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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:...