From: Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@...>
Date: 2006-06-11T18:08:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby samples not working

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On 6/11/06, David Kirkpatrick <djk_1200@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I recently installed ruby on windows XP with the latest ruby one-click
> windows installer. I selected all the components that came up in the
> installation list.
>
> For some reason though, most of the samples do not work. Double clicking
> on them brings up the ruby terminal, then it just disappears a split
> second later. Does anyone know why this would be happening? hello.rb
> works, as do some others, but the rest don't.
>
> I'm fairly new to programming, so if i'm missing something obvious
> please let me know.


 Try opening a console window and executing them by explicit command, like
"ruby hello.rb", so that you can see any error messages without the window
disappearing.

Curt

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