# Script/console cursor goes crazy sometimes on XP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-cursor-goes-crazy-sometimes-on-xp/62659>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 7, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-cursor-goes-crazy-sometimes-on-xp/62659 "2006-06-07T01:49:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-cursor-goes-crazy-sometimes-on-xp/62659/1 "2006-06-07T01:49:06Z")

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I’m on WinXP SP2, Ruby 1.8.4, Rails 1.1.2.

Sometimes when I’m editing a line in script/console - that is, I’m using  
the cursor keys or backspace key to edit the text on the current line -  
the cursor suddenly flies off to the previous line out in space  
somewhere, and typing anything after that just results in characters  
being entered at weird places.

Anybody else have this problem?

Jeff

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-cursor-goes-crazy-sometimes-on-xp/62659/2 "2006-06-07T02:07:44Z")

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Jeff C. wrote:

> I’m on WinXP SP2, Ruby 1.8.4, Rails 1.1.2.
> 
> Sometimes when I’m editing a line in script/console - that is, I’m using  
> the cursor keys or backspace key to edit the text on the current line -  
> the cursor suddenly flies off to the previous line out in space  
> somewhere, and typing anything after that just results in characters  
> being entered at weird places.
> 
> Anybody else have this problem?
> 
> Jeff

Yes, never found a solution. Even happens in  
[Console download | SourceForge.net](http://sourceforge.net/projects/console) sometimes.

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-console-cursor-goes-crazy-sometimes-on-xp/62659/3 "2006-06-14T17:36:23Z")

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Yes, this is terrible. I have this in plain irb, too. It is driving me  
crazy and I kick  
the wall and beat up little children when it happens. Help save the  
children, help me fix  
my readline functionality! WinXP SP2.

Warren Fred