On Dec 1, 2006, at 7:22 PM, Edwin Fine wrote: > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1187: warning: instance > variable > @encoding not initialized > > Is it something I am doing wrong, or some other problem? I don't know > much about Tcl/Tk. I'd look into this, but you aren't giving enough info for me to have a clue as to how to reproduce it. OTOH, since it's only a warning, it probably OK to let it go for now unless you're seeing visible problems such as bad graphic output. I've seen a number of harmless warnings both from Ruby/Tk and Tk itself before. Regards, Morton