# Ploblem with SciTE

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ploblem-with-scite/120478>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 17, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ploblem-with-scite/120478 "2007-11-17T11:31:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![blitzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@blitzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blitzer)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ploblem-with-scite/120478/1 "2007-11-17T11:31:30Z")

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hi! I’m a new programmer in Ruby

and now I have problem with ruby in SciTE  
when I want to take input to operate with function I use

print "Enter First Name : "  
firstName = gets.to\_s

It can’t show output when press ‘F5’ but it show completely in cmd

and I have trouble to switch between cmd and SciTE  
please help me :’(

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**Author:** ![blitzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@blitzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blitzer)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ploblem-with-scite/120478/2 "2007-11-17T12:03:01Z")

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I prefer use eclipse IDE with RDT plugin, it is very powerful.

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**Author:** ![blitzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@blitzer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blitzer)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ploblem-with-scite/120478/3 "2007-11-17T16:24:53Z")

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Use…

print "Enter First Name : "  
STDOUT.flush  
firstName = gets.to\_s

…, this might help.

Wolfgang Nádasi-Donner