From: Daniel Lucraft <dan@...>
Date: 2007-08-22T20:38:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Call an application from Ruby

Luiz Macchi wrote:
> Hi all, how to call an application from Ruby inside on Linux ?
> 
> I卒d like to run 'KCalc' for example
> 
> thank any help

You can execute a system command by putting it between `backticks`. On 
Gnome, the calculator command is gcalctool and this works for me:

dan: /home/dan$ irb
irb(main):001:0> `gcalctool`
=> ""

best,
Dan
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