fxruby-users

Re: [Fxruby-users] Windows, PragProg dist, and X

[Dalibor S. <da...@in...>]

Quoting Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hg...@dm...>:
> Can I install FXRuby 1.0.24 on top of the Pragmatic Programmers
> Ruby-1.6.8 distribution (of 07-JAN-2003) that I have on the Winxp
> machine?  I fairly sure the answer is yes, but can't remember where
> I saw this.

I do it regulary without any problem. As FXRuby tends to be updated more 
frequently than Ruby it is a good way to keep your Fox and FXRuby up to date. 
When a newer version is available you can safely remove the older FXRuby using 
standard Windows tools and then install the new version.
 
> Comparing behaviour with Unix, because it has been different,
> requires some access to X from Windows so I can see the widgets on
> the same screen.  Exceed is expensive (I don't mean value for money
> -- it works well, I just mean expenditure), and last time I tried
> XFree86 with Cygwin it didn't work.  Do any other alternatives exist
> for this?

Few years ago I used Labtam X Server at the university I don't know the price 
but it was good. As the last resort - would VNC help you?

Regards,

Dalibor Sramek

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Re: [Fxruby-users] Windows, PragProg dist, and X

[<ly...@kn...>]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:36:53 +0100 (BST), Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng
<hg...@dm...> wrote :

> OK, I have the FXRuby-1.0.24-ruby168.exe.  Do I need to uninstall
> the previous files, or will this installer sort all that out?  (It
> might be worth putting the info on the site itself, as well.) The
> installer may explain this, but I won't know if it doesn't until
> it's too late :-)

I have always been able to just install over the previous files (without
first uninstalling the old version). No resultant problems that I have observed.

Re: [Fxruby-users] Windows, PragProg dist, and X

[Hugh S. S. E. E. <hg...@dm...>]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, ly...@kn... wrote:

>
> I have always been able to just install over the previous files (without
> first uninstalling the old version). No resultant problems that I have observed.

OK, thanks, I'll do that.

        Hugh
>

Re: [Fxruby-users] Windows, PragProg dist, and X

[Hugh S. S. E. E. <hg...@dm...>]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Dalibor Sramek wrote:

> Quoting Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hg...@dm...>:
> > Can I install FXRuby 1.0.24 on top of the Pragmatic Programmers

> I do it regulary without any problem. As FXRuby tends to be updated more
> frequently than Ruby it is a good way to keep your Fox and FXRuby up to date.
> When a newer version is available you can safely remove the older FXRuby using
> standard Windows tools and then install the new version.

OK, thanks. I'll give that a go later.
>
> > requires some access to X from Windows so I can see the widgets on
>
> Few years ago I used Labtam X Server at the university I don't know the price
> but it was good. As the last resort - would VNC help you?

I'd forgotten about VNC, I'll take another look at that. Thank you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dalibor Sramek
>
        Hugh