From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-06-17T18:59:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16555] Re: Tk problems

>>>>> "H" == Hal E Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:

H> I thought that I could append "m" onto "padx"
H> and "pady" (giving "padxm" and "padym") and
H> switch from pixels to millimeters. It didn't change
H> anything (though it ran). Also tried "c" and "i"
H> (cm and inches). Then I thought: Maybe I'm
H> supposed to append it onto the numeric value.
H> So I changed the numbers to strings and
H> appended characters. No luck. (Somehow it
H> ran the same way, though it hung at the end.)

 The syntax is 'padx' => '1c'

 The problem is that the example in the book is wrong because it use a
 block form of #pack, which don't work. It's best to look at the example
 given in p. 156 which has the correct syntax.

H> Trying out the Pig Latin example works fine
H> *except* that when I press Exit, it crashes
H> Ruby (with an illegal operation). For what
H> it's worth, the details are below.

 Work fine on linux.


Guy Decoux