From: Jason Perry <jperry@...>
Date: 2010-02-03T01:21:28+09:00
Subject: Re: RUBYLIB and shared libraries

You can use RAILS_ROOT but I'm sure there is a better way.


On 2/2/10 11:16 AM, "Alpha Blue" <jdezenzio@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm setting up my RUBYLIB variables for use with custom libraries I've
> created.  I have the following working properly:
> 
> C:/lib/wxruby/lib [this points to the custom library path I have set]
> 
> Everything is verified with ruby -e "puts $:" ..
> 
> The first module I created is a module called public_instance_methods.rb
> 
> Location:  C:/lib/wxruby/lib/public_instance_methods.rb
> 
> module PublicInstanceMethods
> 
>   # This method sets the default icon for the given window or frame
>   def set_icon_file(file)
>     icon_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"..","icons",file)
>     set_icon Wx::Icon.new(icon_file, Wx::BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
>   end
> 
> end
> 
> My default working project directory is:
> 
> E:\project\lib\
> "" \core
> "" \icons
> "" \images
> 
> In E:\project\lib\core\main.rb I have..
> 
> require 'public_instance_methods'
> include PublicInstanceMethods
> 
> class GuiMain < XrcFrameMain
>   def initialize
>     super()
> 
>     set_icon_file("test.ico")
> 
>   end
> end
> 
> Which results into an error saying:
> 
> Icon file does not exist:
>   C:/lib/wxruby/lib/../icons/kirin.ico (ArgumentError)
> 
> .. which means that it's looking in the lib directory of the included
> module and not the working directory of the application.  How should I
> set this method up so that it includes the right path to the ico file?