# WARNING! Noobster Question on Radrails for OS X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 4, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330 "2007-05-04T11:16:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dazuma)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330/1 "2007-05-04T11:16:58Z")

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Hi, I successfully installed Locomotive, mySQL and mySQL Admin, JavaRE,  
and  
Radrails on a quad G5 OS X 10.4.9.

I configured the Radrails correctly, I believe, pointing everything to  
the  
appropriate files in the Locomotive folder (e.g.  
/Applications/Locomotive2/Bundles/standardRailsMar2007.locobundle/powerpc/bin/rails

for the Rails path).

However, when I click on the launch browser button with a new project  
already created, it first asks me if I want to start the server, at  
which I  
say yes. It then says “Starting server” and the barber shop thing keeps  
rolling, but the server never starts!

I’m wondering if Radrails has a bug…in my Googling I stumbled upon a  
post  
that seemed to imply that. I’m wondering if there is an alternative IDE  
that you all would recommend, perhaps TextMate? Though it’s a bit  
pricey  
for my budget…

Thank you for reading,

Daniel “Nuby”

–  
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  
In  
My Father’s house are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. I go  
to  
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I  
will  
come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, you may be also.  
And  
where I go you know, and the way you know.”

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how  
can  
we know the way?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes  
to  
the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known  
My  
Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

John 14:1-10

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**Author:** ![dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dazuma)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330/2 "2007-05-04T16:18:47Z")

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I’d say go with Textmate, I use it everyday. It’s quite simply, the  
bee’s knees.

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**Author:** ![dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dazuma)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330/3 "2007-05-04T18:29:00Z")

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Seconded… Textmate is in-farking-credible. It’s the first piece of  
demoware I have actully registered in ages. Locomotive has a ctrl-  
click -\> “edit in textmate” menu item that launches the entire project  
in textmate. Textmate has a 30 day demo try it, I think you’ll like  
it.

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**Author:** ![dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dazuma)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330/4 "2007-05-07T22:16:00Z")

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Ok…thanks for the suggestions…I’ll give Textmate a go. Thank you  
thank you!

On May 4, 9:14 am, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”

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**Author:** ![dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dazuma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dazuma)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/warning-noobster-question-on-radrails-for-os-x/103330/5 "2007-05-07T22:31:03Z")

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If you’re still having problems…

Rather than going with Locomotive, you might want to consider building  
it  
all yourself. Sounds scary, but I’m a noob and I did it by following  
this  
tutorial:

> **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)**
>
> Dan Benjamin's personal website.

I think in building it yourself you gain a greater degree of  
flexibility. I  
know in using InstantRails on Windows (which is similar to Locomotive),  
I  
had to make sure to put my projects within the InstantRails directory  
structure. You may be having a similar problem.

As for RadRails, I use it along with Eclipse and I’ve never had a  
problem.

On 5/7/07, Dannyboy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > in textmate. Textmate has a 30 day demo try it, I think you’ll like  
> > JavaRE, and
> > 
> > > > However, when I click on the launch browser button with a new  
> > > > IDE  
> > > > Me. In  
> > > > we know the way?"
> 
> >

–  
Terry (TAD) Donaghe  
[http://tadspot.tumblr.com](http://tadspot.tumblr.com)