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## [FXRuby 1.6.27 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-1-6-27-released/228046)

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**Author:** [@DamiSSn\_MSG](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/DamiSSn_MSG)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-1-6-27-released/228046 "2013-04-07T19:35:59Z")

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Supported by Ruby 2.0.0-p0 32 and 64 bits.

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-6/228013)

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**Author:** [@Kouhei\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kouhei_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-6/228013 "2013-04-06T10:57:08Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.6: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20130406\_1 This release includes a Ruby/Poppler and cairo integration bug fix. For Windows users, bundled GTK+ …

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## [Error while installing visualruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-while-installing-visualruby/227668)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-while-installing-visualruby/227668 "2013-03-23T17:31:02Z")

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When installing visualruby using the following command: gem install visualruby I received the following output with an error at the end, any help in resolving the issue would be greatly appreciated, thanks: Fetching…

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## [Bundling in VR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-in-vr/227573)

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**Author:** [@cbnewman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cbnewman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bundling-in-vr/227573 "2013-03-19T23:31:41Z")

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how do you bundle a program in Visual Ruby?

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## [Installing VisuaRuby isnt' a gem error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-visuaruby-isnt-a-gem-error/227513)

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**Author:** [@chas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-visuaruby-isnt-a-gem-error/227513 "2013-03-19T04:10:35Z")

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I am also trying to install on CentOS for which I have used RVM to setup my rubies etc when I try to install VR i.e. gem install visualruby I get the following: gem install visualruby \[/home/charles/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.…

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## [Newbie: can't install on to os x 10.8.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-cant-install-on-to-os-x-10-8-2/227404)

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**Author:** [@chas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-cant-install-on-to-os-x-10-8-2/227404 "2013-03-18T15:04:48Z")

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I am very eager basically excited to use VisualRuby unfortunately: went thru the entire homebrew , gtk , vr install , and it all seemed to have installed ok, but when I tried to launch vr I got the following process:5…

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-3/227482)

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**Author:** [@Kouhei\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kouhei_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-3/227482 "2013-03-17T13:53:09Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.3: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20130317\_2 http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20130317\_1 (Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.2 also had been released …

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## [Error Running Vr - Glib2.so \[LoadError\]](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-running-vr-glib2-so-loaderror/227398)

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**Author:** [@grios](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grios)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-running-vr-glib2-so-loaderror/227398 "2013-03-17T11:35:52Z")

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Hello, After successful install of visualruby, I got the error message when trying to run ‘vr’ on command prompt. Please, If somebody could help, that will be nice. C:\\Ruby193\\lib\\ruby\\gems\\1.9.1\\cache\>vr C:/Ruby193…

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## [Can't install VR onto mac os x 10.8.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-vr-onto-mac-os-x-10-8-2/227408)

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**Author:** [@chas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-vr-onto-mac-os-x-10-8-2/227408 "2013-03-14T17:01:21Z")

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It just dawned on me that I was not on a specific forum to VisualRuby , thus I"m re-posting with a more specific subject line the original thread is here: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/4411980#1101614 sorry for the…

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## [Error installing gtk2 under ruby 2.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-gtk2-under-ruby-2-0/227263)

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**Author:** [@lljk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lljk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-installing-gtk2-under-ruby-2-0/227263 "2013-03-14T14:24:49Z")

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hello all, i ran into an error while trying to install the gtk2 gem in rvm ruby 2.0.0 under ubuntu 12.04 ERROR: Error installing gtk2: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. … … creating ruby-gtk2.pc creat…

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## [Modular Child Windows with Glade and Visual Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modular-child-windows-with-glade-and-visual-ruby/227112)

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**Author:** [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modular-child-windows-with-glade-and-visual-ruby/227112 "2013-03-05T04:19:07Z")

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I’m currently writing a little RSA encoding program for school, and I seem to be having trouble calling up a child window. The error is in the second class, the show\_window() method in the second class. The method wor…

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## [Bug in ListStore?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-liststore/226862)

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**Author:** [@quintus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quintus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-liststore/226862 "2013-02-24T08:55:04Z")

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Hi there, I encountered some unexpected behaviour with the Gtk::ListStore class. Consider the following stand-alone Ruby script: ========================================= require “gtk2” model = Gtk::ListStore.new(St…

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## [A newbie question:how to pack it into .exe file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-newbie-question-how-to-pack-it-into-exe-file/226719)

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**Author:** [@redknight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/redknight)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-newbie-question-how-to-pack-it-into-exe-file/226719 "2013-02-20T16:21:23Z")

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hello,i am a newbie learner of RB and visualruby I found it difficult for me to trans a visualruby program(.rb&.glade) into a .exe file which could run correctly in win7 . Now i could only use exerb for a simple ruby…

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## [How can i get textView in the scrolledWindow?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-textview-in-the-scrolledwindow/226666)

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**Author:** [@ebruakagunduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ebruakagunduz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-get-textview-in-the-scrolledwindow/226666 "2013-02-18T16:44:28Z")

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i am using ruby-gtk. There is a notebook in my application. I added textView to scrolledWindow. I want to get textView buffer. My some code editor = Textview.new swin = Gtk::ScrolledWindow.new tab = Gtk::Notebook.new …

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## [Gst-gi: read-metadata sample](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gst-gi-read-metadata-sample/229613)

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**Author:** [@coubi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coubi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gst-gi-read-metadata-sample/229613 "2013-02-17T17:12:31Z")

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Hi all I am working slowly on translating http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/tests/examples/metadata/read-metadata.cin ruby. By the way I have commited a fix on Gst::Element#pause method.

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## [Gtk Notebook size problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-notebook-size-problem/226657)

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**Author:** [@ebruakagunduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ebruakagunduz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-notebook-size-problem/226657 "2013-02-17T06:29:11Z")

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Hi, i am doing a gtk application. I use notebook. If i enlarge my window, it is like this. http://screencloud.net/v/6hLm Why? How can i ensure right shape?

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## [Gtk Notebook "change-current-page" doesn't work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-notebook-change-current-page-doesnt-work/226637)

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**Author:** [@ebruakagunduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ebruakagunduz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-notebook-change-current-page-doesnt-work/226637 "2013-02-16T14:44:39Z")

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Hi, i am using gtk notebook. I need to if user change current page, some button should be active. But current-page-change doesn’t work, so nothing happens. I tried “switch-page” signal but it gives me previous page nu…

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## [Issue installing gtk2 on windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-installing-gtk2-on-windows/229816)

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**Author:** [@raubarede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raubarede)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-installing-gtk2-on-windows/229816 "2013-02-15T20:18:07Z")

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Hello, Since the last version of gtk (gtk2 1.2.1 nd gtk3), we have a lot of trouble for installing/running gtk application under windows. Here a exemple, forcing gtk installation whith version 1.1.9: gem install gt…

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## [Gstreamer-gi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gstreamer-gi/229742)

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**Author:** [@coubi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coubi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gstreamer-gi/229742 "2013-02-11T10:45:05Z")

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Hello I tried to port to port http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/tests/examples/helloworld/helloworld.c to ruby. My firsts remarks are : Gst.init method crashes if called more than once. gobj…

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## [Require 'wx' ruby 1.8 vs 1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-wx-ruby-1-8-vs-1-9/229456)

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**Author:** [@biospank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/biospank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-wx-ruby-1-8-vs-1-9/229456 "2013-02-07T10:39:31Z")

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Hi, i’m going to port my wxruby application from ruby 1.8 to 1.9.x. Everything went smoothly and i’ve got many advantage over the port. With ruby 1.9.x my app run blazingly fast on startup either on MacOSX and Linux…

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## [No such file or directory -- main.rb (LoadError)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-or-directory-main-rb-loaderror/229350)

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**Author:** [@abhiram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abhiram)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-or-directory-main-rb-loaderror/229350 "2013-02-05T04:05:37Z")

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Hi, I have installed visual ruby in windows7. It got installed properly. But when i start the application, ‘visual ruby project root’ opens but no folders are displayed there, so i chose select folder and selected a …

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## [WebKit, GTK & Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webkit-gtk-ruby/130926)

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**Author:** [@Cristian\_Molina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cristian_Molina)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webkit-gtk-ruby/130926 "2013-02-02T17:44:39Z")

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Hi! Is someone working in bindings for WebKit-Gtk? It seems like a better alternative to moz-embed. It allready has bindings for C#, Python, and Vala. Thanks! \[0\]

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## [How to change the rendering in a cell of a treeview in gtk2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-rendering-in-a-cell-of-a-treeview-in-gtk2/225699)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-the-rendering-in-a-cell-of-a-treeview-in-gtk2/225699 "2013-02-02T15:37:09Z")

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Hi, I am just starting to use gtk2 library. I have a problem which I think should be a simple one but I cannot find an answer with google or checking the doc. What I want is change the rendering (like making it insens…

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## [Error Message at Install](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-message-at-install/229291)

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**Author:** [@oscar-alexander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oscar-alexander)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-message-at-install/229291 "2013-02-02T12:35:37Z")

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After I type “rvm all do gem install visualruby” in terminal, I get the following error message: ERROR: Error installing visualruby: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /Users/agajews/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1…

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## [Having trouble installing viualruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/having-trouble-installing-viualruby/225822)

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**Author:** [@SSkonishi\_takurou\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSkonishi_takurou_S)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/having-trouble-installing-viualruby/225822 "2013-02-02T11:39:32Z")

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When installing VR, I get this message: ruby 1.9.3p374 (2013-01-15) \[i386-mingw32\] C:\\Users\\Nick\>gem install visualruby Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit… Building native extensions. This could take a whi…

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-1/225805)

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**Author:** [@SSkonishi\_takurou\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSkonishi_takurou_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-1/225805 "2013-01-30T15:22:16Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.1: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20130130\_1 Many people help us for the release! Thanks! This release fixes a crash bug on Mac OS X. We can conf…

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-0/229372)

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**Author:** [@Kouhei\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kouhei_S)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-2-0/229372 "2013-01-28T20:02:29Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.2.0: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20130124\_1 Ruby/GTK3 that is bindings for GTK+ 3 is added! You can install it by the following command: gem ins…

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## [Set Property, Gtk & Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/set-property-gtk-ruby/225743)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/set-property-gtk-ruby/225743 "2013-01-28T12:41:21Z")

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Hi, how can i set “min-position” property for Gtk::HPaned? I couldn’t find syntax. I tried hpaned.set\_property(‘min-position’,100) but it wasn’t.

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## [Pop up window](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pop-up-window/229331)

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**Author:** [@cbnewman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cbnewman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pop-up-window/229331 "2013-01-27T07:37:52Z")

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Im trying to make something that when you first open the program it asks you which one you want to choose. Then you once you click on the button it opens up that program. how do i do this?

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## [ScrolledWindow, Gtk & Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scrolledwindow-gtk-ruby/225722)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scrolledwindow-gtk-ruby/225722 "2013-01-26T09:05:08Z")

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Hi i want to make a window like this http://screencloud.net/v/axr9 . I assured triple sections. Sections size can resizable. However also i want to sections have limit size for shrinking (minimum size). How can i assu…

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