Do you remember RSpactor?

Testing RSpec
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It took me a while to get the next release out, but I finally managed to
release RSpactor 0.9.16, a Mac OS X RSpec runner.

There are no new features but RSpactor should be a lot more stable and
responsive now. If you want to have a look and download:
http://rubyphunk.com/articles/2008/08/04/now-on-stock-rspactor-0-9-16/.

bye

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Andreas W. wrote:

It took me a while to get the next release out, but I finally managed to release RSpactor 0.9.16, a Mac OS X RSpec runner.

There are no new features but RSpactor should be a lot more stable and responsive now. If you want to have a look and download: http://rubyphunk.com/articles/2008/08/04/now-on-stock-rspactor-0-9-16/.

Failing specs do show up as red, but passing ones show up as black in
the
lefthand drawer (though the “bar” is green in the main display pane) -
known
bug?

Jay

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Andreas W. wrote:

It took me a while to get the next release out, but I finally managed to release RSpactor 0.9.16, a Mac OS X RSpec runner.

There are no new features but RSpactor should be a lot more stable and responsive now. If you want to have a look and download: http://rubyphunk.com/articles/2008/08/04/now-on-stock-rspactor-0-9-16/.

As a freaking idiot
I want to see an error message (at least in system.log!) when RSpactor
can’t
find “/usr/bin/spec”
So that I can remember I’m a freaking idiot

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I’ve been using RSpactor (the gem version, not the GUI) fairly happily
for a
month or so. However, when trying the GUI version out, it became clear
that
RSpactor loads things differently than ‘rake spec’. Today, using the gem
version, I found that I get a MissingSourceFile trying to require json.
‘rake spec’ works fine.

So I’d suggest that RSpactor is not quite ready for primetime, in case
anyone’s thinking of using it.

///ark

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On 8 Aug., 17:55, Jay L. [email protected] wrote:

Failing specs do show up as red, but passing ones show up as black in the
lefthand drawer (though the “bar” is green in the main display pane) - known
bug?

No its not a bug. The lefthand drawer shows all your spec files. The
right, main view shows up the content of a specific file. I don’t
won’t passing files to be shown up as green because its distracting
colorful.

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On 8 Aug., 19:11, “Mark W.” [email protected] wrote:

I’ve been using RSpactor (the gem version, not the GUI) fairly happily for a
month or so. However, when trying the GUI version out, it became clear that
RSpactor loads things differently than ‘rake spec’. Today, using the gem
version, I found that I get a MissingSourceFile trying to require json.
‘rake spec’ works fine.

RSpactor loads things the same way as ‘rake spec’ does. The problem
comes from the environment RSpactor.app is running in.
I haven’t figured out yet how to change that…

So I’d suggest that RSpactor is not quite ready for primetime, in case
anyone’s thinking of using it.

You’re right RSpactor is not a final release, its a first beta. So if
you encounter problems please report them to the lighthouse project
http://rspactor.lighthouseapp.com or simply fork, fix, commit :slight_smile:
However, you can use RSpactor already for your daily work. I do, and a
lot of other people too.

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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:26 AM, rubyphunk [email protected]
wrote:

comes from the environment RSpactor.app is running in.

I was talking about the gem version, not RSpactor.app.

However, you can use RSpactor already for your daily work. I do, and a

lot of other people too.

I was using the gem version very happily for a month or more, until I
ran
into tests failing on RSpactor that passed with rake spec and autotest.

I think RSpactor has a lot of promise for Mac users and I wish the
project
luck. Unfortunately I don’t have the capacity to add another beta
project to
my plate, otherwise I’d try to be more helpful.

///ark

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The runtime environment for OSX GUI apps is controlled by an (optional)
file
called ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, which you can edit using the
Property
List Editor. Under the Root node you create key-value pairs like:
GEM_HOME
=> /Users/Dan/Library/gems.

Property List Editor won’t let you create a file in a hidden directory
(starting with a dot) so instead you can do this from a terminal window:

% mkdir ~/.MacOSX
% touch ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
% open ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist

hth,
Dan

2008/8/14 rubyphunk [email protected]