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Reputation: 8330

What does "configure the gem in the config block of config/environment.rb" mean?

I'm writing my first Rails app. The app uses a lot of enumerations, so I'd like to include this gem that makes it easier to work with them.

I'm stumped by the installation instructions, though, which say

[...] For a rails application configure the gem in the config block of the config/environment.rb file

config.gem "enumerated_attribute"

In my config/environment.rb I don't see anything that looks like a "config block".

config/environment.rb:

# Load the rails application
require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)

# Initialize the rails application
Webtet::Application.initialize!

So what does the author mean when he writes "configure the gem in the config block"?

Does he just want me to include this line in config/environment.rb

config.gem "enumerated_attribute"

?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 230

Answers (1)

Vasiliy Ermolovich
Vasiliy Ermolovich

Reputation: 24617

Looks like this setup instruction was written for rails 2 application. If this gem works with rails 3 you just should add gem 'enumerated_attribute' to your Gemfile. Also you can try to use https://github.com/brainspec/enumerize gem (it works with rails 3 and has SimpleForm, Formtastic support and other awesome features)

Upvotes: 2

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