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NetBeans Ruby Support FAQ
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Installation
- How do I install the Ruby support into the Java/C++/PHP/... NetBeans IDE?
- How do I install the Java support into the Ruby NetBeans IDE?
- Do I need to install the JDK to install and use the Ruby-Only version of the IDE?
Configuration
- How can I use UTF-8 encoding?
- How to turn on detailed logging to see what NetBeans does behind the scene?
JRuby
- How can I set Java Platform for JRuby Project?
- How can I set JVM Arguments for the platform used by JRuby?
- [NetBeans tells me to install the mysql gem and try again, but that gem
has native extensions. What do I do?|http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/no_such_file_to_load]
Platform
- How do I set Ruby platform for a Ruby project?
- Platform is shown in red in the Platform Manager or elsewhere, what does it mean?
Rake
RubyGems
- Gems fetching fails in the Gem Manager
- Sudo password is refused by RubyGems manager
- I just updated my Ruby/Rails/Gem version and I am having problems
- I am encountering permission problems using Gem Manager
- I am having problem with installing Gems that use native extensions
- Gems fetching takes forever
- I am having a problem updating Ruby Gems through NetBeans using Proxy
- How do I fix the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error
- I'm getting OutOfMemoryError when using Gem Manager
Editing
- Should I use parentheses or spaces around Ruby method arguments?
- How do I continue a comment on the next line?
Navigation
Projects
- How do I run the Depot sample application?
- Are there limitations on the use of multibyte or extended ASCII in Netbeans Ruby and Rails?
- How do I add custom tasks to the project?
- How do you run/debug ruby script with options?
Rails
- How do I install a Rails plugin
- Is there automated support for creating the self.down method of a migration?
- Can the IDE's generate dialog also run the "delete" operations?
- Is there a way to turn off the "logical" Project view?
- Is there a default keyboard shortcut for the generate dialog?
- How do I run my application in production mode, test mode, or some other Rails environment?
- How do I get Rake to run in a different mode, such as production mode or test mode?
Merb
IRB, Terminal
- How do I use the NetBeans IRB console in NetBeans 6.1
- How can I run IRB with native Ruby in NetBeans 6.0?
- How can I run colored IRB with code-completion in NetBeans 6.1?
- How can I access Java from the JRuby IRB?
- Why do I get "LoadError: no such file to load"?
- Is there Terminal Emulator for NetBeans?
HTTP Servers
Database Access
- Do I need a database server, or can I put db files on my personal computer?
- How do I set up my Rails project to access my database?
- How do I access databases from my JRuby Rails project?
Debugger
Testing
