From: Tom Cloyd Date: 2008-04-13T06:41:27+09:00 Subject: Re: foxGUIb - status? Meinrad Recheis wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Tom Cloyd 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 > > Henon, Thank you. I'm happy to hear that (as I suspected!) the problem is my ignorance. I can fix that - I'm really not capable of offering patches, sadly. However, that there's been no need to offer a new version, in two years, seems to me to be a testament to the quality and utility of the programming already done. Really good news! As for fxruby...yes, that's not installed. I didn't read anywhere that it needed to be. I know that these things are obvious to other people, or to some other people, but my limited time to work with ruby means my depth of knowledge is always thin. A large handicap, at times. Often, in fact. Because of this, I'm very grateful for this list. So...I will work on installing fxruby (which has been a problem for me), then return to foxGUIb. Thanks so much for your reply. Tom -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Cloyd, MS MA, LMHC Private practice Psychotherapist Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226 << tc@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website & psychotherapy weblog) << sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health issues weblog) << directpathdesign.com >> (web site design & consultation) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~