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You'll run into this kind of thing a lot as you try out different languages - it's related to whe...

And there are several others listed on the [FAQ](http://hackety-hack.com/faq)

Sorry - the site doesn't appear to have that feature at the moment.

Hello sergshabal I'm not sure about Win 7 (still using XP) but please look at the [FAQ](http:/...

Hi PhilMonty and windup, Can you give a little more info on what happens when it crashes? ...

Hello pythonmaster and Welcome. There are a couple of good resources built into [hackety-hack]...

Hello wastedpixels, There is no difference between the way the Mac and Windows versions of hac...

Thanks. Good detail of when it happens. E

Also - I was just trying out some things on the Windows to see what I could see. The 'paste' c...

Howdy jpflynn You ask a good question, and it took a little searching. The 'Nobody knows Sh...

Hi alex I'm assuming the bugs are when you run a program you have entered, and not hackety-h...

Hello - check in the Shoes Manual (from the 'Help' menu in Hackety Hack), and look for the 'Searc...

Glad it fixed itself - what version were you using by the way? Windows/Mac/Linux? and What OS ...

Howdy normpgh, Check the Shoes Manual in HH then on the left menu click 'Shoes' then 'Colors' ...

Hello philguld and welcome, This is one of those bugs in the example programs that is being up...

Yep - you noticed the duplicate question. So even shorter: The comparison is between a string ...

Hi mkatayamalee - can you let us know what version (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux) you are using? And p...

Hi - is hackety-hack crashing more when you click between different applications in Windows? What...

Do you mean showing the Shoes Console? It should be `alt /` on all versions (Windows/Mac/Linux...

I suppose it can't hurt to close other windows and see if that helps. I have added some more d...

Try running the short program on the 'keypress' page - it will show you the special codes for eac...

Whoops - the Shoes Manual says to use `:escape` but (at least on Windows) it returns `\e` instead.

Not sure if I can help with that, as I only use English, but there might be some clues in the Sho...

I've also grabbed the first few buttons and they work: Shoes.app :height => 600, :width =>...

The console allows you to see Shoes (actually ruby) errors and messages when programs are running...

Hello lukaso, I had a long comparison prepared between scripted (Shoes, ruby, PHP etc) and com...

Hello again, Look in the Shoes Manual and search for 'file' - there are some Built in function...

Hmmm - sorry slestak - I'm on Windows and Mac, can't help with Linux. Perhaps some of the Linu...

Excellent and thanks for letting us know.

Howdy leynab, hope you are enjoying ruby and the Turtle. I don't think the lesson mentions it,...

The Hackety Hack app software is [MIT License](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License) which es...

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that you have ruby already installed, and perhaps when you already...

That's the set of lessons currently in HH but there are more being worked on. If you have finishe...

Howdy - is it every program (starting with Lesson 1) or is it the Turtle lessons? A little more i...

Hello - what OS are you using (Linux/Mac/Windows) and what version of the OS (Redhat / Ubuntu / L...

Moving to support as it's probably a program issue instead of a programming issue.

force answered due to age.

Howdy - have a look at the [FAQ](http://hackety.com/faq) for some other options, and where you mi...

Hello alexchrist Have you entered your hackety-hack username and password? After you have ...

Thanks for trying hackety hack. I'll throw this over to the Support area for those clever people ...

Closing as answered, after 2 months.

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Thanks Nick for the feedback, and sorry you didn't get more time to try it out. Cheers

Howdy warhell, The `.to_s` is one of ruby's ways of converting variables of one type for use a...

Yep, that's best spot for it. Closing as Answered.

I suggest you also look at the [Learn to Program](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01) whic...

ghostdance - I felt like doing some coding, so I did a rough version for your problem. Please ext...

Hi yani I'm not great on the intricacies of how ruby handles arrays so I suspect it's probably...

Not sure about what 'system vulnerability' you mean, but my understanding is that much of Shoes e...

samiam - welcome to hackety hack. Yes, the Windows version can be a big crashy. What version a...

Hello 'somewitty' or Mr/Mrs/Miss Username? 8) I'm using Windows and Mac so my Linux is a lit...

Hello wampshmack - this seems to be a common problem this month. Please have a look at the [Su...

Hi searnb - If you aren't seeing the window, please check the code very carefully - the windo...

Yeah, sorry - I saw a similar error message and lumped it with the other libssl ones. I'm digg...

Hey, don't take away my reason to try another Linux! 8) I like seeing what's new in Linux dist...

Closing as answered after 3 months without comment.

Closing as answered with no comments in 3 months.

alexchrist - did you sort out the login?

castillo - not sure if you worked it out, but HH doesn't have copy/paste in menus or right-click ...

Hello midtone (Do you have a brother Barry? 8) ) Haven't found a better method than practice,...

Howdy - How long ago did you upload them, and did you have another profile name at the time? U...

Howdy porter, __Yep, you can!__ Programming is a skill like any other - playing guitar, mak...

serenade - yes, over the past couple of years there has been a re-write of the site, and some ot...

Hello baseball_boy - you have a hackety.com login, so you can put your details in the 'Preference...

Hi cetherton - thanks for the interesting question. As far as I know there is no policy for mi...

Greetings bucco - don't worry, we are all noobs sometime. (I'm noob-ish at answering questions on...

Ok - I think I must have deleted Shoes at sometime, hence the missing install. I just created ...

programmingmaster - I'm trying to answer this in full on the Questions area too. See my [recent a...

Marked as best answer for Windows - look in the hacketyhack folder for uninstall.exe For Mac -...

Hello kwekutmen - Welcome! I am also trying to teach my kids programming - although they are m...

Hello doublerainbow The main method of layout are using `stacks` and `slots`. In hackety hack ...

Howdy mbjerede - Are you typing and getting the blocks, or are you copy/pasting code and getting ...

welcome daz_uk - Thanks for the report - I've confirmed the problem on my Mac (in Australia) wi...

Howdy slayerrobe7 and glad to see you are learning ruby. There are some examples of using `if`...

Thanks for providing more info Ok - so if you have started HH from your Applications folder y...

Ok - good - it's sounding more like a Lion issue, as the latest version is working in 10.6. Do...

Thanks pragtob for reporting. I've added a comment that it's reproducable, and after a look aroun...

Howdy merry, and congratulations on trying out ruby and hackety hack. Could you please post yo...

Hello terence cya32 - no, you don't need to buy anything else. There was another recent proble...

Hi bloodorange - there have been some problems with different versions of libraries in different ...

himansu21 - You have misunderstood the purpose of this site - this is about the creative learning...

Hi nate - if you look at the screenshot on the [hackety.com home page](www.hackety.com), what ico...

Moving to Support as not a programming issue.

Howdy general, I'm guessing this is some kind of school or university question? You should ...

Thank you katipo - your kind words are very welcome.

Howdy neonkidxy - the most likely reason is that there is a bug in your code - most of the progra...

merrypippins - Thanks for putting up the code. Very useful. I will add some more later whe...

Thanks - that's a good start - it's not a game, but it's starting to think about the process. Bes...

Hi brab - I will move this over to the Support area as it's more likely to be seen by someone who...

Hi talbeja02 and speckworks We have received several reports of squares in Mac version of HH. ...

FYI - the bug list regarding Linux installs has been bumped to get some attention soon.

Hi den256 - Did you have any more progress with the installer? I've just downloaded the Window...

Howdy Bucco, I'm not sure that HH or Shoes would be the best tool for the job. But there are a...

A clarification - the `-1` is dash-one, for 1 on each line, not dash-lowercase L. The font doesn'...

FYI - there are plans for some Linux platform testing very soon. Ubuntu will definitely be on the...

Moving to Support so we can +1 fixing Windows.

Howdy lux - moving this to Support as that's the best spot for errors in the program. Cheers

Hello pmoo - Do you mean that if you try a capital 'S' (such as `Shoes`) in the editor, that it c...

Hi jackie - No, that's not normal, but it sounds like your web browser is interpreting the file a...

Hiya bucco - what you want to do will (probably) not destroy HH. (Joking!) If you check in t...

bucco - the `keypress do |b|` doesn't look for `b` to be pressed. It is just getting any keystrok...

Howdy kaboom When you open Hackety Hack, the second icon from the top (on the left side) looks...

Thanks rflamburis, I'm also using 10.6.8 but haven't noticed that problem. We might be into th...

Howdy weston You are at the right place to learn - the Hackety Hack program has some really go...

Howdy again weston - if you have installed Hackety Hack you can run it to get the Lessons and the...

bucco's answer is pretty good - a guessing game (numbers or words like hangman) shows you how to ...

Hi holoped - thanks for the feedback and you are correct that those problems are an issue. Whi...

Hi lori - I'm yet to set up one of my Mac's to do some testing on OS X 10.7 Lion, but you are th...

Howdy glitchpop - no you shouldn't need to download anything else. That sounds like a bug in HH. ...

Howdy again PM Uninstalling HH will not affect the programs uploaded to the site. I suspect...

Hello PM Bit off topic but if the 'Writer' you mean is the word processor in Open Office there...

Hi josie - it should be the second icon from the top after you open hackety -hack. It looks like ...

Hello doublerainbow I've been playing with your code and I think you can leave out the @button...

Howdy nate - yes, you are right - the `video` will allow a video to be added to an app just like ...

Yes - I keep forgetting about the samples! Thanks for the reminder. Those are good, and there are...

Hi ffejtball - what OS are you using? Also - are you getting any response or is it crashing be...

Ok - obviously that's not right. I'm using 1.6.8 now but I'm sure it was working on Leopard at...

My apologies Jonsie - I seem to have answered another question, probably in my head. There mig...

How did you go lori? Any luck with the work computer?

Hi nate - what Operating system are you using? (Windows XP/Vista/7, OS X 1.5/6/7 or a version of ...

Hi there sherodtaylor You are correct - the value in `@pop` will be a string object (text) and...

I will delete this one in a couple of days as a duplicate.

Hi mtechman - thanks for the feedback, I will move this question to Support shortly. However, ...

Hello mtechman - After you install HH to your Applications folder, is HH just bouncing at you aft...

Hi general, I think a little bit of Basic or python style has crept into the ruby. Some [ex...

Hi I've looked in the 'ruby' lessons and this is the code I think you are trying: name ...

Howdy cloud I've just tried it on my Windows XP and had no luck as well. I opened Shoes sep...

Underway - I'll tidy it up and sent it through. I think a diversion into Turtles is fun too. T...

Excellent work eric and thank you. Still a bug if HH can't find them but good confirmation of ...

Hi corky and Welcome, You are doing the right thing, and have run into most of the hitches wit...

Hi bajabugs, Interesting question. I checked in the Shoes manual and couldn't find any 3D grap...

Welcome thought and, yes, the Linux setup is a bit more complex than Windows or Mac. If you ar...

Hi pizzaboy, Yes, this appears to be a problem with Mac OSX not finding the fonts that Hackety...

Hi talbeja It's likely that moving to Applications should have fixed some of the problems (the...

Hi nate - you are hitting the programming pretty fast. If you haven't worked through the Lesso...

Hi nate, Most of the prgramming in Hackety Hack is of the type 'user does this, so code does t...

Hello nate, Think of it as a Shoes 'stack' and when you click the buttons, you change the cont...

Nate - there is also some nice HH samples supplied with HH (in HH see 'Home > Samples') There ...

Hi bazp Somewhat beyond my skill, but I've had a look in the 'samples' that come with HH - loo...

nate - excellent question! There are some references on the [FAQ](http://hackety.com/faq), and...

Hi pcjpcj2 - Thanks for reporting that error. There is a lot of work going into the next versi...

Hi Emii, Indeed it appears your name is correct. I've also cleaned up the other messages fo...

Hi 14rcole, Yes, this is a bug in the Lesson and you are on the right track. A hint is in [...

Hi nbd9 - I've noticed this happen on the OS X version and it's being looked into. The samples ar...

Thanks georgeshank FYI - the Guessing Game is in Lesson 10 of the Basic Programming, or the [o...

Hi nakamoto, Thanks for the offer. Accepted! This is more a Hackety Hack program issue than...

Hi seneca, Excellent question, and I've had a quick look through the HH manual and nothing obv...

Hi gabriel, I'm assuming you mean to upload a program from HH to this site? There are some ...

Hi pulldtrigger, Hope you are enjoying the programming. You have done the right thing, and ...

Hi mehanix - too common problem with linux and various libraries. They _should_ be correctly i...

Hi mobylou - if you mean on hackety.com, this is the website for questions about the software 'Ha...

Hi squazzie - welcome to Hackety Hack. I'm guessing you are doing something like Chris Pine's ...

Hi iamone - squazzie is right, step one is to download and install Hackety Hack from [here](http:...

Hello APC - it _might_ be the OS _or_ Hackety Hack. HH doesn't use the version of ruby install...

Hello niamh - same thing is probably happening to you as with aparkedcar's question. What vers...

Hello roybut - Thanks for the question as it made me look at where the samples actually are on my...

Excellent! Well done and thanks for replying with the details. It will help others. There are ...

Hi vertigo, If you are interested in learning some programming, then Hackety Hack is an easy w...

Hi squazzie - I'm putting your code into HH to try out when I'm travelling tomorrow. I'll see ...

Hello pikachuz - you ask a good question. In the context of programming, and on this site, 'Sh...

Howdy thayne You don't need a Mac to use Hackety Hack - it will work on Windows, Mac, and Linu...

Howdy suicidewaffle, Check that the samples are in `C:\Program Files\Common Files\Hackety Hack...

Hi sugarlump - I'm not sure I know which box you mean? Which lesson are you reading? It mig...

Hi susan HH does come with a version of Shoes so you shouldn't need to install both. But you a...

Hello again sugarlump, If you mean the editor - where you type in your programs - you can get ...

Hi tonytaxtiger, This is certainly a good place to learn programming, which might assist you w...

Hi khokkanen, I had a quick look in the Manual and I think it's something in the Shoes toolkit...

Hi pointmatic - I haven't noticed that but thanks for notifying us. Probably a passing bug. BT...

Hi ddagman, Yes, the dreaded 'squares' font. Not useful. We've had this mentioned mainly by...

Finally got a chance to try HH out on a new OS X Lion install (10.7.4) and it exhibits the square...

Thanks for the report pvtjaime. Hope someone better versed in Linux might suggest something. ...

Hello universe300 Yes it is - you would use the `pencolor <color>` command (eg: `pencolor alic...

squazzie - thanks for the reminder. I think the HH login is not talking to the website but I'l...

Howdy knollorulez - Shoes and HH (and ruby) are case Sensitive Try: Shoes.app do ...

Hi battle - Thanks for the question (I edited it down a little to fit on the screen, and dele...

Hi shanshah - if you mean 'hack' as breaking security to get into someone else's program in a mal...

Hello again universe2k - I've looked through the Shoes Manual, especially the Master Styles list,...

Hi universe2000 Not sure exactly what the problem is, but I remembered seeing an example of a ...

When you start HH or Shoes, use `alt-slash` to open the console. (hold `alt` key and press the `/...

Hmm - just tried opening the console on Win XP and `alt-/` didn't work but `alt-Windows key-/` di...

Hi nopity, Thanks for the question - I think you are talking about Lesson 3:9 (Basic Ruby - Ba...

Hello dara - you have misunderstood the purpose of this site - it's for learning to program by ha...

Until you asked, I had not seen anything on sounds but it seems there are some out there. Look...

Hi hawki - You can package up the programs with Shoes - I think Hackety Hack is such a package. ...

Hi mrkidninja and welcome. There _might_ be something incorrect when loading the samples - are...

Sorry kennyman, but the HH apps won't work on iPad and Safari probably doesn't know how to handle...

Thanks for replying so fast. Ok - I usually open the Samples in HH through the 'Samples' tab o...

Hi bundtkids - I haven't seen that specific error, but the various flavours of Linux can cause so...

Hi coutinho - you compile the apps with the __Shoes__ app. Have a look at [this question](http...

Hiya scoobydawg, I think the problem is with the `turtle` - it should be `Turtle.draw` (capita...

Hi crazyjoe - moving this to Questions soon as it's a programming thing. Can you put some of t...

Hi aiden - if you are meaning typing a program into Hackety Hack and running it, use the 'editor'...

Howdy cjanseson, and glad your son likes HH. This seems to be a problem with most cross platfo...

Hello hello.... That was strange..... There is a short list on the [FAQ page](http://www.ha...

Hello hope - there are many, many programming languages. Shoes and hackety hack use (mostly) `...

Hello - I should have read this one before the other question on computer languages. I'm unsur...

Hello again universe2000, I think you mean a 'wildcard' character - in some programming langua...

Howdy - what OS are you using (Windows Vista, XP, 7? or Mac or Linux?)

Hello WITC - It appears that some of the filenames and the 'about' page versions have not been up...

Hi tanmai - What do you mean by 'make math'? You usually do any maths you want, like most othe...

Hello misterfox20, Some things to check - Shoes expects it exactly as typed - especially any b...

Hi ruprakesh This is not really the place for HTML/CSS tutorials - may I suggest something lik...

(duplicate so I'll delete the question soon) - e

Hi misterfox20 - I think this is a duplicate of one on the [Questions](http://www.hackety.com/que...

howdy bfrankbio - Hackety Hack is an application that combines an editor, tutorial and Shoes ...

Hi sam - I'm not sure what you mean - could you please reply with some more details of what versi...

Thanks for the question but you haven't understood the purpose of the site - it's for 'hacking' a...

Hi ajit - yep, that's a known problem with the tutorial, and you are correct with the number vs t...

Hiya kb9agt, You don't need to install shoes as it comes with it - try checking the [FAQ](http...

Hello again - Steve may not see all the questions, but could you let us know what specific links ...

Howdy - please have a look at the resources on the [FAQ] page. There are several extensions to Ru...

Thanks for your delightful embedded video player. I've taken the liberty of deleting the dupli...

Hi v1x0r - you can get the hackety hack source code from [github.com/hacketyhack/](https://github...

Hi evyse - Good question. Hackety Hack works on Linux, Windows and Mac and doesn't use the ctr...

Hi ninja Check out the [FAQ](http://www.hackety.com/faq) for some Turtle tips. The `Turtle....

Howdy dkfreak - what sort of objects? If you look in the 'samples' tab in Hackety Hack you wil...

Hi midnightwalker - If you mean the Guessing game, then there is a little problem with that one. ...

Hi elli3003 - I haven't seen that before - does that appear when you open Hackety Hack? Al...

Hi David - I'm guessing you can't because I think the alert windows are using standard Windows/Li...

Hi javonrice - Hackety is very picky with it comes to capitals, commas, extra or missing bits. ...

Hi table, Please have a look at [this question](http://hackety.com/questions/4fd936a6d897ba000...

Hi stk - have a look at [this comment](http://hackety.com/questions/4fd936a6d897ba00010055eb) whi...

Hi dani - I think you _should_ be able to use the `video` with a sound file. Though on my Win...

Hi mrspock - it's entirely possible, hackety hack relies on volunteers to make changes. You (o...

Hi aleita - which lesson are you doing, or can you paste in the code you are using and I'll have ...

Hello tomkat42 - the 'editor' is the second icon from the top after you open Hackety Hack - the o...

Hi lanmonster - you _should_ be able to see a file `hacketyhack-1.0.0.exe` and perhaps a `__MACOS...

Hi zsfwaw, Shoes and ruby are sensitive about Capitals. Try changing the `shoes` to `Shoes`.....

Hi lol I'm guessing you are using Windows (D:\Hackety Hack in the screenshot) - what version? ...

Wrong sort of hacking - this site is for the creative use of technology not the break-security st...

Hi anagha It appears that HH doesn't allow you to open files directly, but you can open the fi...

panosgamer - this is not a site for cracking (breaking) code, it's for learning how to program co...

i_ashi and arjun - this particular website is for learning how to program and uses `ruby` and a r...

Hi supyoultimate - can you please let us know what version of Mac OSX you are using (Lion? Mounta...

Hi hordefightr It's possible the editor image is broken - but if you have hackety-hack open,...

Hi randomminer99 - I'm guessing if you mean [shoesrb.com](http://shoesrb.com/) then it is up as ...

erber - Is hackety-hack not working as you expected?

Hi moseyturner - no new ones, but check the [FAQ](http://hackety.com/faq) for some suggestions.

Hi trollhack, (You are probably on the guessing game tutorial when comparing the number to 42?...

rusnac - _(I'm guessing you mean the Top 11 Football manager game)_ This is not a site for ...

Hi zantismoye Looks like you are jumping in with lots of things to try. Well done. I notice...

randomminder99 - yes, try using `alt+c` and `alt+v` for copy/paste. This should be the same for a...