One last thing - ensure that there is no "--colour" option in your spec.opts. Don't know why it matters but it does.
Throw a quick "puts" into autotest.rb to verify the value of the ruby variable. Wes pangel wrote: > I just did the modification and the problem remains. > > Is there a way to output the final value of the ruby variable so I can check > if it matches the actual path to ruby? > > > Wes Gamble wrote: > >> From a previous post - the bottom line is that even in Cygwin, >> File::ALT_SEPARATOR returns "\". In autotest.rb (under ZenTest/lib), the >> method named "ruby" which attempts to return the path to the executable >> doesn't work correctly on Windows. >> >> See below. >> >> I ran into this as well - see my posts here: >> http://chrisdpratt.com/2007/09/04/rails-rspec-autotest-redgreen-and-snarl-reasons-i-dont-like-windows/ >> >> There's a bug in ZenTest: >> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=14203&group_id=419&atid=1678 >> >> The fix is to remove the smartness in zentest that attempts to construct >> a proper path to Ruby on Windows (I assume that's why they put it in >> there). >> >> So in the autotest.rb file in the ZenTest 3.6.1 gem, make sure that the >> definition of the "ruby" method looks like this: >> >> # determine and return the path of the ruby executable. >> def ruby >> ruby = File.join(Config::CONFIG['bindir'], >> Config::CONFIG['ruby_install_name']) >> >> return ruby >> end >> >> and then autotest will be able to find your ruby executable. >> >> Note that I never got the red/green thing working in snarl although it >> does work in the command window if I do it there by hand. >> >> Wes >> >> >> pangel wrote: >> >>> Hey, I'm trying to configure autotest with rspec on cygwin but something >>> is >>> going wrong. >>> >>> I made a very simple testing environment with a user.rb and user_spec.rb >>> file. Rspec works fine, but autotest outputs nothing - it just stays >>> here, >>> idle. ^C doesn't display anything more. >>> >>> I can see it's running because I added require 'autotest/snarl' in my >>> .autotest file. And Snarl tells me "Autotest was started" when I start >>> it, >>> and "autotest was reset" when I ^C. >>> >>> But absolutely no log, no information. Nothing happens either when I >>> modify >>> a user.rb/user_spec.rb. Very strange. >>> >>> * Windows XP SP2 >>> * Ruby 1.8.6 >>> * RSpec 1.0.8 >>> * Zentest 3.6.1 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> rspec-users mailing list >> rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
