From: Alan Moyer <moyer4@...>
Date: 2001-12-31T08:20:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29768] Re: Extending Ruby on Windows platform using VC++ IDE

Well,  looks like I can use the TK DLL that came with the cygwin
distribution. I'll see if I can build an extension now. Thanks for the help.
I'll let you know how it goes.

Al
<nobu.nokada@softhome.net> wrote in message
news:200112301921.fBUJLa806937@sharui.nakada.kanuma.tochigi.jp...
> At Mon, 31 Dec 2001 04:00:34 +0900,
> Alan Moyer <moyer4@mediaone.net> wrote:
> > The Ruby distribution has a directory lib/ruby/1.6/i386-cygwin which
> > contains a bunch of header files including ruby.h. I set the project to
look
> > in this dir for header files.
>
> So you use cygwin version ruby.  Extension library for it can't
> be built with VC.  Built with VC is called mswin32.
>
> To build with VC, read win32/README.win32 and follow it.
>
> And binaries are available at:
>
> ruby mswin32 binary site
> http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html
>
> ActiveScriptRuby site
> http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/9251/ruby/main.html
>
> --
> Nobu Nakada
>