[rspec-users] Uninitialized constant Spec:Story

[Matt Wynne]

Mark, what nobody seems to a have mentioned on this thread is that  
you're using a branch of the story runner that's probably going to be  
retired.

There's no reason why you should know - the rspec.info site is a bit  
out of date in this regard.

I'd encourage you to read this:
http://blog.davidchelimsky.net/2008/9/22/cucumber

On 6 Oct 2008, at 20:12, Mark Thomson wrote:

> Good shot - that worked! :-)
>
> Still, I'm curious as to why. Poking around with my very rudimentary  
> knowledge of how ruby gems work, it looks as if the files that  
> define Spec::Stories are in the rspec gem, not the rspec-rails gem,  
> and as far as I can see there is nothing in the skeleton files that  
> get installed in <app>/stories to require those files. Does this  
> suggest that the line you recommended should be added to the  
> release? But am I the only person to have this problem?
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
> Ben Mabey wrote:
>>
>> Mark Thomson wrote:
>>> stories/helper.rb is as follows -
>>>
>>>
>>> ----
>>> ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
>>> require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/ 
>>> environment")
>>> require 'spec/rails/story_adapter'
>>
>> Hmm.. Shot in the dark, but try adding
>> require 'spec/story'
>>
>> before the "require 'spec/rails/story_adapter'" line.
>>
>> -Ben
>>>
>>> dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
>>> Dir[File.expand_path("#{dir}/steps/*.rb")].uniq.each do |file|
>>>  require file
>>> end
>>>
>>> ##
>>> # Run a story file relative to the stories directory.
>>>
>>> def run_local_story(filename, options={})
>>>  run File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), filename), options
>>> end
>>> ----
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben Mabey wrote:
>>>> Mark Thomson wrote:
>>>>> FWIW, I'm running Rails 2.1 on Windows. I have tried running  
>>>>> RSpec on two completely separate Rails installations on  
>>>>> different machines and get the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark.
>>>>
>>>> Please post your stories/helper.rb.
>>>>
>>>> -Ben
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Thomson wrote:
>>>>>> Indeed I have. Just re-ran it to make sure. No change in  
>>>>>> behavior.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Chelimsky wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Mark Thomson <mark.thomson at ieee.org 
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi, I'm fairly new to Rails and v. new to RSpec. Think it  
>>>>>>>> looks pretty
>>>>>>>> useful and so I'm trying it out for the first time. I have  
>>>>>>>> installed the
>>>>>>>> rspec-rails gem and created a simple plain text my_story file  
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> my_story.rb file along the lines described here -
>>>>>>>> http://www.tomtenthij.co.uk/2008/1/25/rspec-plain-text-story-runner-on-a-fresh-rails-app 
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I run stories/my_story.rb it blows up and the thing that  
>>>>>>>> seems most
>>>>>>>> significant in the error messages is "uninitialized constant  
>>>>>>>> Spec::Story
>>>>>>>> (NameError)" which seems to originate from story_adapter.rb: 
>>>>>>>> 66, where the
>>>>>>>> class Spec::Story::Runner::ScenarioRunner is defined.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Would appreciate any guidance towards a resolution of this  
>>>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you done this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> script/generate rspec
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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