# Rails 1.1?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 11, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701 "2006-02-11T04:53:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softwareengineer_99)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/1 "2006-02-11T04:53:07Z")

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I have a few very basic questions.

Is anyone using rails 1.1?  
How/Where can I get Rails 1.1 (I don’t see it on [RubyonRails.org](http://RubyonRails.org)?  
What are the issues involved in moving from Rails 1.0 to Rails 1.1?  
If I move to Rails 1.1, can I downgrade? Just curious.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Frank

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/2 "2006-02-11T05:02:22Z")

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On Feb 10, 2006, at 7:52 PM, softwareengineer 99 wrote:

> Is anyone using rails 1.1?

It’s not out yet.

> How/Where can I get Rails 1.1 (I don’t see it on [RubyonRails.org](http://RubyonRails.org)?

If you’re using system installed gems, you can get the  
current Rails subversion HEAD via:

rake freeze\_edge

> If I move to Rails 1.1, can I downgrade? Just curious.

rake unfreeze\_rails

–  
– Tom M.

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/3 "2006-02-11T05:18:27Z")

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Thanks Tom for your reply.

I don’t know why I thought Rails 1.1 was out.

The main thing is that I currently have Rails 1.0 installed and would  
like to use

# visual\_effect :toggle\_slide, Â?elementÂ?

as stated here  
[Purchase Intent Data for Enterprise Tech Sales and Marketing | TechTarget](http://ajaxian.com/archives/scriptaculous-151-includes-new-effects)

However, I cannot seem to find where can I get the bleeding edge?

If I run the following command, will I get the bleeding edge?

# rake freeze\_edge

Thank you once again for your assistance.

Frank

Tom M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: On Feb 10, 2006, at 7:52  
PM, softwareengineer 99 wrote:

> Is anyone using rails 1.1?

It’s not out yet.

> How/Where can I get Rails 1.1 (I don’t see it on [RubyonRails.org](http://RubyonRails.org)?

If you’re using system installed gems, you can get the  
current Rails subversion HEAD via:

rake freeze\_edge

> If I move to Rails 1.1, can I downgrade? Just curious.

rake unfreeze\_rails

–  
– Tom M.

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/4 "2006-02-11T05:23:25Z")

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On 2/10/06, softwareengineer 99 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> [Purchase Intent Data for Enterprise Tech Sales and Marketing | TechTarget](http://ajaxian.com/archives/scriptaculous-151-includes-new-effects)
> 
> However, I cannot seem to find where can I get the bleeding edge?
> 
> If I run the following command, will I get the bleeding edge?
> 
> # rake freeze\_edge

yes

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/EdgeRails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/EdgeRails)

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/5 "2006-02-11T19:49:40Z")

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Thanks Pat for the resource.  
Frank

Pat M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: yes

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/EdgeRails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/EdgeRails)

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/6 "2006-02-11T17:57:28Z")

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I have a related question which the wiki article doesn’t quite  
answer…or  
rather it still leaves me confused.  
Here’s my situtation. I develop using radrails on 3 Debian Sarge  
machines,  
at work, at home and on a laptop. All are configured identically to use  
gem  
rails. Gem rails were installed as root and so they are in  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems. Currently I just copy the entire project  
directory including the radrails workspace to a usb flash drive and move  
from one to the other which works great. However I’d like to use  
subversion  
and am planning to set up my project repository on a server. I’d still  
like  
to keep the gem rails on all three for certain projects.

What confuses me is the need for a seperate trunk in /tmp even though  
the  
entire trunk is in vendor rails. Why is this needed? Should I setup  
edge\_rails as root or does it have to be installed as ‘user’ in /tmp or  
in  
/vendor/rails for a given project? Is there some way to setup both gem  
rails  
and edge\_rails and select one or the other at project creation time? Any  
help here will be greatly appreciated.

Kyle,

Is there some way to select gem vs. edge\_rails form radrails?

bakki kudva

On 2/10/06, Pat M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On 2/10/06, softwareengineer 99 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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**Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-1-1/65701/7 "2006-02-11T23:51:29Z")

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> The main thing is that I currently have Rails 1.0 installed and  
> would like to use
> 
> # visual\_effect :toggle\_slide, ï¿½elementï¿½

That’s in Rails 1.0, you can use it right now. See:  
[http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/](http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/)  
JavaScriptHelper.html#M000443

The effects aren’t listed anywhere, but you should be able to figure  
them out from the set available in Scriptaculous: :blind\_down, :fade,  
:hilight, etc.
