From: Ohad Lutzky <lutzky@...>
Date: 2006-11-06T22:13:47+09:00
Subject: Paths, gentleman, paths

I have this bit of code in the beginning of an application I'm writing 
(in main.rb):

  require 'pathname'

  p = Pathname.new($0)

  if p.basename.to_s == 'main.rb'
    Dir.chdir p.parent.to_s
  end

  require 'gui/main_window'
  ... # (rest of requires, application itself)

The check whether it's "main.rb" or not is so this doesn't happen for 
Rake. Now, it works well, but it's ugly. The reason I don't just go 
ahead and use ':' is that I use glade, as well as some other files which 
I need to be able to find. This is currently in development, so I'd 
prefer to avoid forcing people to install the program in predetermined 
locations (/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/share/my_app_files, et cetera).

Any cleaner solution?

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