Launcher
is a small widget to launch applications and Ruby scripts. As the number of Ruby Gui Applications increases, it may be difficult to manage the big collection of apps. This launcher makes managing the Ruby widgets and Apps easier through a dropdown menu list. Once the user select a script it will be launched. This works mainly with Ruby Gui scripts. Launcher
comes as a window Ruby file “.rbw” which is launched without the cmd window.
This applies to Microsoft windows. Users of other Operating systems will modify the script to their needs.
USAGE:¶ ↑
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Install the Launcherr : “gem install launcher” at the prompt.
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Move the launcher.rbw from the gem location(C:Ruby193librubygems1.9.1gemsLauncher-0.1.1) to the folder containing the scripts or applications (where the collection of your Ruby scripts resides). Create a short-cut link on your desktop to this launcher.rb file in the scripts folder.
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When you click on the Desktop link, the widget will be launched. Select the script to launch from the drop-down menu.