I am attempting to write a program that will convert Tibetan Uchen
script
to Romanized Wylie script. Through my research I believe Ruby R. is
what
I will need to bring this to fruition. I only have a simple laptop
running
64 bit applications on Vista Home. I have partitioned my drive so that I
can load Ubuntu on the 2nd partition. First question, Based on what I
want
to accomplished, have I surmised correctly that Ruby R. is in part
what
is needed? Can I run Ruby R. on Ubuntu Desktop as opposed to Server?
I
read a post here that Colin L. suggests using RVM to install Ruby or
Ruby
Rails, but at the Ruby download page, it only mentions Ruby Gems. Any
clarification would be helpful. When it comes to an editor, it lists
many
include full IDE editors. I could also use some clarification on what
editor is compatible with what direction I am taking.
On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:39:27 PM UTC+1, FMF Corpsman wrote:
read a post here that Colin L. suggests using RVM to install Ruby or Ruby
Rails, but at the Ruby download page, it only mentions Ruby Gems. Any
clarification would be helpful. When it comes to an editor, it lists many
include full IDE editors. I could also use some clarification on what
editor is compatible with what direction I am taking.
Rubygems is a package manager for ruby libraries, so you need to install
ruby before you can install rubygems. RVM is a great way to install ruby
and will in addition install rubygems for you. Once you’ve got ruby gems
you can then install rails.
Ubuntu Desktop works just fine. Editors are quite a personal thing,
although at a basic level you are just editing text files, so any editor
will work, although some will have features that may make your life
easier.
Rails is primarily for writing web applications and (at least that’s my
first impression) it doesn’t sound like you’re writing a web
application.
Ruby itself is a fairly general purpose language and may well be good
tool
to use.
but at the Ruby download page, it only mentions Ruby Gems. Any clarification
would be helpful.
Google is very useful when someone mentions something that you do not
already know about. https://rvm.io/
Is your application a web application? If not then RoR may not be
what you are looking for.
When it comes to an editor, it lists many include full IDE
editors. I could also use some clarification on what editor is compatible
with what direction I am taking.
Use whatever editor you like. I use jEdit. Most do not use an IDE.
I have tried over and over to find how people have created their
translators. The one and only clue I found was someone who was working with
Ruby R… I know there are hundreds of programming languages out there,
but I am unable to find a clue to the one I need. I do know I will need a
database, but that alone won’t get the job done. So I am at a loss at this
point. If Ruby isn’t my answer, then I am at a standstill.
The first thing to do is write a rough specification for what your
application has to do. Then you can decide on the tools. Ruby is a
programming language, Ruby on Rails is a framework which uses Ruby
(and other tools) to build a web application. If you need a web
application, and particularly if you need a database, then RoR may be
a good option. If it is not a web application then Ruby (without
Rails) may still be an option.
I have tried over and over to find how people have created their
translators. The one and only clue I found was someone who was working
with
Ruby R… I know there are hundreds of programming languages out
there,
but I am unable to find a clue to the one I need. I do know I will need
a
database, but that alone won’t get the job done. So I am at a loss at
this
point. If Ruby isn’t my answer, then I am at a standstill.
Thank you everyone for your time and responses. I found a program that I
want to imitate and expand on, and it was written in Visual basic and
Java.
I don’t think the forum would like me asking questions concerning those
languages on here, so this is where we part. I Thank you again.
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