Updating Scriptaculous and Prototype with current project

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Hi

I've been trying to use the latest version of Lightview. It says that it needs:

Lightview requires Prototype 1.6.1 and Scriptaculous 1.8.2.

I have included the following in my project files:

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ libs/prototype/1.6.1/prototype.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/ libs/scriptaculous/1.8.2/scriptaculous.js'></script>

But this obviously only works if the system is online. Unfortunately, the project I am writing will not have a permanent connection to t'internet.

My current project directory has versions of Prototype etc but not the latest.

How do I "install" the latest versions?

I've tried rake rails:update:javascripts but this does not give me the versions required above.

Any help would be superb!

Thanks

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The simplest approach is usually the easiest. Grab the files from the googleapis urls. Put them in a subfolder under your javascripts directory, leaving the existing versions in place.

Niels    On Dec 28, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Ruby on Rails: Talk wrote:

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Niels Meersschaert wrote:

The simplest approach is usually the easiest. Grab the files from the googleapis urls.

Yes.

Put them in a subfolder under your javascripts directory, leaving the existing versions in place.

No. Remove the existing versions. There's no reason to have both in the project in most cases.

Niels

Best,

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That’s true & what I originally drafted, but I thought the OP might run into other compatibility problems with the rails helpers, so I suggested a subfolder. This approach would let them try it without inducing other issues, but once they’ve eliminated any issues or confirmed it works as expected, Marnen’s suggestion is the ideal implementation.

Niels