IRB causes FreeRide to crash on Windows XP, FreeRide version 0.9.6.1.

Opening up FreeRide, then IRB, then holding Shift-key, typing any character, hitting backspace - prompt disappears.
Then hitting some key, doesn't really matter which, FreeRide crashes, giving the following in the command window:

D:\Program\FreeRIDE>freeruby-win\bin\ruby.exe -rubygems freeride.rb
D:/Program/FreeRIDE/plugins/rubyide_tools_fox_ri/fxri/lib/fxirb.rb:355:in `extractText': couldn't allocate string for
return value (NoMemoryError)
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/plugins/rubyide_tools_fox_ri/fxri/lib/fxirb.rb:355:in `newLineEntered'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/plugins/rubyide_tools_fox_ri/fxri/lib/fxirb.rb:209:in `onKeyRelease'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/./plugins/rubyide_fox_gui/appframe.rb:51:in `start'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:950:in `call'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/freebase/lib/freebase/databus.rb:560:in `call'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:69:in `initialize'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:68:in `initialize'
        from D:/Program/FreeRIDE/freebase/lib/freebase/core.rb:35:in `startup'
        from freeride.rb:77:in `startup'
        from freeride.rb:116