Hi all,
I have tried to make a Shoes Gem for Windows and uploaded into RubyGems.org.
This is a purely-experimental trial version. Just an idea. ;-)
http://rubygems.org/gems/shoesgem
If you have Windows PC and have some time, please try to do the following:
- gem update --system
- gem install shoesgem
- ruby your_shoes_app.rb
If you have good luck, you can see your Shoes app launches.
**NOTE**: before run your app, you have to add the following two lines on
the head of the code.
SHOES_APP = File.expand_path(__FILE__)
require 'shoes'
Look at a little information: http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem
I know the first line is a bother, but I didn't come up with another way. :(
So, if you have an idea, please please let me know.
Cheers,
ashbb
Hi ashbb, having trouble updating ruby gems at the moment, and I'm away for the next week or so so won't be able to check this out for a while. Thanks for doing it though. Clever stuff. ----------------------- i5m.co.uk GPG Key: 0xA18A602B On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:08 PM, ashbb <ashbbb@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have tried to make a Shoes Gem for Windows and uploaded into > RubyGems.org. This is a purely-experimental trial version. Just an idea. ;-) > > http://rubygems.org/gems/shoesgem > > If you have Windows PC and have some time, please try to do the following: > > - gem update --system > - gem install shoesgem > - ruby your_shoes_app.rb > > If you have good luck, you can see your Shoes app launches. > > **NOTE**: before run your app, you have to add the following two lines on > the head of the code. > > SHOES_APP = File.expand_path(__FILE__) > require 'shoes' > > Look at a little information: http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem > > I know the first line is a bother, but I didn't come up with another way. > :( > > So, if you have an idea, please please let me know. > > Cheers, > ashbb > >
Hi i5m, > I'm away for the next week or so so won't be able to check > this out for a while. No prob. A trip? Have a good time. :) BTW. Jonty sent me the following email. He says that he has still a trouble to access to librelist. So, I'd like to post here. He looks like to have interest in ShoesGem. :) Thanks, ashbb ------------------------------------------------------------ Hi jonty, Thank you for the encouraging mail. :) I'm very glad to hear you tried ShoesGem and it worked. > Is this a 1.8 compatibility issue or do we need to do > something else? No, not a Ruby 1.8 issue. To be honest, ShoesGem is not a real gem, just an installer so far. Look at this: http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem/blob/master/lib/shoes.rb I just use `system` method and it executes your app `SHOES_APP` with `shoes/shoes.exe` installed by ShoesGem. Also look at a sample snippet, `my_first_shoes_app.rb`: http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem I added `begin .. rescue .. end` to hide the error you got. :-P Cheers, ashbb -------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies I am still not able to gain access to librelist, However just to let you know that your gem is awesome! Haven't fully tested it on my machine yet but I will (xp sp3, ruby 1.8!) I have always felt that shoes should just be a gem - it gives so much more flexibility Just one thing - although it seems to be working fine I get an error in the console: uninitialized constant Shoes (name error) which happens when Shoes.app is called, but it then works anyway. Is this a 1.8 compatibility issue or do we need to do something else? cheers jonty
What was his problem with librelist? Did he send an email to shoes@librelist.org? What was the response? On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM, ashbb <ashbbb@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi i5m, > > > > I'm away for the next week or so so won't be able to check > > this out for a while. > No prob. A trip? Have a good time. :) > > BTW. Jonty sent me the following email. > He says that he has still a trouble to access to librelist. > So, I'd like to post here. He looks like to have interest in > ShoesGem. :) > > Thanks, > ashbb > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Hi jonty, > > Thank you for the encouraging mail. :) > I'm very glad to hear you tried ShoesGem and it worked. > > > Is this a 1.8 compatibility issue or do we need to do > > something else? > No, not a Ruby 1.8 issue. To be honest, ShoesGem is not > a real gem, just an installer so far. > > Look at this: > http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem/blob/master/lib/shoes.rb > > I just use `system` method and it executes your app > `SHOES_APP` with `shoes/shoes.exe` installed by ShoesGem. > > Also look at a sample snippet, `my_first_shoes_app.rb`: > > http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem > > I added `begin .. rescue .. end` to hide the error you got. :-P > > Cheers, > ashbb > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies I am still not able to gain access to librelist, > > However just to let you know that your gem is awesome! > > Haven't fully tested it on my machine yet but I will (xp sp3, ruby 1.8!) > > I have always felt that shoes should just be a gem - it gives so much more > flexibility > > Just one thing - although it seems to be working fine I get an error in the > console: > > uninitialized constant Shoes (name error) which happens when Shoes.app is > called, but it then works anyway. Is this a 1.8 compatibility issue or do we > need to do something else? > > cheers > > jonty >
I've been in touch with him. He'd tried unbouncing<http://librelist.com/status.html>himself and had opened a ticket <http://support.librelist.com/index>, but at the time hadn't had a response. I've just emailed him again asking if his ticket is still open - since I could post on the meta list to see if that would help get it resolved. ----------------------- i5m.co.uk GPG Key: 0xA18A602B On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com>wrote: > What was his problem with librelist? Did he send an email to > shoes@librelist.org? What was the response? > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM, ashbb <ashbbb@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi i5m, >> >> >> > I'm away for the next week or so so won't be able to check >> > this out for a while. >> No prob. A trip? Have a good time. :) >> >> BTW. Jonty sent me the following email. >> He says that he has still a trouble to access to librelist. >> So, I'd like to post here. He looks like to have interest in >> ShoesGem. :) >> >> Thanks, >> ashbb >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> Hi jonty, >> >> Thank you for the encouraging mail. :) >> I'm very glad to hear you tried ShoesGem and it worked. >> >> > Is this a 1.8 compatibility issue or do we need to do >> > something else? >> No, not a Ruby 1.8 issue. To be honest, ShoesGem is not >> a real gem, just an installer so far. >> >> Look at this: >> http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem/blob/master/lib/shoes.rb >> >> I just use `system` method and it executes your app >> `SHOES_APP` with `shoes/shoes.exe` installed by ShoesGem. >> >> Also look at a sample snippet, `my_first_shoes_app.rb`: >> >> http://github.com/ashbb/shoesgem >> >> I added `begin .. rescue .. end` to hide the error you got. :-P >> >> Cheers, >> ashbb >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> Apologies I am still not able to gain access to librelist, >> >> However just to let you know that your gem is awesome! >> >> Haven't fully tested it on my machine yet but I will (xp sp3, ruby 1.8!) >> >> I have always felt that shoes should just be a gem - it gives so much >> more flexibility >> >> Just one thing - although it seems to be working fine I get an error in >> the console: >> >> uninitialized constant Shoes (name error) which happens when Shoes.app is >> called, but it then works anyway. Is this a 1.8 compatibility issue or do we >> need to do something else? >> >> cheers >> >> jonty >> > >
Hello, ashbb, That's right way, i think. What about gems for other operating systems? I can help to test it on 64 bit linux. Regards, Artyom Bolshakov
Hi Artyom,
> I can help to test it on 64 bit linux.
Fantastic!
But sorry, I don't have an environment to build Shoes for Linux 64 bit. :(
- Can you try to test it on 32 bit linux?
If so, I'll try to build ShoesGem for Linux 32 bit.
- Can you try to build Shoes on your 64 bit linux?
If so, you can build ShoesGem by yourself. ;-)
These are tiny notes to build Shoes for Linux 32 bit:
http://github.com/ashbb/shoes_hack_note/blob/master/md/hack026.md
and ShoesGem for Windows:
http://github.com/ashbb/shoes_hack_note/tree/master/md/hack027.md
Let's have fun! :)
ashbb
I have resurrected Steve's work on making Shoes into a gem. The goal here is to allow us to run Shoes code inside a regular ruby so that we can write ruby specs against Red Shoes, just like Peter has been doing with Brown/Purple Shoes. We would still package a ruby install along with Shoes and Shoes apps. Right now, when Shoes starts, it embeds the ruby interpreter from a C binary. With a Shoes gem, I envision using a shell script to run the packaged ruby and require Shoes. Same result, but kind of an inverted process. At the moment, I can build the gem, install it, and do 'require "shoes"' all without error. rake clean rake build rake install ruby -e 'require "shoes"' When I try to make a Shoes app, I start getting various errors involving memory allocation. I'd love some help tracking those down. Check out my 'gem' branch that incorporates the basic gemification changes: https://github.com/wasnotrice/shoes/tree/gem And my 'gem-init' branch, where I'm working out the bugs with starting an app: https://github.com/wasnotrice/shoes/tree/gem-init These Shoes are made for walking! Eric
o_O wow Eric cool that you want to resurrect this - as I remember it is one hell of a problem so I wish you the best of luck. It certainly would be way more convenient and a big push for shoes. I'm not the C-guy but I'll see what I can do. Thanks for doing this! Tobi On 01/31/2012 06:26 AM, Eric Watson wrote: > I have resurrected Steve's work on making Shoes into a gem. The goal here is to allow us to run Shoes code inside a regular ruby so that we can write ruby specs against Red Shoes, just like Peter has been doing with Brown/Purple Shoes. > > We would still package a ruby install along with Shoes and Shoes apps. Right now, when Shoes starts, it embeds the ruby interpreter from a C binary. With a Shoes gem, I envision using a shell script to run the packaged ruby and require Shoes. Same result, but kind of an inverted process. > > At the moment, I can build the gem, install it, and do 'require "shoes"' all without error. > > rake clean > rake build > rake install > ruby -e 'require "shoes"' > > When I try to make a Shoes app, I start getting various errors involving memory allocation. I'd love some help tracking those down. > > Check out my 'gem' branch that incorporates the basic gemification changes: > > https://github.com/wasnotrice/shoes/tree/gem > > And my 'gem-init' branch, where I'm working out the bugs with starting an app: > > https://github.com/wasnotrice/shoes/tree/gem-init > > These Shoes are made for walking! > > Eric
I'm also super glad that this is coming back, even if we use it for nothing more than testing... this has been the #1 feature request of people for a long time, and you can see how people love this out of Green Shoes. I'm hoping that this week I won't get totally screwed with circumstances outside of my control, and will be able to get some stuff done.
Tell me if you want anything of Brown Shoes. Peter Fitzgibbons (847) 859-9550 Email: peter.fitzgibbons@gmail.com IM GTalk: peter.fitzgibbons IM AOL: peter.fitzgibbons@gmail.com
On Jan 31, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Peter Fitzgibbons wrote:
> Tell me if you want anything of Brown Shoes.
I certainly will. I'm hoping to use your specs, for starters.
Eric