Top "Load-path" questions

Adding a directory to $LOAD_PATH (Ruby)

I have seen two commonly used techniques for adding the directory of the file currently being executed to the $LOAD_…

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Why does Ruby 1.9.2 remove "." from LOAD_PATH, and what's the alternative?

The latest changesets to Ruby 1.9.2 no longer make the current directory . part of your LOAD_PATH. I have a non-trivial …

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What does the "$" character mean in Ruby?

Been playing with Ruby on Rails for awhile and decided to take a look through the actual source. Grabbed the …

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Ruby require "no such file to load" error yet clearly in path

I've been trying to get a ruby file to require another ruby file and I feel like I'm going crazy. …

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add-to-list 'load-path doesn't seem to work

Whenever I see some installation instruction for an emacs package it always suggests to use add-to-list 'load-path it never works …

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Organization of Locale Files in rails app

I currently have the following 4 files in my config/locales of my root application: -en.yml -de.yml -simple_form.…

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Why can't I require a file in the parent directory in ruby?

Note that I am not using Rails. I have a directory structure like: foo/ bar/ base_classes/ base_classes.rb …

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