# Desktop

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## [Segmentation Fault](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault/229478)

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**Author:** [@SSSergio\_C.SSSS\_SSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSergio_C.SSSS_SSS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault/229478 "2013-01-26T02:21:22Z")

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Hello, I just installed the gtk3 gem in mac (also installing the necessary libraries with port) and when I require gtk3, there is a segmentation fault. The complete breakdown of the error is as follows: mindor:Deskt…

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## [Gtk-webkit-ruby gem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-webkit-ruby-gem/225705)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk-webkit-ruby-gem/225705 "2013-01-26T01:41:04Z")

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Hi, Some of you may have come across it already, but I don’t think I’ve ever officially announced the gtk-webkit-ruby gem. It’s on github: GitHub - geoffyoungs/gtk-webkit-ruby: Ruby-GNOME2 compatible bindings for Gtk …

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## [Text entry from a file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-entry-from-a-file/229293)

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**Author:** [@cbnewman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cbnewman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-entry-from-a-file/229293 "2013-01-17T19:08:29Z")

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how do i make it so that the program takes some text from a file and puts it in one of the entries?

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## [Pop up window](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pop-up-window/225546)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pop-up-window/225546 "2013-01-14T18:34:46Z")

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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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## [Problem inserting row into a grid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-inserting-row-into-a-grid/229545)

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**Author:** [@norbertl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/norbertl)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-inserting-row-into-a-grid/229545 "2013-01-07T17:14:13Z")

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I’m having a bit of a problem inserting a row (or column) into a grid. I’m using my own custom GridTableBase and created override methods for insert\_rows, insert\_cols, get\_number\_rows and get\_number\_cols. The problem…

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-1-9/225336)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-1-9/225336 "2012-12-30T15:50:01Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.9: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20121230\_1 This is a experimental GObject Introspection support release! After GObject Introspection bindings is…

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## [Which versions of GTK, Glib, ATK etc to use?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-versions-of-gtk-glib-atk-etc-to-use/225239)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-versions-of-gtk-glib-atk-etc-to-use/225239 "2012-12-29T01:49:29Z")

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Hi guys, With so many different versions of GTK, GLIB Pango etc… all about, could anyone tell me which versions are supported and which not? Or where to look for this information? If this would take you too much time…

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## [FXDataTarget: am I doing this fine?‏](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxdatatarget-am-i-doing-this-fine/225286)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxdatatarget-am-i-doing-this-fine/225286 "2012-12-28T13:49:09Z")

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Hi guys. Have a question to do, been trying to use FXDataTarget to handle a group of #FXLabel showing information. Imagine a group of buttons, each one represents one day in the current month, so will be around 30 of …

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## [Vr: using drawingarea1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vr-using-drawingarea1/225125)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vr-using-drawingarea1/225125 "2012-12-18T22:52:02Z")

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Hi there I put a drawing area into my GUI class: window1 / vbox1 / drawingarea1 Can someone tell me how to draw lines circles and boxes on it by mouse? BR Pat

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## [Bug: FXTable: programmatic deselection doesn't work as expected](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fxtable-programmatic-deselection-doesnt-work-as-expected/225136)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-fxtable-programmatic-deselection-doesnt-work-as-expected/225136 "2012-12-18T00:17:51Z")

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The next words were posted in the bug tracker of FXRuby, I also made it here, because I don’t get answer from the administrators. Hello Lars and company. Was working with FXTable wdiget; what I want to acomplish is th…

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## [Windows in FxRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-in-fxruby/149844)

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**Author:** [@orsobruno](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/orsobruno)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-in-fxruby/149844 "2012-12-16T17:42:44Z")

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Hi to all, I am new in ruby and very new in FxRuby. I copied this little program from an example of fxruby: equire ‘fox16’ include Fox class FinestraPrincipale \< FXMainWindow def initialize(app) Call the base clas…

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## [\[ANN\] Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.6](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-1-6/224919)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-gnome2-1-1-6/224919 "2012-12-12T21:49:51Z")

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Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.6: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?News\_20121202\_1 This is Ruby 2.0.0 support release! === Changes ==== All Fixes Fixed install error on Ruby 2.0.0. …

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## [Error in require 'parseexcel'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-require-parseexcel/138370)

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**Author:** [@coolwong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolwong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-require-parseexcel/138370 "2012-12-12T13:41:13Z")

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When require ‘parseexcel’ used in the ‘fox16’, I double click the .rbw file, it cannot work. But when i perform in the source code, it can work. How to solve the ‘parseexcel’ and ‘fox16’?

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## [Scrolling to the newly appended row in an FXTable](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scrolling-to-the-newly-appended-row-in-an-fxtable/117042)

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**Author:** [@philpraxis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philpraxis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scrolling-to-the-newly-appended-row-in-an-fxtable/117042 "2012-12-12T13:36:22Z")

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Hi, After appending a row in an FXTable, I’d like to scroll the FXTable to the last line of the FXTable, to make sure the new row is visible. I’m using this kind of code: def onInsertRow(sender, sel, ptr) @table.app…

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## [FXRuby support on windows 7 64 bits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-support-on-windows-7-64-bits/224665)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fxruby-support-on-windows-7-64-bits/224665 "2012-12-08T14:55:25Z")

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Is Windows 7 64 bits an environment where I can develop FXRuby applications? If so, will a FXRuby application run in that OS? Thanks for your time.

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## [New Google+ Community for Ruby GUI Development](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-google-community-for-ruby-gui-development/225021)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-google-community-for-ruby-gui-development/225021 "2012-12-07T10:37:02Z")

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Since I’m only on Ruby-Gnome2 and wxRuby Development lists, I’ve created a Ruby GUI Community on Google+, feel free to join in with other Like-minded Ruby developers developing for GUI’s. http://plus.google.com/comm…

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## [Need guidelines for developing GUI builder tool using ruby-gtk2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-guidelines-for-developing-gui-builder-tool-using-ruby-gtk2/222835)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-guidelines-for-developing-gui-builder-tool-using-ruby-gtk2/222835 "2012-12-04T05:24:01Z")

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Hello, I am in process of developing custom GUI generator tool (its new GUI tool like glade) and to achieve that i am using ruby-gtk2. I am a newbie to the world of ruby and gtk, so i need a help in a problem which …

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## [Cannot use files created with glade 3.10](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-files-created-with-glade-3-10/210844)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-files-created-with-glade-3-10/210844 "2012-11-30T14:13:54Z")

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Hello glade 3.10 (as opposed to 3.7) now creates files with GtkBox with property direction (as opposed to GtkHBox and GtkVBox). The same with GtkButtonBox (and probably split). ruby-gtk2 1.0.0-1 crashes on reading th…

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## [Infinite Wait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/infinite-wait/224868 "2012-11-30T05:20:33Z")

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I got visualruby today. Whenever I try to run it, though. It stares back at me for an infinite amount of time. Any help?

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## [Visualruby: combobox example](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visualruby-combobox-example/223341)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visualruby-combobox-example/223341 "2012-11-29T00:58:24Z")

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Hi I’m on my first steps with visualruby, in glade gui editor I created a combobox1. Can someone help me to predefine the values by using combArray = \[“plane”, “ship”, “car”\] and how to read out the selected value f…

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## [Visualruby Now has Drag and Drop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visualruby-now-has-drag-and-drop/224843)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visualruby-now-has-drag-and-drop/224843 "2012-11-28T10:12:34Z")

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Hi: I’ve just added drag and drop to visualruby. I isn’t documented on visualruby.net yet, but there is an example program in the latest visualruby gem (0.1.2). Its pretty simple. You can do this: label1 = Gtk::La…

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## [Cell background of a liststore treeview?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cell-background-of-a-liststore-treeview/224755)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cell-background-of-a-liststore-treeview/224755 "2012-11-25T12:58:30Z")

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Hi, I need a treeview expert to set a background color of a particular cell of a liststore, here the code i extracted from my project. The goal is to set only the cell corresponding to severity “high” to background …

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## [Recent Ruby: 'depend' files must be changed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recent-ruby-depend-files-must-be-changed/224439)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recent-ruby-depend-files-must-be-changed/224439 "2012-11-15T13:38:09Z")

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Hello all. I am using Ruby from Matz’s SVN repository. Last time I updated, I found out that the compilation mechanism of ruby-gnome2 fails to install most of the newly compiled .so files. I have found out how to sol…

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## [Displaying database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127 "2012-11-12T08:56:06Z")

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HI, I’m new to Gtk and need to know how I can display a table from query a database. I am using Glade to build the GUI. Any information is welcome Thanks!!

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## [Poppler, build fails, incorrect required\_pkg\_config\_package?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/poppler-build-fails-incorrect-required-pkg-config-package/224414)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/poppler-build-fails-incorrect-required-pkg-config-package/224414 "2012-11-12T06:23:27Z")

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I had been noticing this for a long time on my RHEL 5 system, but didn’t pay much attention to it as I was stuck with too old a version of poppler anyways. I was recently playing around with building the latest ruby-g…

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## [Gnomecanvas2 CanvasPolygon error in ruby 1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnomecanvas2-canvaspolygon-error-in-ruby-1-9/224274)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnomecanvas2-canvaspolygon-error-in-ruby-1-9/224274 "2012-11-07T00:30:51Z")

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Hi, i am stuck with a weird error with gnomecanvas please see the example below (I know it’s deprecated, but goocanvas binding is missing methods). The code is working well with ruby 1.8 but in ruby 1.9 i got the err…

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## [Sizers + StaticText](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sizers-statictext/223124)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sizers-statictext/223124 "2012-09-24T00:09:11Z")

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I’ve got some Problems with sizers and StaticTexts. My Code: @sizer = VBoxSizer.new @sizer.add\_item(StaticText.new(self, -1, “Test”), flag: ALIGN\_CENTRE) Until here, everything is OK, Text appears on screen at the ri…

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## [Error: Missing msvcrt-ruby19.dll](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-missing-msvcrt-ruby19-dll/223055)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-missing-msvcrt-ruby19-dll/223055 "2012-09-20T21:27:51Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m new here and new to WxRuby also. My setup is the following: Windows 7 32 bit Ultimate; Ruby 1.9.3 through RubyInstaller; WxRuby last version (I made “gem install wxruby”). Here’s w…

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## [Require 'gtk2' fails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-gtk2-fails/222861)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-gtk2-fails/222861 "2012-09-13T23:47:37Z")

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require ‘gtk2’ results in : /home/dml/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/gtk2-1.1.5/lib/gtk2.rb: line 13 Gtk-MESSAGE \*\*:Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”: libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object fil…

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## [Catch Close-Event from child-window created with io.popen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-close-event-from-child-window-created-with-io-popen/222869)

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**Author:** [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-close-event-from-child-window-created-with-io-popen/222869 "2012-09-13T23:38:23Z")

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Hi Guys, i create a process in a child-windows with io.popen. If users closes this window, for example via click on “X” i need to react in the parent window. How can i catch the evt\_close of this child-process?

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