[TxMt] little-endian, ruby, and run script

[Albert Vernon Smith]

Thanks for the info.

Is there a way to configure Textmate to point to another version of  
Ruby, such as the version I compiled from DarwinPorts?

-albert

On 13.3.2006, at 13:49, Dave Baldwin wrote:

> This is a documented problem with the version of Ruby Apple  
> supplied with Tiger.  The other main problem with Apple's version  
> of Ruby is its inability to support user extensions.
>
>
> Dave.
>
> On 13 Mar 2006, at 13:19, Albert Vernon Smith wrote:
>
>> I am writing a script to parse a binary file in ruby.  According  
>> to the documentation on the file format, the integers are in  
>> little-endian format.  When I take the script, read the  
>> appropriate part of the file, then 'unpack' with 'V' (little- 
>> endian), I don't get the right answer from the internal "Run  
>> script" command.  I do get the right answer if I change to unpack  
>> with 'N'.  However, if run from the command line against Apple  
>> Ruby (/usr/bin/ruby 1.8.2) or against Ruby compiled with  
>> DarwinPorts (/opt/local/bin/ruby 1.8.4), I get the appropriate  
>> result with 'V' (as I should).
>>
>> This seems to be a bug to me, though I'm not sure I'm missing  
>> something here.  Can someone either confirm this is a bug, or  
>> alternatively explain to me why things are behaving in this way.
>>
>> -albert