Hi guys, I've had a cleanup of instructions at http://watir.com/installation/
Using the format of [Check] Install of Ruby, Update RubyGems, Install Watir and Install Plugins... I've tailored instructions for each platform, I seem to use all =) I've recommended 1.8.6 or 1.8.7 of Ruby but thinking of cutting this back to 1.8.7, pending IE modal dialog support (is there a specific unit test for that?) Do we plan on not recommending 1.9.x for all distributions or just Windows? What about watir-webdriver? I'm using that more often these days ... I've also rejigged a Tips section with using --no-ri --no-rdoc params and also installing behind an authenticating proxy. Next I wouldn't mind sinking my teeth into the tailored instructions (more details) on the Wiki for Ruby and Watir installation issues. Let me know if the edits are OK on the main installation blog page. Cheers, Tim On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Jarmo <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm, do you have to recompile it for each different Ruby build? > > How to verify if something works with modal dialogs or not? I haven't ever > used modal dialogs before... > > Jarmo > > > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Charley Baker <charley.ba...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The only thing that might not work is the IE modal dialog support, >> since we've tied into a custom version of win32ole.so, which I've >> recompiled from version to version. At this point, it's similar in >> nasty scope to recompiling jssh, and worthy of a better solution. >> Jarmo, does RAutomation support IE modals? If so, we should replace >> the current hacks with that. >> >> >> Charley Baker >> Lead Developer, Watir, http://watir.com >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Tim Koopmans <tim.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Simple instructions for Windows would look like this: >> > >> > = Installation >> > >> > == Download and Install Ruby >> > Download and install Ruby 1.8.7-p330 using the default settings from: >> > >> http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/73719/rubyinstaller-1.8.7-p330.exe >> > >> > == Check Version of RubyGems >> > From a command prompt confirm which version of rubygems are installed: >> > C:\>gem -v >> > 1.3.7 >> > >> > Update rubygems if required: >> > C:\>gem update >> > Updating installed gems >> > Nothing to update >> > >> > == [Optional] Installing Behind Authenticating Proxy >> > If installing behind an authenticating proxy, first set the HTTP_PROXY >> > environment variable: >> > set HTTP_PROXY=http://username:passw...@your.proxy.com:80 >> > >> > == Installing Watir 1.7.0 >> > Install watir: >> > C:\>gem install watir >> > >> > [Optional] You can install watir without RDoc and RI (slightly quicker) >> as >> > follows: >> > C:\>gem install watir --no-ri --no-rdoc >> > >> > == Quick Shakeout Using IRB >> > C:\>irb >> > require 'rubygems' >> > require 'watir' >> > browser = Watir::Browser.new >> > browser.goto("http://bit.ly/watir-example";) >> > >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Tim >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Jarmo <jarm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> 1.8.7 should be really okay and we should even recommend it although >> >> there's not any big differences between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 if i'm not >> mistaken. >> >> Jarmo >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Tim Koopmans <tim.ko...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I think we should change this, given 1.8.6-26 recommended on the >> install >> >>> instructions doesn't even have latesst version of rubygems which can >> cause >> >>> confusion straight away. >> >>> >> >>> 1.8.7 seems to work well. Happy to document the steps on a work >> computer >> >>> tomorrow .. >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> Tim >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Bret Pettichord <b...@pettichord.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> I know a lot of us are using Ruby 1.8.7, but our website still says >> we >> >>>> recommend Ruby 1.8.6. >> >>>> >> >>>> Are their known issues that affect some users on 1.8.7 or can we >> update >> >>>> the install instructions? >> >>>> >> >>>> Bret >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Bret Pettichord >> >>>> Director, Watir Project, www.watir.com >> >>>> >> >>>> Blog, www.testingwithvision.com >> >>>> Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Wtr-development mailing list >> >>>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> >>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Wtr-development mailing list >> >>> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wtr-development mailing list >> >> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wtr-development mailing list >> > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wtr-development mailing list >> Wtr-development@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > Wtr-development@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development >
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