From: "Stephan Kämper" <Stephan.Kaemper@...>
Date: 2002-01-22T18:11:44+09:00
Subject: Re: A couple of issues with the new Windows installer

"Guy N. Hurst" wrote:
> 
> Phil Tomson wrote:
> >
> > I downloaded the ruby165-2.exe which uses the nullsoft installer instead
> > of the InstallShield installer.  On WinNT it installed fine.  Under Win98
> > I noticed that at the end it stopped- I could kind of see that it was
> > asking a question about choosing an editor for Ruby files, but the text

Having run the installer on a Win2K box before I knew it askaed for an
editor to use for editing Ruby files. Entered the path to my favourite
editor - and all went fine. 
If you move the mouse around a bit you should even be able to find the place
where the 'OK' (or whatever) button sits and click it.
The contols/widgets _are_ there - you just don't see them (Actually you
_can_ see the cursor blinking...).

> 
> I installed this in Win98 a couple days ago and did not have this
> problem.

I had the same, er, effect on my Win98 box (and reported it to Dave & Andy).

> > The other issue is that this installer is slllowwwwww!!!  Not a huge
> > problem, but I could have built Ruby from source on Linux and done a make
> > install and had a bit of time left over  in the time it took to install on
> > Windows using this nullsoft installer.
> 
> yes, extracting and installing the files did take quite awhile.
> But I still prefer this installer over the InstallShield version.

I didn't notice that. 
In fact the Win98 setup was faster, but then that's a 1.2 GHz machine and
the Win2K box runs @ 0.7 GHz...

> Thanks Andy and friends :-)

Yep. Thanks a lot Dave, Andy and whoever else is worink on the Win
installer!


Stephan