Ruby IRB (REPL) screen wrap around to first line when hitting bottom of screen #16536

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opened 2026-01-31 05:14:59 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @eabase on GitHub (Jan 28, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

  1. 11.3471.0

Windows build number

10.0.19042.0

Other Software

ruby 3.1.0p0 (2021-12-25 revision fb4df44d16) [x64-mingw-ucrt]
irb 1.4.1 (2021-12-25)

Steps to reproduce

Run irb.bat

Keep hitting return until you get past end of last line in terminal.
Prompt then starts overwriting previous text on top of the screen.

Expected Behavior

that screen scroll down normally

Actual Behavior

wraps to top of screen and overwrite what was there before.

Does not happen in Powershell (pwsh)!

Originally created by @eabase on GitHub (Jan 28, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1. 11.3471.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.19042.0 ### Other Software ruby 3.1.0p0 (2021-12-25 revision fb4df44d16) [x64-mingw-ucrt] irb 1.4.1 (2021-12-25) ### Steps to reproduce # Run irb.bat Keep hitting return until you get past end of last line in terminal. Prompt then starts overwriting previous text on top of the screen. ### Expected Behavior that screen scroll down normally ### Actual Behavior wraps to top of screen and overwrite what was there before. **Does not happen in Powershell (pwsh)!**
claunia added the Needs-TriageResolution-ExternalNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 05:14:59 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#16536