From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2004-09-18T01:39:51+09:00
Subject: Ruby on WinXP (was Debugging wxruby programs.)

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:24:48 +0900, R. Cheung <cheungr@ecid.cig.mot.com> wrote:

> Without a DOS/Command window, firstly, I've no idea if it's a syntax
> error, secondly, even if it does start, I can't use 'print' to print
> out debugging statements to help me find out where I got to and what
> went wrong (OK, I can open an auxilliary window and write to that, but
> I could lose that window if the app dies). How do you experts debug
> wxruby apps? Any help would be appreciated.

Yes, it's the old magic disappearing dos box... I went through that
years ago when I first picked up perl, and recently repeated it when I
decided to learn Ruby.

In the hopes of making it easier for other windows users to get up to
speed, I've posted some suggestions for setting up WinXP as a Ruby
friendly environment.

For now, it covers:
  Customizing a command prompt for testing
  Fixing the file text search on WinXP
  Adding Ruby to your path
  Making ruby scripts executable by name

The write ups are written at a beginner level, but some may be useful
for more advanced users.  You can read them here: 
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyOnWinXP

Please let me know if you see any errors, and feel free to add your tips.

-- 
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)