From: Lyle Johnson <lyle@...>
Date: 2002-10-16T12:22:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] FXRuby-1.0.14 Now Available

> I think one thing I'd like to see tackled is the
> *_require stuff (or whatever it is) that prevents
> FXRuby apps from working with exerb.

I believe this bug was fixed in the latest exerb release (version 2.2.0),
but I can do a quick sanity check tomorrow morning. As I recall, it works
just peachy now. In fact, the author added a new script that automatically
generates the dependencies for your Ruby script so you don't even have to
write the recipe file (i.e. the *.rbc file) anymore.

> FWIW, I've tried exerb a few times, and it works
> great. The .exe is pretty big, but that's to be
> expected since it embeds the entire Ruby interpreter
> and whatever else is needed.

exerb is very, very nice. It "just works" ;)

> I did try it on a Fox app and it seemed to work
> at first (giving me a 7 meg executable, I think)
> but of course it failed immeditately at runtime.

On the file size, yes, there's no magic there. The FXRuby extension (the
shared library part) takes up 3 or 4 megs, and the Ruby core adds another
few. It adds up quickly. Of course, the FXRuby that I put in my installer
statically links in all of the optional bells and whistles (e.g.
FXScintilla, JPEG, PNG and TIFF support) and so you're paying a price for
those goodies. If one were to build a "lighter" FXRuby, it might shrink the
size a bit (but maybe not enough to make it worthwhile).