Hi Fred, I'm happy our paths crossed again.
The launchy gem looks cool. The page I found it on also advertised Process Explorer from SysInternals that replaces Window's StartMenu ... something I've wanted for a long time. So, it's a double-hitter. Thanks and best wishes, Richard On Aug 8, 5:39 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 8, 10:08 pm, RichardOnRails > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Colin, > > > > exec "firefox #{address}" > > I don't think this would work on a max, since GUI apps aren't normally > in $PATH. You might be interested in the launchy gem. > > Fred > > > > > > > > > You're my hero!! I couldn't think of what command I could use to > > invoke the browser on my machine. I wish I had possessed enough > > imagination to at least try that idea before posting my question. I > > did harbor the fancy of poking through Rails source code, thinking I > > might find a clue there. But that seemed daunting to me. > > > Best wishes, > > Richard > > > On Aug 8, 4:32 pm, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 8 August 2011 19:10, RichardOnRails > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > I've got the folowing script: > > > > require "fileutils" > > > > > path = "K:/_Utilities/Apache/xampp/" > > > > FileUtils::cd path > > > > names = Dir.glob("**/index.html") > > > > (0..4).each { |i| > > > > name = names[i] > > > > address = "file://" + path + name > > > > puts address > > > > exec address > > > > Possibly > > > exec "firefox #{address}" > > > > Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
