I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
Installer). I then opened the tutorial “Ruby in Twenty Minutes”. The
very first statement I encounter states “If you’re using Windows, open
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.”. However, there is no
Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
appreciated!
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On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM, bill turner [email protected]
wrote:
I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
Installer). I then opened the tutorial “Ruby in Twenty Minutes”. The
very first statement I encounter states “If you’re using Windows, open
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.”. However, there is no
Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
appreciated!
Look in %path_to_ruby%\bin (the default is C:\ruby\bin). You should
see an fxri.bat in there. There is also a batch file for irb as well.
You would run irb.bat from inside cmd.exe. They are different
interfaces to the same interactive ruby tool. I prefer irb, because
fxri is slow to load, but the choice is yours.
Hope that helps,
Gordon
On Jun 6, 4:43 pm, bill turner [email protected] wrote:
I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click
Installer). I then opened the tutorial “Ruby in Twenty Minutes”. The
very first statement I encounter states “If you’re using Windows, open
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.”. However, there is no
Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are
appreciated!
Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
what release did you actually downloaded – 1.8.6-26 or something
else).
Regards,
okay. I’ll create a folder in my start menu and put shortcuts in for
those two bat files.
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:08:48 -0500, Gordon T.
[email protected] wrote:
see an fxri.bat in there. There is also a batch file for irb as well.
You would run irb.bat from inside cmd.exe. They are different
interfaces to the same interactive ruby tool. I prefer irb, because
fxri is slow to load, but the choice is yours.
Hope that helps,
Gordon
Bill Turner
www.changent.com
Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few
really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the
answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification,
explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To
really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may
annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The
Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice
Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent
those of any other person or entity.
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis L.
[email protected] wrote:
Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated
here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say
what release did you actually downloaded – 1.8.6-26 or something
else).
Regards,
It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download
appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn’t use
this).
I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.
Bill Turner
www.changent.com
Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few
really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the
answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification,
explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To
really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may
annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The
Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice
Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent
those of any other person or entity.
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis L.
[email protected] wrote:
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?
American English.
Bill Turner
www.changent.com
Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few
really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the
answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification,
explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To
really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may
annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The
Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice
Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent
those of any other person or entity.
On Jun 6, 5:43 pm, bill turner [email protected] wrote:
Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself,
It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download
appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn’t use
this).
Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with
backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until
push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several
stuff at the same time is not good).
I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
important downloads. I also ran as administrator.
If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be
there, I just installed it to test and it worked.
I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions.
Bill Turner
What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis L.
[email protected] wrote:
fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no
I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all
What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc?
I feel like such an idiot! I found it at the bottom of my unsorted
Start menu list. I had looked for it as if the list was sorted, and,
of course, it was not where I expected.
Sorry!
Bill Turner
www.changent.com
Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few
really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the
answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification,
explanations, forms of consolation without which they can’t go on. To
really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may
annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The
Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice
Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent
those of any other person or entity.