[rspec-users] Autotest and RSpect

[Wes Gamble]

Daniel,

I ran into this as well - see my posts here: 
http://chrisdpratt.com/2007/09/04/rails-rspec-autotest-redgreen-and-snarl-reasons-i-dont-like-windows/

There's a bug in ZenTest: 
http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=14203&group_id=419&atid=1678

The fix is to remove the smartness in zentest that attempts to construct 
a proper path to Ruby on Windows (I assume that's why they put it in 
there). 

So in the autotest.rb file in the ZenTest 3.6.1 gem, make sure that the 
definition of the "ruby" method looks like this:

# determine and return the path of the ruby executable.
  def ruby
    ruby = File.join(Config::CONFIG['bindir'],
                     Config::CONFIG['ruby_install_name'])

    return ruby
  end

and then autotest will be able to find your ruby executable.

Note that I never got the red/green thing working in snarl although it 
does work in the command window if I do it there by hand.

Wes

Daniel Mantilla wrote:
> I managed to have Autotest running on my windows box. Apparently all is
> working but every time I know there is an error a new line is generated,
> no error messages or anything is sent to the console.
>
> I am using pastie now (thanks to David), please go to:
> http://pastie.caboo.se/106155
>
> Daniel
>