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ruby-on-rails-3growlnotify

is growl_notify only for macs? Is there a Window's Alternative

here is the gem: https://github.com/visionmedia/growl

How can i tell if this a Mac only app?

Solution

  • I currently use Growl for Windows as Joe said.

    In my Gemfile:

    group :test do
  gem "ZenTest", "~> 4.6.2"
  gem "autotest-growl", "~> 0.2.16"
  gem "autotest-rails-pure", "~> 4.1.2"
end

    Create a file named .autotest in your home directory, probably C:\Users\username\ and put require 'autotest/growl' at the top.

    Ensure Growl is running and when you run bundle exec autotest the tests will output notifcations through growl.

    nb. double-check gem version numbers, it took me a little while to find the right combination of versions to work together and it may have changed since.

    Avoid the 'fsevent' gem, as it's mac-specific.