Loading rubygems and other packages ?

[ryu]

Hello,
How do I load rubygems into sketchup? I am interested in being
able to use rubygems to load other packages, like

gem install spreadsheet

Or maybe it is better to load the spreadsheet gem directly.
I have tried copying the gems files into the plugin directory
but it complained about 'date' method undefined.

Thanks,
Robert

[ryu]

After digging around various threads I figured it out:

1. Install the "loadpaths.rb" script (http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=29412)
   into SU Plugins. I modified it with:

$LOAD_PATH << "#{pre}/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-ole-1.2.10.1/lib"
$LOAD_PATH << "#{pre}/gems/1.8/gems/spreadsheet-0.6.4.1/lib"

2. Backup and clobber the msvcrt-ruby18.dll with the one from the ruby1.8.6 release.

3. require 'spreadsheet.rb' -> true

-Robert