Asp Forum - foxGUIb - status?

Tom Cloyd

4/12/2008 9:25:00 AM

This project - "a GUI creator and code generator for FXRuby" - looks
promising, but...
* no posts to this list re foxGUIb since 09.12.2006
* forum
(http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September...)
has had no posts since same month.
* downloads page has had no updates since June 2006.

Is it dead?

It sure is for me, since I can't get the install to launch. This is
supposed to be a fully self-contained package (with it's own ruby). It
comes with two directories -
* libGUIb - The instructions say to install this first - has ruby, etc.
No way of offered to skip this step, so I didn't:

$ sudo ruby install.rb
[sudo] password for tom:
parsearg_config
install.rb: entering config phase...
---> lib
<--- lib
install.rb: config done.
parsearg_setup
install.rb: entering setup phase...
---> lib
<--- lib
install.rb: setup done.
parsearg_install
parsearg_install!!! ARGV:
install.rb: entering install phase...
---> lib
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
install libGUIb14.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
install libGUIb16.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
<--- lib
install.rb: install done.

* foxGUIb - regarding this directory, the instructions say simply
"install foxGUIb: you can copy foxGUIb's directory where ever you want
to." I read everything I could find, to shed light on what this second
"install" is supposed to be. Couldn't find a clarification. In the root
of this dir there is one, only, *.rb fle - foxGUIb.rb, so...

$ ruby foxGUIb.rb
please install libGUIb!!
no such file to load -- fox16

Very confusing. I just installed libGUIb.

Any and all information / help anyone can provide would be appreciated.

Thanks,

t.

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2 Answers

Meinrad Recheis

4/12/2008 4:29:00 PM

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:

> This project - "a GUI creator and code generator for FXRuby" - looks
> promising, but...
> * no posts to this list re foxGUIb since 09.12.2006
> * forum (
> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September...)
> has had no posts since same month.
> * downloads page has had no updates since June 2006.
>
> Is it dead?

I would not say so. There has just not been a good reason to release another
version.
If you like to send in patches I will create a new release.

>
> It sure is for me, since I can't get the install to launch. This is
> supposed to be a fully self-contained package (with it's own ruby). It comes
> with two directories -
> * libGUIb - The instructions say to install this first - has ruby, etc. No
> way of offered to skip this step, so I didn't:
>
> $ sudo ruby install.rb
> [sudo] password for tom:
> parsearg_config
> install.rb: entering config phase...
> ---> lib
> <--- lib
> install.rb: config done.
> parsearg_setup
> install.rb: entering setup phase...
> ---> lib
> <--- lib
> install.rb: setup done.
> parsearg_install
> parsearg_install!!! ARGV:
> install.rb: entering install phase...
> ---> lib
> mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
> install libGUIb14.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
> install libGUIb16.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
> <--- lib
> install.rb: install done.
>
> * foxGUIb - regarding this directory, the instructions say simply "install
> foxGUIb: you can copy foxGUIb's directory where ever you want to." I read
> everything I could find, to shed light on what this second "install" is
> supposed to be. Couldn't find a clarification. In the root of this dir there
> is one, only, *.rb fle - foxGUIb.rb, so...
>
> $ ruby foxGUIb.rb
> please install libGUIb!!
> no such file to load -- fox16
>
> Very confusing. I just installed libGUIb.

it seems that fxruby 1.6 is probably not installed.
-- henon

Tom Cloyd

4/12/2008 9:41:00 PM

Meinrad Recheis wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>> This project - "a GUI creator and code generator for FXRuby" - looks
>> promising, but...
>> * no posts to this list re foxGUIb since 09.12.2006
>> * forum (
>> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/fox-tool-users/2006-September...)
>> has had no posts since same month.
>> * downloads page has had no updates since June 2006.
>>
>> Is it dead?
>>
>
>
> I would not say so. There has just not been a good reason to release another
> version.
> If you like to send in patches I will create a new release.
>
>
>
>> It sure is for me, since I can't get the install to launch. This is
>> supposed to be a fully self-contained package (with it's own ruby). It comes
>> with two directories -
>> * libGUIb - The instructions say to install this first - has ruby, etc. No
>> way of offered to skip this step, so I didn't:
>>
>> $ sudo ruby install.rb
>> [sudo] password for tom:
>> parsearg_config
>> install.rb: entering config phase...
>> ---> lib
>> <--- lib
>> install.rb: config done.
>> parsearg_setup
>> install.rb: entering setup phase...
>> ---> lib
>> <--- lib
>> install.rb: setup done.
>> parsearg_install
>> parsearg_install!!! ARGV:
>> install.rb: entering install phase...
>> ---> lib
>> mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
>> install libGUIb14.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
>> install libGUIb16.rb /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/
>> <--- lib
>> install.rb: install done.
>>
>> * foxGUIb - regarding this directory, the instructions say simply "install
>> foxGUIb: you can copy foxGUIb's directory where ever you want to." I read
>> everything I could find, to shed light on what this second "install" is
>> supposed to be. Couldn't find a clarification. In the root of this dir there
>> is one, only, *.rb fle - foxGUIb.rb, so...
>>
>> $ ruby foxGUIb.rb
>> please install libGUIb!!
>> no such file to load -- fox16
>>
>> Very confusing. I just installed libGUIb.
>>
>
>
> it seems that fxruby 1.6 is probably not installed.
> -- henon
>
>
Henon,

Thank you. I'm happy to hear that (as I suspected!) the problem is my
ignorance. I can fix that - I'm really not capable of offering patches,
sadly. However, that there's been no need to offer a new version, in two
years, seems to me to be a testament to the quality and utility of the
programming already done. Really good news!

As for fxruby...yes, that's not installed. I didn't read anywhere that
it needed to be. I know that these things are obvious to other people,
or to some other people, but my limited time to work with ruby means my
depth of knowledge is always thin. A large handicap, at times. Often, in
fact. Because of this, I'm very grateful for this list.

So...I will work on installing fxruby (which has been a problem for me),
then return to foxGUIb. Thanks so much for your reply.

Tom

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tom Cloyd, MS MA, LMHC
Private practice Psychotherapist
Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A: (360) 920-1226
<< tc@tomcloyd.com >> (email)
<< TomCloyd.com >> (website & psychotherapy weblog)
<< sleightmind.wordpress.com >> (mental health issues weblog)
<< directpathdesign.com >> (web site design & consultation)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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