From: Meinrad Recheis <meinrad.recheis@...>
Date: 2008-04-13T01:28:52+09:00
Subject: Re: foxGUIb - status?

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On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:

> This project - "a GUI creator and code generator for FXRuby" - looks
> promising, but...
> * no posts to this list re foxGUIb since 09.12.2006
> * forum (
> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September/date.html)
> has had no posts since same month.
> * downloads page has had no updates since June 2006.
>
> Is it dead?


I would not say so. There has just not been a good reason to release another
version.
If you like to send in patches I will create a new release.


>
> It sure is for me, since I can't get the install to launch. This is
> supposed to be a fully self-contained package (with it's own ruby). It comes
> with two directories -
> * libGUIb - The instructions say to install this first - has ruby, etc. No
> way of offered to skip this step, so I didn't:
>
> $ sudo ruby install.rb
> [sudo] password for tom:
> parsearg_config
> install.rb: entering config phase...
> ---> lib
> <--- lib
> install.rb: config done.
> parsearg_setup
> install.rb: entering setup phase...
> ---> lib
> <--- lib
> install.rb: setup done.
> parsearg_install
> parsearg_install!!! ARGV:
> install.rb: entering install phase...
> ---> lib
> mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
> install libGUIb14.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
> install libGUIb16.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
> <--- lib
> install.rb: install done.
>
> * foxGUIb - regarding this directory, the instructions say simply "install
> foxGUIb: you can copy foxGUIb's directory where ever you want to." I read
> everything I could find, to shed light on what this second "install" is
> supposed to be. Couldn't find a clarification. In the root of this dir there
> is one, only, *.rb fle - foxGUIb.rb, so...
>
> $ ruby foxGUIb.rb
> please install libGUIb!!
> no such file to load -- fox16
>
> Very confusing. I just installed libGUIb.


it seems that fxruby 1.6 is probably not installed.
-- henon

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