From: Chris Hulan <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2012-04-09T09:58:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Add a GUI to your Ruby Script

I downloaded it , and had to do a bit of hacking to get it running on
my winXP system

One issue was my video settings had been changed to 16bit, and this caused a
Gtk error:
Gdk-WARNING **:gdk_win32_pixmap_new: depth = 16 not supported
Resetting my display to 32bit resolved this

when installing the gtk2 gem it failed to install psych, as I had not
installed DevKit
Your install instructions don't indicate the need for devkit, but
looks like it maybe necessary
Even with devkit the install of psych failed.  A quick google and I
found instructions
(http://jonforums.github.com/ruby/2012/02/24/hacking-a-gem.html)
on hacking the psych gem to create a custom version that would install
on windows. Not for the beginner
but interesting if you like getting your hands dirty.
I haven't had a chance to do much other than confirm that vr starts.
Was a bit surprised when it failed to start in a selected directory,
the root of my dev sandbox,
as it found too many files/dirs.  I guess it assumes the current dir
is the root of the project you are working on?

Hope to get a chance to play with it more,

cheers,
Chris