Webby in Windows

[J]

Hi,

I'm trying out webby and am excited to try it out, but I'm having a
problem installing it in Windows 7. I've installed the latest Ruby
package, the DevKit, and the webby gem, but I am getting this error
when trying to execute webby:

C:\Ruby192>webby --help
<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': C:/Ruby192/lib/
ruby/gems
/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/webby/core_ext/string.rb:15: invalid
multibyte char
(US-ASCII) (SyntaxError)
C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/webby/core_ext/
string.rb:15:
invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII)
C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/webby/core_ext/
string.rb:15:
syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ')'
parts = self.split( %r/( [:.;?!][ ] | (?:[ ]|^)["ΓÇ£] )/x )
^
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/
webby.rb:104:in
`block in require_all_libs_relative_to'
from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/
webby.rb:104:in
`each'
from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/
webby.rb:104:in
`require_all_libs_relative_to'
from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/lib/
webby.rb:150:in
`<top (required)>'
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
from C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4/bin/webby:
37:in `<t
op (required)>'
from C:/Ruby192/bin/webby:19:in `load'
from C:/Ruby192/bin/webby:19:in `<main>'

Has anyone gotten webby in Windows? I need help

[aimee daniells]

Ah, I don't think that's a windows problem so much as a Ruby version problem. The 'official' version of webby is not ready for Ruby 1.9.

Robert Wahler has done some work on making a 1.9 compatible version of webby. You'll need both of these:

http://github.com/robertwahler/webby
http://github.com/robertwahler/directory_watcher

Alternatively, have a look at nanoc3 which shares many of the same ideas as webby.

aimee

[Jason Kenneth Dulay]

Thanks a lot for your response! I've tried out nanoc3, but I think webby is what looks most comfortable. I'm kind of new to this, and I don't know how to compile the files, but I'll certainly try! :)

[aimee daniells]

Good luck. I'm glad you found the group. We're here to help if you have any questions! :)

aimee

[Jason Kenneth Dulay]

Thanks a lot! I plan to stay if I can get it working... Is there an easy way to get files from the links you sent me, cause it seems I have to compile them from source. I hope I'm understanding it wrong and there's an easy way..is there?

[aimee daniells]

Hmm, there must be a way to install from github source, but i don't know how. Robert's fork doesn't seem to be on rubygems.org either, otherwise it would be easy.

I don't think there's any compiling necessary, so in theory you should be able to simply replace the files in

C:/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/webby-0.9.4

and the equivalent for directory_watcher

I'm sure that's a Very Bad Thing to do ... but it will get you going for now. Dear mailing list, how else would you install an alternative fork of a gem?

aimee

[Jason Kenneth Dulay]

Wow, this seems to be working so far. I hope nothing goes wrong! Thanks a lot! You've been a lifesaver!

[aimee daniells]

Ah, if only saving someone's life were really as simple as copying a few files across ... maybe one day, hey! ;)

You're welcome.

aimee