Questions tagged [ruby-cocoa]

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mysql gem for snow leopard

I had trouble with the gem at first but got it to work when I installed the 64-bit MySQL and reinsatlled the gem with arch flags. So it work in rails. The error I used to get was uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes but that is now gone…
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How to read a global selection using MacRuby?

How can I read a global UI selection within MacRuby? For instance, of selected text in Preview. Having no experience in Ruby and Cocoa, I've decided to take a plunge and to write a small dictionary app to aid myself with translation. All the pieces…
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Discover the environment and relative path of the running application

While playing with RubyCocoa, I keep progressing with my idea for my application. Because my application will be going to use configuration files, I would like to know how I discover the relative path to store these inside my application structure…
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Invoking external shell application through RubyCocoa

How would I invoke an external application through the RubyCocoa bridge? I read something about NSTask, yet I have no idea how this should be translated in RubyCocoa. My goal is to have an IB_action to trigger a method which will run a terminal…
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NULL in a RubyCocoa application?

I'm creating an application in RubyCocoa and I have this code: fileContents = OSX::NSAttributedString.alloc.initWithData_options_documentAttributes_error_(data, null, null, outError) It gives me this error: 2009-12-31 19:42:54.317 Ruby…
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RubyCocoa on PowerPC G5 processor (Leopard 10.5.7)

Does anybody know which version of RubyCocoa runs on this processor (if at all)?
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rubycocoa 0.13.2, snow leopard & ruby 1.8.7

I have a rubyCocoa project, that was written for ruby 1.8.6, RubyCocoa version 0.13.2. The class tree is built from a xcdatamodel. I'm trying to migrate it to Snow Leopard. When trying to run, the program enters the endless loop, because it fails on…
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Asynchronous methods in RubyCocoa

I understand that it isn't possible/sensible to use threads in RubyCocoa. However it is possible to use asynchronous Cocoa methods to avoid blocking user interface events. I've successfully used a method on NSURLConnection to send an HTTP request…
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autorelease pool causes crash in RubyCocoa application

I'm having crash in my application, which says trying to pop an unknown autorelease pool: 10/19/09 11:40:11 AM MyApp[89480] *** attempt to pop an unknown autorelease pool (0x11bc800) How to trace it down? Since it's RubyCocoa application it's almost…
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