[MacRuby-devel] Framework callbacks in macirb

[Pedro Borges]

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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Robert Schaaf <rwschaaf at comcast.net> wrote:
> Tedd,
>
> To quote Ogden Nash, I'm a stranger here myself.
>
> I agree about objective-c; it's notationally unattractive.  It seems to be
> an uncomfortable hybrid, despite the power of the object model.
>
> The only appreciable Ruby code I've written is a program that parses the
> header of a DB2 IXF file (a database dump) and loads it into Excel
> preserving data types.  It uses Appscript, so it's a no-go in MacRuby.  I'm
> now rewriting it to load the DB2 data into postgres.
>
> BTW, can anyone recommend a book on Ruby idioms, frinstance: change all 'x'
> in a string to 'y'?
>
> Bob Schaaf
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Tedd Fox wrote:
>
>> Awesome advice!!!  I actually "accidentally" did that last night :-)
>>  Thanks!  I am learning Ruby and I am a Macintosh NOT but do not "get"
>> objective-C for some reason, so I am choosing MacRuby as my Speciality.  I
>> am glad MacRuby came along :-)
>>
>> I like the faster prototyping ability (which is exactly what I need).
>>
>> Any other advice for a newb?  A real newb?
>>
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Robert Schaaf wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Tedd,
>>>
>>> This happened to me until I realized that I updated from the testing
>>> branch, rather than the development branch.  My guess is that you've done
>>> the same.
>>>
>>> You need to go here <http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/MacRubyDevelopment>
>>> and follow the directions at the top of the page.
>>>
>>> Then you need to wait for documentation, and more frameworks mapped.
>>>
>>> Then you need to wait for the ability to lay out your windows precisely,
>>> in a Cocoa-compliant way.  (The sliders in the Layout View app are an
>>> egregiously awful example!)
>>> Or learn to integrate it with Interface Builder.
>>>
>>> Also, MacRuby, which is wonderful beyond measure, will have to mature.
>>>  Without gems, life is not worth living.
>>>
>>> Bob Schaaf
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 8, 2009, at 7:05 AM, Tedd Fox wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry for the newb question, but how can one upgrade from .3?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 8, 2009, at 3:14 AM, Vincent Isambart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Macintosh:vincentisambart-hotconsole-cbdd6d06ece482e124516359cd9299294667daeb
>>>>>> barry$ macrake
>>>>>> (in
>>>>>> /Users/barry/dev/vincentisambart-hotconsole-cbdd6d06ece482e124516359cd9299294667daeb)
>>>>>> rake aborted!
>>>>>> no such file to load -- hotcocoa/standard_rake_tasks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/barry/dev/vincentisambart-hotconsole-cbdd6d06ece482e124516359cd9299294667daeb/rakefile:2:in
>>>>>> `require'
>>>>>> (See full trace by running task with --trace)
>>>>>
>>>>> This means you are using an old version of MacRuby, probably 0.3. You
>>>>> can check it by running macruby -v, or in macirb by displaying
>>>>> MACRUBY_VERSION and MACRUBY_REVISION.
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