From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-08-18T07:44:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer 1.8.2-14 RC8 for Windows

Henrik Horneber wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> First of all, thanks for the effort, it's really appreciated! :)

Thanks!

> Still, I'd like to see some features and have some issues:
>
> Being the lazy guy that I am, I like to create new files by using the
> 'new' command in explorers context menu. So, in order to create a new
> ruby programm, I right-click in the folder I'd like to have the new file
> in, choose new, choose new ruby programm, and explorer generates an
> empty file 'new ruby program.rb' (or something alike). Any chance to
> have an option for this in the installer?
> (you'd need to create a new key 'ShellNew' under 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rb'
> and add an emtpy REG_SZ (String Value) named NullFile. Of course I could
> always do it by hand, but as I said, I'm lazy :-)  )
>
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/shellnewadd.htm has a pretty good
> explanation how to do it by hand
>
>
>
> And I'm having troubles selecting the installation directory. The
> 'browse'-option allows me to create new folders, but does not allow to
> select this newly created folder (the 'Ok'-button stays disabled ). I
> have to type the folder into the field to have the installer accept it.
> (Yikes, typing!)
>
> I'm using Win 2k :-)
>
> Sorry if this did come up before, I wasn't able to find anything on the
> list or in the installer-wiki.

These are god ideas. The best way to get this on the to-do list is submit a
feature request:

  http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=718&group_id=167&func=browse

I can do this later, if you don't get to it.

Curt