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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Robert Schaaf <rwsch...@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. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>>>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacRuby-devel mailing list >>> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > -- Pedro Borges _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
