Pre-release FXRuby binary gems for testing

[Lyle Johnson-4]

All,

A couple of new build platforms have come into the picture since the  
last FXRuby release and I'm trying to make sure they're supported.  
That is to say, I want to be able to provide precompiled binary gems  
so that users on those platforms don't have to build everything from  
source. I think I'm there, but I could use your help testing if you  
have access to either (1) the new, still under development MinGW-based  
Ruby installer or (2) Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Here is a binary installer for FXRuby 1.6 on Ruby 1.8.6, the MinGW  
edition (the one being developed by Luis Lavena and co.):

        http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/60906/FXRuby-1.6.20-x86-mingw32.gem

And here is a binary gem for FXRuby 1.6 on Ruby 1.8.7, the one that  
comes with Snow Leopard:

        http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/60906/FXRuby-1.6.20-universal-darwin-10.gem

If you have the time and are willing to be a guinea pig, please  
download and give it a short (and let me know how it goes). Remember,  
the goal here is that the end-user doesn't have to have any of FOX's  
numerous dependencies preinstalled to use these.

Thanks,

Lyle
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Lyle,

If you have something for linux then i'd be happy to test it.

You may have figured I'm not the brightest light bulb in the pack when it comes to ruby but I do try to sort issues i have out before posting and then i carry on trying.

I use Meinrad's foxGUIb front end and find it BLOOD great as i can easily knock up a GUI front end quicker and get a visual look quicker than i can with FXruby natively (plus i find i get confuse about the FXruby code.

personally would love to see foxGUIb worked on some more to make it easier to add controls that someone like me could add to _or_ to add new controls like the fxtable (know this won't happen and i haven't got the skills).

I run Kubuntu 9.04

cheers,

Dave

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Subject: [fxruby-users] Pre-release FXRuby binary gems for testing

All,

A couple of new build platforms have come into the picture since the last FXRuby release and I'm trying to make sure they're supported. That is to say, I want to be able to provide precompiled binary gems so that users on those platforms don't have to build everything from source. I think I'm there, but I could use your help testing if you have access to either (1) the new, still under development MinGW-based Ruby installer or (2) Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Here is a binary installer for FXRuby 1.6 on Ruby 1.8.6, the MinGW edition (the one being developed by Luis Lavena and co.):

    http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/60906/FXRuby-1.6.20-x86-mingw32.gem

And here is a binary gem for FXRuby 1.6 on Ruby 1.8.7, the one that comes with Snow Leopard:

    http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/60906/FXRuby-1.6.20-universal-darwin-10.gem

If you have the time and are willing to be a guinea pig, please download and give it a short (and let me know how it goes). Remember, the goal here is that the end-user doesn't have to have any of FOX's numerous dependencies preinstalled to use these.

Thanks,

Lyle
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[Lyle Johnson-4]

On Oct 21, 2009, at 1:18 AM, dave L wrote:

If you have something for linux then i'd be happy to test it.

I don't have anything precompiled for Linux, but I guess I could try to put something together. The problem is that there are so many variables that come into play with Linux, and I'm not sure which ones of them are significant. For example, I know that it matters which version of Ruby you've installed (FXRuby built against Ruby 1.8 won't work with Ruby 1.9, and vice-versa). But I don't know if it matters, for example, if I'm running Linux kernel version X and you're running Linux kernel version Y, etc.

You may have figured I'm not the brightest light bulb in the pack when it comes to ruby  but I do try to sort issues i have out before posting and then i carry on trying.

I use Meinrad's foxGUIb front end and find it BLOOD great as i can easily knock up a GUI front end quicker and get a visual look quicker than i can with FXruby natively (plus i find i get confuse about the FXruby code.

personally would love to see foxGUIb worked on some more to make it easier to add controls that someone like me could add to _or_ to add new controls like the fxtable (know this won't happen and i haven't got the skills).

Maybe you don't have the skills right now, but I bet Meinrad would appreciate it if you made an effort to get more involved contribute back to the foxGUIb project (and maybe you already have, I don't know). Have you ever poked around in the foxGUIb source code to try to figure out how it works, and then try making little changes to see how they affect things? That's a good way to start dipping your toes in. ;)

I run Kubuntu 9.04

OK, I do have a virtual machine with Ubuntu 9.04 around here somewhere. I will try to put something together and we'll see if it works.

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[Lyle Johnson-4]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Lyle Johnson <lyle@...> wrote:

OK, I do have a virtual machine with Ubuntu 9.04 around here somewhere. I will try to put something together and we'll see if it works.

Dave,

Here is a native gem for Ubuntu 9.04:

    http://lylejohnson.name/FXRuby-1.6.20-x86-linux.gem

Why don't you try downloading that gem, then type

    sudo gem install FXRuby-1.6.20-x86-linux.gem

and let's see what happens. ;)

Lyle

P.S. This obviously goes for anyone else who's in the mood to help out with testing.

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[Amber Vaesca]

> If you have the time and are willing to be a guinea pig, please  
> download and give it a short (and let me know how it goes).  
> Remember, the goal here is that the end-user doesn't have to have  
> any of FOX's numerous dependencies preinstalled to use these.

I gave the new Snow Leopard friendly gem a whirl on my newish MacBook  
Pro, and an older MacPro tower. Both installations went fine, and I  
was able to execute my applications and FoxGUIb, without any issues  
save but one minor thing:

The MacPorts installation that I have produces anti-aliased text in  
all of the widgets, but the gem does not. I'm guessing this has  
something to do with a FreeType library installation or something, but  
it if doesn't bloat the gem much, that might be a good thing to include.

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[Lyle Johnson-4]

On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Amber Vaesca wrote:

>> If you have the time and are willing to be a guinea pig, please  
>> download and give it a short (and let me know how it goes).  
>> Remember, the goal here is that the end-user doesn't have to have  
>> any of FOX's numerous dependencies preinstalled to use these.
>
> I gave the new Snow Leopard friendly gem a whirl on my newish  
> MacBook Pro, and an older MacPro tower. Both installations went  
> fine, and I was able to execute my applications and FoxGUIb, without  
> any issues save but one minor thing:
>
> The MacPorts installation that I have produces anti-aliased text in  
> all of the widgets, but the gem does not. I'm guessing this has  
> something to do with a FreeType library installation or something,  
> but it if doesn't bloat the gem much, that might be a good thing to  
> include.

Ah! This is good information. Yes, I'll check into that and see what  
needs to be done. Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad to hear that  
the gem basically works!
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[Lyle Johnson-4]

On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Amber Vaesca wrote:

> I gave the new Snow Leopard friendly gem a whirl on my newish  
> MacBook Pro, and an older MacPro tower. Both installations went  
> fine, and I was able to execute my applications and FoxGUIb, without  
> any issues save but one minor thing:
>
> The MacPorts installation that I have produces anti-aliased text in  
> all of the widgets, but the gem does not. I'm guessing this has  
> something to do with a FreeType library installation or something,  
> but it if doesn't bloat the gem much, that might be a good thing to  
> include.

It took a little experimentation, but I think I've got it working. I  
replaced the previous copy of the gem in my Dropbox with a new one  
built with Xft support; for reference, the link is:

        http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/60906/FXRuby-1.6.20-universal-darwin-10.gem

Make sure that you uninstall the gem you previously installed:

        sudo gem uninstall FXRuby

and then download and install this new one. Let me know how it goes!
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[Amber Vaesca]

Lyle Johnson wrote:

>> The MacPorts installation that I have produces anti-aliased text in  
>> all of the widgets, but the gem does not. I'm guessing this has  
>> something to do with a FreeType library installation or something,  
>> but it if doesn't bloat the gem much, that might be a good thing to  
>> include.
>
> It took a little experimentation, but I think I've got it working. I  
> replaced the previous copy of the gem in my Dropbox with a new one  
> built with Xft support; for reference, the link is...

That did the trick; text looks great! Everything seems to be working  
flawlessly; but I'm not really *trying* to break anything. Thanks for  
this; you made my week. :)

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[Lyle Johnson-4]

On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Amber Vaesca wrote:

> That did the trick; text looks great! Everything seems to be working  
> flawlessly; but I'm not really *trying* to break anything. Thanks  
> for this; you made my week. :)

No, thank you! Having independent confirmation that it works is a huge  
help. Let me know if you spot anything unusual with it.


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