Ruboto IRB console doesn't accept input

[ChaosCat]

When launching a script with a line such as
'input = gets' the console just ignores the line as if it is an empty variable declaration, no error/message is thrown whatsoever.

[ChaosCat]

I would like to try to solve the problem, can anyone please tell me where to start or how to approach it?

[donv]

@rscottm can you help @ChaosCat ? It would be great to have another committer on Ruboto-IRB.

@ChaosCat you should start by actually describing what you would like to happen.

[ChaosCat]

Right now this is the result of trying to store input in a variable:

#Ruboto IRB
>>input = gets
=>nil
>>puts input
=>
nil

I want the IRB to simply wait for input and only then continue.
Probably like so:

#Ruboto IRB
>>input = gets
hey
=>nil
>>puts input
=> hey
nil

[donv]

OK, so you basically want STDIN to read from the Ruboto IRB command line, right?

[ChaosCat]

Basically yeah, what causes the code right now to skip the command? And if I want to add the feature where should I start?

[donv]

The Ruboto IRB command line is not the console (STDIN). It is just a regular UI Text component. You need to change the behaviour of either #gets or STDIN to read input from either the Ruboto IRB input field or maybe a popup input dialog.

[ChaosCat]

I think I will try to change the #gets behavior to read from the input field and, what file is the file that dictates each method's behavior? I still don't know very well how the Ruboto repository is built and what folders contain which files I couldn't find it at src\folder of neither IRB nor Ruboto repository.

[donv]

The behaviour of #gets is defined by the Ruby implementation, that is JRuby. We should not change that, but rather override it like you can in Ruby. I think the method to override is Kernel#gets.

[MrSchism]

Any progress on this? It's not major, as I can always just define the input on the script and just rerun. Either way, it's be nice

[bhundu07]

[Running editor script (untitled.rb)]
=> nil
[Running editor script (untitled.rb)]
=> nil
ma
=> NameError: undefined local variable or method `ma' for main:Object
(root) at eval:1
nil

i have the same problem but mine display nameerror. how do i solve that