From: bill turner Date: 2008-06-13T07:29:41+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie: quick question re: windows install On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:13:16 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena wrote: >On Jun 6, 5:43�pm, bill turner wrote: >> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Luis Lavena >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >On Jun 6, 4:43�pm, bill turner wrote: >> >> I just downloaded ruby and ran the installer(Ruby 1.8.6 One-Click >> >> Installer). I then opened the tutorial "Ruby in Twenty Minutes". The >> >> very first statement I encounter states "If you�re using Windows, open >> >> fxri from the Ruby section of your Start Menu.". However, there is no >> >> Ruby section on my Start Menu. Certainly, I can configure this myself, >> >> I am just wondering what should be there. Any help or suggestions are >> >> appreciated! >> >> >Hmn, wierd, all the menus at start menu (under programs) get generated >> >here. What OS version are you using? (also will be helpful if you say >> >what release did you actually downloaded -- 1.8.6-26 or something >> >else). >> >> >Regards, >> >> It is the latest version - 1.8.6.-26, though the binaries download >> appears to be one release newer - 1.8.7-i386-mswin32.zip (I didn't use >> this). >> > >Yeah, the binary release is newer, I had a hard time dealing with >backward incompatibilities with 1.8.7 that I want to wait a bit until >push it forward (we need a stable base to work with, testing several >stuff at the same time is not good). > >> I am running windows xp sp2 and should be up-to-date with all >> important downloads. I also ran as administrator. >> > >If you installed One-Click installer 1.8.6-26 the menus should be >there, I just installed it to test and it worked. > >> I agree, it is weird. Let me know if you have other questions. >> Bill Turner >> > >What version of Windows it is? I mean, spanish, italian, german, etc? American English. Bill Turner www.changent.com Very few really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds - justification, explanations, forms of consolation without which they can�t go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. - Vampire Marius from The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice Views expressed are entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.