How to get the new "Hobo Cookbook" running on Windows XP

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To recap what we found for windows users:

After these steps:


c:\hoboapps> git clone git://github.com/tablatom/hobocookbook.git
c:\hoboapps\hobocookbook> git submodule init
c:\hoboapps\hobocookbook> git submodule update
c:\hoboapps\hobocookbook> rake db:migrate


We still get an error when you try to run the app:


http://screencast.com/t/ih80fMJU0


Because it is looking for this file:


C:/HoboApps/hobocookbook/app/views/taglibs/themes/clean/clean.dryml


For you 'nix guys, the symbolic link that is in the files:


\hobocookbook\app\users\taglibs\themes\clean


and
\hobocookbook\public\hobothemes\clean


work


If you look what is in the app:


http://screencast.com/t/lihqoTGZS0


C:\HoboApps\hobocookbook\app\views\taglibs\themes\clean (a file
containing the symbolic link)


We also see one here:


http://screencast.com/t/G5Vjnd0N3m


C:\HoboApps\hobocookbook\public\hobothemes\clean (a file
containing
the symbolic link)


So we need to erase each of these and regenerate Hobo rapid:


c:\hoboapps\hobocookbook> erase app\views\taglibs\themes\clean
c:\hoboapps\hobocookbook> erase public\hobothemes\clean
c:\hoboapps\hobocookbook> ruby script/generate hobo_rapid


Now the folders we aneed appear:
http://screencast.com/t/eBFWvqDgBzp


And the app works liked expected:


http://screencast.com/t/sHjnFUrSP


Voila!


Now for Tom to help us not to need these steps!


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