From: bbiker Date: 2009-07-02T11:10:14+09:00 Subject: Re: RubyScript2Exe fix for bug in line 621? On Jul 1, 11:15 am, __ __ wrote: > Bernard Kenik wrote: > > > Since you are working with Windows I then look into 'ocra' this is a > > very good alternate  to rubyscript2exe. It works with the latest ruby > > interpretrs. > > > Hope this helps > > Thank you for the excellent response!  I have never heard of OCRA > before, but it looks really good, and I'll give it a try!  I see now > that I should have been more open to alternatives from the start. > Lars Christensen wrote ocra because rubyscript2exe does not work with the latest ruby interpreters. > Out of curiosity, though, are there alternatives to RubyScript2Exe for > non-Windows users? 'crate' is supposed to be cross-platform but from what I understand it has its problem with Windows. It is a more complex program. > Oh, and what good GUI and graphics gems are compatible with OCRA?  I > like Shoes, but it's not a gem, so I doubt it's compatible.  Or at least > if it is compatible, I doubt it would be very straightforward to get > them to work together. > I am not sure what you mean by "compatible with OCRA. " Neither ocra nor crate are development programs. The idea behind both of these gems is for you to write, test and debug your program. You then call on ocra or crate to package your program into an 'exe' that can run your program on a computer that does not have ruby installed. Note that I said package as opposed to compile. Both of these gems gather the ruby interpreter, the supporting resources your program requires, and your source code. Whether you use a console or an ide to develop your program is up to you. Your program can either be a graphical program or a console program. I have not tried to package a program develop with Shoes .. ocra may not be able to package since Shoes has its own ruby interpreter. Regards bbiker let me know how made out with ocra.