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MacRuby is an implementation of the Ruby 1.9 programming language in ObjC for Mac OSX

MacRuby is an implementation of Ruby 1.9 directly on top of Mac OS X core technologies such as the Objective-C runtime and garbage collector, the LLVM compiler infrastructure and the Foundation and ICU frameworks. It is the goal of MacRuby to enable the creation of full-fledged Mac OS X applications which do not sacrifice performance in order to enjoy the benefits of using Ruby.

http://macruby.org/

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Can you use MacRuby to develop applications for the Mac App Store?

I have some basic familiarity with Objective-C, but prefer Ruby, so I'm thinking of playing around with MacRuby. Is it possible to use MacRuby to develop applications for the Mac App Store, or do I have to use Objective-C? (Note that I don't care so…
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Using MacRuby for developing iPhone apps

I'm looking to build an iPhone app, but I don't have enough time to learn Objective-C. I already know Ruby and discovered MacRuby. Is it possible to build an iPhone app using MacRuby alone, without any knowledge of Objective-C?
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How can a nested class access a method in the outer class in Ruby?

def class A def a raise "hi" #can't be reached end class B def b a() #doesn't find method a. end end end I want to invoke a from b and raise the exception. How can I?
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Where is ruby stored on mac?

I am looking for a path of where ruby gets stored on mac? I installed macruby on my mac and I am trying to see where it got installed. I want to include the path of macruby in my ruby script. When I do rvm list, I get: => macruby-0.12 [ i686 ] *…
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Should I learn MacRuby or RubyCocoa

I am wanting to learn mac development with ruby but I'm not sure which one to go at. RubyCocoa has been around longer but I think MacRuby will beat it out in the long run.. Any suggestions??
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How can I preset the filename in NSSavePanel?

NSSavePanel used to have a runModalForDirectory:file: method which let you preset the directory and filename for a save panel. But that is deprecated in 10.6 When creating an NSSavePanel, how can I preset the filename without using the deprecated…
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Using Gems with MacRuby

How do you use gems from a MacRuby .5 application on Snow Leopard? Do I need to specify the gem path? If so, how do I do this? Best scenario is to package the gems inside the application so the user would not have to install them when the app is…
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What values for RUBY_ENGINE correspond to which Ruby implementations?

The method I know of to detect the Ruby implementation (e.g., MRI, JRuby, Rubinius, etc.) at run time is to check the global constant RUBY_ENGINE: $ ruby -e 'puts RUBY_ENGINE' ruby What's a reasonably comprehensive list of known Ruby…
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Ruby gui for Desktop apps

After long hours googling around, I'm wondering if there really exists a maintained gui based on Ruby. Here are the one I checked: Shoes: I'm not feeling like I could create rock solid platform with it Cocoa and MacRuby: no fresh news, almost no…
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Xcode 4.4 + MacRuby = "macruby.h not found" (OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion)

I get the following error when trying to run a basic "Hello world" application in MacRuby on Xcode 4.4 in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: "macruby.h not found" How to resolve this problem?
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Use MacRuby Debugger in Xcode?

Is there anyway to use the MacRuby debugger macrubyd when developing a MacRuby app within Xcode? As far as I can tell you can't do so even from the terminal. I've thought of kludgy work around but I wanted to double-check the situation before I…
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os x equivalent to ios's rootViewController

What would be the OS X equivalent of ios' (Ruby style) : @window.rootViewController = NSViewController.alloc.initWithNibName(nil, bundle: nil) There are two aspects : dealing with the absence of rootViewController in os x doing the equivalent of…
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Could MacRuby / HotCocoa supplant the need to know Objective-C?

I just discovered MacRuby / HotCocoa and really like the sound of what they're doing. I had essentially discounted the prospect of making Cocoa GUI applications myself because I have an aversion to spending time & effort learning yet another C-based…
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Uninstall MacRuby

Does anyone know how to uninstall MacRuby? I was using RubyCocoa then decided to try out MacRuby, after installing MacRuby, RubyCocoa has stopped working. So I would like to remove MacRuby, but I cannot find any documentation on how to uninstall…
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Getting started with MacRuby and Xcode 4.2

I recently thought of getting started with MacRuby. I've installed Xcode 4.2 and i've installed MacRuby, but apparently i am missing something. In every tutorial i found so far it says, that i have to choose "MacRuby Application" from the Xcode…
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