From: smc smc <fixxie.wits@...>
Date: 2007-04-18T09:40:57+09:00
Subject: Re: new

thanks
i finally got it!!!


On 4/17/07, Noah Easterly <noah.easterly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 6:28 pm, "smc smc" <fixxie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > oh
> > now i got this...
> >
> > h-68-164-42-185:~ stefan$ ruby ruby.rb
> > ruby: No such file or directory -- ruby.rb (LoadError)
> > h-68-164-42-185:~ stefan$ cd documents
> > h-68-164-42-185:~/documents stefan$ ruby hello.rb
> > hello.rb:1: Invalid char `\320' in expression
> > hello.rb:1: Invalid char `\317' in expression
> > hello.rb:1: Invalid char `\021' in expression
> > hello.rb:1: Invalid char `\340' in expression
> > hello.rb:1: Invalid char `\241' in expression
> > hello.rb:1: Invalid char `\261' in expression
> > h-68-164-42-185:~/documents stefan$
> >
> > do i need to get into irb then out and then do it?
>
> Nope, it looks like the file wasn't saved as plain text.  I'm guessing
> you tried saving it from Word, like you said earlier.  I don't know
> how to save as plain text in Word, so I'll show you how to do it
> another way.
>
> Open your file in TextEdit.  If TextEdit can't open the old file, it
> might be having problems with the MS format, just delete the old one
> and start a new file in TextEdit, and enter your ruby code.  Make sure
> you hit return at the end of your file ( this is just so we can view
> it with the cat command later ).
>
> Unless you have converted the file to plain text, TextEdit won't let
> you save it as a ".rb" file.  So, first, go to "Format->Make Plain
> Text"  (if you only see "Make Rich Text", then it's already plain
> text).  If it asks you whether to convert the file to plain text,
> click OK.  Then save the file as "hello.rb".  TextEdit will probably
> pop up with a message saying 'You have used the extension ".rb" at the
> end of the name.  The standard extension is ".txt".  Click the button
> that says "Use .rb".  (
>
> Now, you can check from the command line that your file is actually
> plain text, by using the "cat" command.
>
> h-68-164-42-185:~/documents stefan$ cat hello.rb
> puts "Hello World"
>
> And now you can run it.
>
> h-68-164-42-185:~/documents stefan$ ruby hello.rb
> Hello World
>
> Later on, you might want to consider getting a "real" text editor to
> help you write ruby code.  They'll do things that Word & TextEdit
> don't that make it easier to write good code.  Features like syntax
> highlighting and auto-indentation are two of the ways that "real" text
> editors help coders catch errors early on.
>
> I'm not going to tell you which one to use.  If you ask any
> programmer, anywhere on the web, they'll tell you which they use, and
> why it's the one you should use.  You might want to check out the
> wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editors), as that
> might give you some good leads.
>
> But, I wouldn't get too sidetracked by looking for an editor.
> TextEdit (in plain text mode) should be good enough to get you through
> the basic tutorials.
>
>
>


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