# \[ANN\] Locomotive 1.0.0 for Mac OS 10.3+

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398 "2005-12-30T19:59:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398/1 "2005-12-30T19:59:05Z")

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Hi All,

I’m very happy to announce the release of Locomotive 1.0.0.  
Locomotive is a one-click development solution for Rails on Mac OS X.  
See more details at [http://locomotive.sourceforge.net](http://locomotive.sourceforge.net)

Get it at:

[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/locomotive/Locomotive\_1.0.0.dmg?download](http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/locomotive/Locomotive_1.0.0.dmg?download)

# What’s New?

- Server bundle updated to lighttpd 1.4.8
- Server bundle updated to properly kill zombie fastcgi processes
- Default Rails min bundle updated to 1.0.0
- Terminal (bash/(t)csh) choice in Preferences
- Additional terminal path option in Preferences
- Option to run rails application at Locomotive launch
- Monitors actual status of applications, so will show proper status  
if an application has crashed
- Will run additional start and stop scripts if present (see below)
- Snazzy new interface
- Better Terminal opening behavior and error reporting
- Cleaner and better organized code
- Changed DYLD\_LIBRARY\_PATH to DYLD\_FALLBACK\_LIBRARY\_PATH
- The beginnings of Localization (not terribly obvious yet though…)

# Start/Stop scripts

If you have start or stop scripts present as follows:

myrailsapp/  
config/  
locomotive/  
start  
stop

Locomotive will run those scripts at the appropriate times. You could  
have just one, both or neither.

# Gotchas

- Older server bundles may not work properly. (Older rails bundles  
should be fine).

# With Code Contributions from:

- Tobias Lidskog
- DeLynn B.
- Thomas Steinhausen
- Sammi Williams

Cheers!

-ryan

–  
Ryan R.  
[http://www.rockefeller.edu](http://www.rockefeller.edu) – Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology  
[http://www.worldmartial.com](http://www.worldmartial.com) – Black Belt Instructor  
[http://locomotive.sourceforge.net](http://locomotive.sourceforge.net) – Self contained one-click Rails for  
Mac OS X

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398/2 "2006-01-02T09:13:34Z")

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Ryan R. wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I’m very happy to announce the release of Locomotive 1.0.0.  
> Locomotive is a one-click development solution for Rails on Mac OS X.  
> See more details at [http://locomotive.sourceforge.net](http://locomotive.sourceforge.net)
> 
> Get it at:
> 
> [Download Locomotive\_1.0.0.dmg (Locomotive)](http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/locomotive/Locomotive_1.0.0.dmg?download)

This is great, but I don’t think the disk image was properly compressed.  
The size of the downloaded .dmg file is 70MB(!), but after mounting the  
image, the contents are only 41MB in size. I’ll bet the size of the  
download could at least be cut in half by selecting a compressed  
disk-image format.

–Jens

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**Author:** ![ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-locomotive-1-0-0-for-mac-os-10-3/51398/3 "2006-01-02T17:15:49Z")

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On 1/2/06, Jens A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> This is great, but I don’t think the disk image was properly compressed.  
> The size of the downloaded .dmg file is 70MB(!), but after mounting the  
> image, the contents are only 41MB in size. I’ll bet the size of the  
> download could at least be cut in half by selecting a compressed  
> disk-image format.

Actually, it’s more stupid than that… The Trash in the dmg had  
about 60Mb of junk in it! The updated dmg is now only 14.4Mb.

-r

(Thanks to Justin F. for finding the problem).

> –Jens
> 
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> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
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–  
Ryan R.  
[http://www.rockefeller.edu](http://www.rockefeller.edu) – Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology  
[http://www.worldmartial.com](http://www.worldmartial.com) – Black Belt Instructor  
[http://locomotive.sourceforge.net](http://locomotive.sourceforge.net) – Self contained one-click Rails for  
Mac OS X