From: coachhilton@...
Date: 2007-02-14T07:05:07+09:00
Subject: Re: NEWBIE: What is the dos-box for and why is it there?

On Feb 13, 1:51 pm, Noble Bell <e...@noblebell.com> wrote:
> I am very new to Ruby. In fact I just downloaded it and started looking
> at it today. I am using Windows.
>
> Here is my question:
>
> I loaded the program "fxri" and upon starting I got a screen full of
> warning messages in a ms-dos box. Then a new window was opened with the
> running program.
>
> Do all Windows Ruby programs operate like this? I mean is there a
> dos-box and also a regular Window for each program?
>
> I am lost and any help would be appreciated here.
>
> What I want to do is write GUI desktop applications in Ruby that are
> platform-independent but yet have a native look and feel of the
> underlying OS. Is this possible?
>
> Thanks in advance and God bless,
> Noble
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

You can search this group for detailed answers to your question. In a
nutshell, the ruby program is launched into a command shell when run
via ruby.exe.  This shell is where you'll see your stdout and from
which your program can read from stdin, if desired.  If you want to
run a ruby program without it being "encapsulated" in a command shell
run it with "rubyw.exe".

Ken