Rubyinstaller announce - Jul 2004 - RE: **RC2** Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.2-14 Release Candidate

Sure, I will apply this patch in the next Release Candidate (this could be a
few days, I''m recovering from a crashed system, plus I hope the 1.8.2
Ruby
release will be out soon).

Thanks,
Curt

Lothar Scholz wrote:
>
> Hello Curt,
>
> The Ruby Installer still conflicts with because the TCL_LIBRARY is set
> to a value that python can''t handle (python needs TCL 8.4).
>
> I think this is a show stopper bug.
>
> I really get angry every time i install Ruby and can''t access
"idle"
> (which is Python''s standard IDE) anymore.
>
> Can you please patch the main function in rubys "main.c" file
> until the tk maintainer fixes this in the right place.
>
> =================================================================>
==========> int
> main(argc, argv, envp)
>     int argc;
>     char **argv, **envp;
> {
> #ifdef _WIN32
>     NtInitialize(&argc, &argv);
> #endif
> #if defined(__MACOS__) && defined(__MWERKS__)
>     argc = ccommand(&argv);
> #endif
> #ifdef _WIN32 /*added by Scriptolutions*/
>     {char buf[280];
>     if
> (GetEnvironmentVariable("RUBY_TCL_LIBRARY",buf,sizeof(buf)-1)
< 280) {
>       SetEnvironmentVariable("TCL_LIBRARY",buf);
>     }}
> #endif
>     ruby_init();
>     ruby_options(argc, argv);
>     ruby_run();
>     return 0;
> }
> =================================================================>
==========>
> And then change the TCL_LIBRARY environment variable name that
> you set in the installer
> against a RUBY_TCL_LIBRARY.
>
> This patch should work and i used it a few month ago when i shipped my own
> Ruby Installer together with my IDE.
>
>
> --
>  Best regards,                        emailto: scholz at
> scriptolutions dot com
>  Lothar Scholz                        http://www.ruby-ide.com
>  CTO Scriptolutions                   Ruby, PHP, Python IDE ''s
>
>
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