Mikkel B. > > www.strongside.dk - Football Portal(DK) > [nflfeed.helenius.org](http://nflfeed.helenius.org) - Football News(DK) > ting.minline.dk - Buy Old Stuff!(DK) You really, really, really want a US layout for coding. The pinky strain of using AltGr for those characters gets painful real soon. David V. ---
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/5 "2006-02-16T02:49:49Z")
“Ville Mattila” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote in message news:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid… > See the [http://www.rubywiki.de/wiki/FAQ](http://www.rubywiki.de/wiki/FAQ), its in german but the > solution is quite obvious. > > - Ville Just to help those of use who (only) understand english, feed that URL to: > **[Google Translate](https://translate.google.com/)** > > Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. It actually does an almost understandable translation. Sample: Why don’t function into irb under Windows some keys? This is an error in the software: Indications, for which the AltGr key is needed, cannot be entered. The exact circumstances of the error are not admit (it steps probably only with Windows 2000 and XP on), but he can be repaired, as in a listing (for example into own files ) a file inputrc with following contents is put on: ---
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/6 "2006-02-16T09:31:13Z")
For english instructions on getting irb to work with non-english keyboards on Windows XP see: > **[Setting up the Interactive Ruby Shell (IRB) for non-english keyboards on...](https://www.peterkrantz.com/2005/irb-for-nonen-keyboards/)** > > For some reason it is difficult to use the \[\] and {} characters when using IRB with a non-english keyboard on Windows XP. To get it working together with tab completion: > Create a new environment variable called “HOME” and set it to your user home... Regards, Peter ---
**Author:** ![mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@mikkel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikkel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-on-windows-etc/53848/7 "2006-02-16T09:40:15Z")
Hello, Perhaps slightly offtopic but the msys shell does not seem to work properly with irb. In cmd.exe you get a normal prompt after starting irb, but with msys you get no prompt at all, exactly as if you start ruby with no command line args. Occasionally irb crashes in msys, and I think its due to the output issue in some way. Anyone have some experience with this? Thanks,