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Bug #13556

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MinGW readline Alt / Meta keys

Added by MSP-Greg (Greg L) almost 7 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.

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Target version:
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ruby -v:
ruby 2.5.0dev (2017-05-11 trunk 58657) [x64-mingw32]
[ruby-core:81101]

Description

MinGW builds from Ruby Installer have been using the rb-readline gem instead building the readline extension with the MinGW readline package.

Building the extension with the package (7.0.003 updated 2017-02-03) passes most tests in test-all. But...

When using the MinGW package, many of the Meta/Alt keystrokes do not work (b, d, f, t, ) in irb (they add the letter at the cursor), but they work with the gem. The case keystrokes, (c, l, u) do not work in either. Also, arrow key left/right navigation seems smoother with the gem.

Not being a c type, I'm not sure if this is a fix in readline.c or a problem with the MinGW package (third-party).

Lastly, I don't use irb that much, so there may be other issues. If anyone has info/links to other testing I could do, please let me know.

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