# IRB tab completion in fxri, FreeRIDE etc on windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-tab-completion-in-fxri-freeride-etc-on-windows/139189>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-tab-completion-in-fxri-freeride-etc-on-windows/139189 "2008-06-01T14:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![juliusb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@juliusb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juliusb)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-tab-completion-in-fxri-freeride-etc-on-windows/139189/1 "2008-06-01T14:38:19Z")

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Hi,

I’ve googled this to death and came up empty handed, so i was hoping you  
guys could help me…

Has anyone gotten IRB tab completion to work in fxri and FreeRIDE on  
windows?

I have a properly configured .irbrc which works fine in a regular  
command prompt but in fxri and FreeRIDE, the tab key just inserts a tab  
character like nothing was more normal. 🙂

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance  
Julius