Today I ran into odd syntax errors in Rails rhtml views while trying to set up acts_as_ferret. I have tried Ruby 1.8.4 and Ruby 1.8.5, both from the Ruby-mswin32 binary packages and the Ruby One-click Installer. I am using ferret gem 1.10.9 and the stable version of acts_as_ferret. I tried both the pre-built ferret-win32 gem and building the ferret-ruby gem myself with VC6. The errors change, but always go something like this: compile error ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:5: Invalid char `\002'' in expression ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:6: parse error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting kEND _erbout.concat " <strong>"xP; _erbout.concat(( "%d%%" % (result.RANK / 1000.0 * 100) ).to_s); _erbout.concat "</strong>\n" ^ ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:7: parse error, unexpected $, expecting kEND Views will render fine *before* I request a page that calls Ferret. After any use of Ferret, the above errors occur in *all* views, until I kill and re-start WEBrick. I have seen a lot of threads around about this problem, but none of them have any information about what actually causes it. See for example: http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2006/3/26/how_do_i_get_file_column_plugin_working_on_windows_with_ruby_1_8_4 http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/80460#new I would really like to know what the root cause of this problem actually is, so I can figure out if there''s something that I can do to fix it. Many threads I''ve seen blame it on RMagick, but I don''t even have RMagick installed. Most others just say "replace all tabs with spaces." Well, OK, but I don''t really see that as an acceptable solution. Does anyone have any information about why removing tabs fixes this problem? Why does loading C extensions trigger it? What''s going on with the Ruby interpreter? I want to know more. :( Thanks, - Will -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 9/29/06, Will Rogers <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Today I ran into odd syntax errors in Rails rhtml views while trying to > set up acts_as_ferret. I have tried Ruby 1.8.4 and Ruby 1.8.5, both from > the Ruby-mswin32 binary packages and the Ruby One-click Installer. I am > using ferret gem 1.10.9 and the stable version of acts_as_ferret. I > tried both the pre-built ferret-win32 gem and building the ferret-ruby > gem myself with VC6. The errors change, but always go something like > this: > > compile error > ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:5: Invalid char > `\002'' in expression > ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:6: parse error, > unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting kEND > _erbout.concat " <strong>"xP; _erbout.concat(( "%d%%" % (result.RANK / > 1000.0 * 100) ).to_s); _erbout.concat "</strong>\n" > ^ > ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:7: parse error, > unexpected $, expecting kEND > > Views will render fine *before* I request a page that calls Ferret. > After any use of Ferret, the above errors occur in *all* views, until I > kill and re-start WEBrick. I have seen a lot of threads around about > this problem, but none of them have any information about what actually > causes it. See for example: > > http://rails.techno-weenie.net/question/2006/3/26/how_do_i_get_file_column_plugin_working_on_windows_with_ruby_1_8_4 > http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/80460#new > > I would really like to know what the root cause of this problem actually > is, so I can figure out if there''s something that I can do to fix it. > Many threads I''ve seen blame it on RMagick, but I don''t even have > RMagick installed. Most others just say "replace all tabs with spaces." > Well, OK, but I don''t really see that as an acceptable solution. > > Does anyone have any information about why removing tabs fixes this > problem? Why does loading C extensions trigger it? What''s going on with > the Ruby interpreter? I want to know more. :( > > Thanks, > > - Will >Hi Will, I thought this was a problem with using a different version of Ruby to the version that the extension (Ferret or RMagick or whatever else) was compiled with. Ferret 0.10.9 was compiled with 1.8.4-20 and it sounds like you tried that so now I''m confused, especially since it didn''t work when you tried building the extension yourself. Unfortunately I can''t replicate the error here, otherwise I might be able to fix the problem. Could you tell me, does this cause an error on your system? irb(main):001:0> require ''rubygems'' => true irb(main):002:0> require ''ferret'' => true irb(main):003:0> "\t\t\t\t Hello".dump => "\"\\t\\t\\t\\t Hello\"" Cheers, Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
David Balmain wrote:> On 9/29/06, Will Rogers <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:5: Invalid char >> After any use of Ferret, the above errors occur in *all* views, until I >> RMagick installed. Most others just say "replace all tabs with spaces." >> Well, OK, but I don''t really see that as an acceptable solution. > > I thought this was a problem with using a different version of Ruby to > the version that the extension (Ferret or RMagick or whatever else) > was compiled with. Ferret 0.10.9 was compiled with 1.8.4-20 and it > sounds like you tried that so now I''m confused, especially since it > didn''t work when you tried building the extension yourself. > Unfortunately I can''t replicate the error here, otherwise I might be > able to fix the problem. Could you tell me, does this cause an error > on your system?Nope, looks fine to me. This is with Ferret 0.10.9 I compiled myself. D:\Temp\t>ruby -v ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-mswin32] D:\Temp\t>irb irb(main):001:0> require ''rubygems'' => false irb(main):002:0> require ''ferret'' => true irb(main):003:0> "\t\t\t\t Hello".dump => "\"\\t\\t\\t\\t Hello\"" Ferret also works fine in my Rails app when I use it from script/console, it just blows up when requesting pages through WEBrick. I haven''t personally tried other web servers, but I did see others reporting that the same thing happens with Mongrel. Thanks for responding, if you have any other ideas, maybe we can get to the bottom of this after all. - Will -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Roderick van Domburg
2006-Sep-30 09:34 UTC
Re: tabs and parse errors with Ruby 1.8.4 and Windows
I recently ran into the same problem at work (combination of spurious Tabs, WEBrick Ferret). The parser just choked on a number of tabs on Windows systems -- but not on Mac OS X systems. We had no idea why, but just decided to follow with the generally accepted Ruby coding style and use spaces instead of tabs. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 30 Sep 2006, at 10:34, Roderick van Domburg wrote:> I recently ran into the same problem at work (combination of spurious > Tabs, WEBrick Ferret). The parser just choked on a number of tabs on > Windows systems -- but not on Mac OS X systems. We had no idea why, > but > just decided to follow with the generally accepted Ruby coding > style and > use spaces instead of tabs.Yeah, I always use spaces (and an editor that inserts spaces when I hit tab instead of \t), and always be aware that line endings are different in OS X and Windows, so watch out for ^M disease which has caused me problems in the past when moving from Windows over to Unix. HTH, -- Paul Robinson Director, Vagueware Ltd http://vagueware.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Chad wrote:> Hey Will, did you ever get an answer to this? I am having the same > problem and don''t see switching tabs to spaces as an acceptable > solution...No, I haven''t found a solution, and I don''t see changing tabs to spaces as acceptable either :P If you have any insights or things I could maybe try, I''m all ears. - Will -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Will Rogers wrote:> compile error > ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:5: Invalid char > > Views will render fine *before* I request a page that calls Ferret. > After any use of Ferret, the above errors occur in *all* views, until I > kill and re-start WEBrick.Apologies for quoting myself. I just got through compiling the full Ruby kit from the official 1.8.5 source archive, using Microsoft VC++ 6.0 (SP6). The problem still occurs. The only things I did not compile myself were readline, iconv, and gdbm; for these, I used the same binaries that the One Click Installer uses. As far as I know, these libraries have not changed in years (they certainly have not changed since Ruby 1.8.2), so it is unlikely they are the source of the problem. At this point, it appears that there is actually a bug in Ruby. Some people reported the problem starting with the 1.8.4-pre3 release of the One Click Installer. I could hunt around in the Ruby CVS and try to figure out what could have changed between 1.8.2 and 1.8.4, but that task sounds fairly daunting. Any guidance or pointers regarding what code changes could have caused this, or why it is only triggered when certain external C modules are loaded? - Will -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Will Rogers wrote:> Will Rogers wrote: >> compile error >> ./script/../config/../app/views/search/query.rhtml:5: Invalid char >> >> Views will render fine *before* I request a page that calls Ferret. >> After any use of Ferret, the above errors occur in *all* views, until I >> kill and re-start WEBrick. > > Apologies for quoting myself. I just got through compiling the full Ruby > kit from the official 1.8.5 source archive, using Microsoft VC++ 6.0 > (SP6). The problem still occurs. The only things I did not compile > myself were readline, iconv, and gdbm; for these, I used the same > binaries that the One Click Installer uses. As far as I know, these > libraries have not changed in years (they certainly have not changed > since Ruby 1.8.2), so it is unlikely they are the source of the problem. > > At this point, it appears that there is actually a bug in Ruby. Some > people reported the problem starting with the 1.8.4-pre3 release of the > One Click Installer. I could hunt around in the Ruby CVS and try to > figure out what could have changed between 1.8.2 and 1.8.4, but that > task sounds fairly daunting. > > Any guidance or pointers regarding what code changes could have caused > this, or why it is only triggered when certain external C modules are > loaded? > > - WillHello all... Has anyone found out what might be causing this? I am using ferret and rmagick and have gotten the code to work on some windows boxes by updating base.rb in actionpack to replace tabs with spaces, however on other windows boxes (identical setup) the fix doesnt work and my rails app will load, but any pages that user ferret or rmagick give me a bad file descriptor. -Brent -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Brent Salo wrote:> Has anyone found out what might be causing this? I am using ferret and > rmagick and have gotten the code to work on some windows boxes byHi Brent, Please check out the thread on the Ruby forum/list. It got a bit more attention. Looks like the problem has to do with Microsoft compilers, but I haven''t found any specific information about why. http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/83769 - Will -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
walksalong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
2006-Oct-25 19:10 UTC
Re: tabs and parse errors with Ruby 1.8.4 and Windows
Does this mean a project written on a mac cannot be ported over to Windows unless each .rb''s tabs are removed? On Oct 14, 2:09 pm, Will Rogers <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Brent Salo wrote: > > Has anyone found out what might be causing this? I am using ferret and > > rmagick and have gotten the code to work on some windows boxes byHi Brent, > > Please check out the thread on the Ruby forum/list. It got a bit more > attention. Looks like the problem has to do with Microsoft compilers, > but I haven''t found any specific information about why. > > http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/83769 > > - Will > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---