Ring Documentation, Release 1.5.

Build RingOpenSSL
cd ../extensions/ringopenssl
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingInternet
cd ../extensions/ringinternet
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringfreeglut
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions
Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL 4.6
cd ../extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
gencode.sh
buildgcc.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildgccfedora.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
ring rnote.ring

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9.4 Building using MacOS X

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install homebrew (follow the directions on homebrew’s homepage). Install Libraries

cd ring/src
./installdepmac.sh

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

./buildclang.sh

Build RingODBC
cd ../extensions/ringodbc
./buildclang.sh

Build RingMySQL
cd ../extensions/ringmysql
./buildclang.sh

Build RingSQLite
cd ../extensions/ringsqlite
./buildclang.sh

Build RingOpenSSL
cd ../extensions/ringopenssl
./buildclang.sh

Build RingInternet
cd ../extensions/ringinternet
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

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cd ../extensions/ringfreeglut
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL
4.6
cd ../extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

9.5 Building using CMake

Install libraries (MySQL Client, OpenSSL, LibCurl, Allegro 5 and Qt 5.5)

cmake .
make

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HOW TO CONTRIBUTE?

Ring is a free-open source project, Everyone is welcome to contribute to Ring.

Project Home : https://github.com/ring-lang/ring
You can help in many parts in the project
• Documentation
• Testing
• Samples
• Applications
• Editors Support
• Libraries in Ring
• Extensions in C/C++
• Compiler and Virtual Machine (VM)
• Ideas and suggestions

10.1 Special thanks to contributors

Throughout the creation of this project, Ring relied heavily on contributions from experts along with college students.
Their input was invaluable, and we want to take a moment to thank them and recognize them for all of their hard work.
Ring Team: http://ring-lang.sf.net/team.html

10.2 Documentation

You can modify anything in the documentation, by updating the text files (*.txt) in this folder : https://github.com/ring-
lang/ring/tree/master/docs/source
The documentation is created using Sphinx : http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/

10.3 Testing

You can write new tests in this folder

https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/tests/scripts

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10.4 Samples

You can add new samples to this folder

https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/samples/other

10.5 Applications

You can add new applications to this folder

https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/applications

10.6 Editors Support

You can help in supporting Ring in different code editors

Check the next folder
https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/editor

10.7 Libraries in Ring

You can update and add libraries to this folder

https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/ringlibs

10.8 Extensions in C/C++

You can add and update extensions in this folder

https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/extensions

10.9 Compiler and Virtual Machine (VM)

• Source Code (C Language) : https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/src

• Visual Source (PWCT) : https://github.com/ring-lang/ring/tree/master/visualsrc

10.10 Ideas and suggestions

You can share your ideas, suggestions and questions in this group
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ring-lang

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11.1 Hello World

The next program prints the Hello World message on the screen (std-out).
see "Hello World"

11.2 Run the program

to run the program, save the code in a file, for example : hello.ring then from the command line or terminal, run it
using the ring interpreter
ring hello.ring

11.3 Not Case-Sensitive

Since the Ring language is not case-sensitive, the same program can be written in different styles

Tip: It’s better to select one style and use it in all of the program source code

SEE "Hello World"

See "Hello World"

11.4 Multi-Line literals

Using Ring we can write multi-line literal, see the next example
See "
Hello
Welcome to the Ring programming language
How are you?

"

Also you can use the nl constant to insert new line and you can use the + operator to concatenate strings

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Note: nl value means a new line and the actual codes that represent a newline is different between operating systems

See "Hello" + nl + "Welcome to the Ring programming language" +

nl + "How are you?"

11.5 Getting Input

You can get the input from the user using the give command
See "What is your name? "
Give cName
See "Hello " + cName

11.6 No Explicit End For Statements

You don’t need to use ‘;’ or press ENTER to separate statements. The previous program can be written in one line.
See "What is your name? " give cName see "Hello " + cName

11.7 Writing Comments

We can write one line comments and multi-line comments

The comment starts with # or //
Multi-lines comments are written between /* and */
/*
Program Name : My first program using Ring
Date : 2016.09.09
Author : Mahmoud Fayed
*/

See "What is your name? " # print message on screen

give cName # get input from the user
see "Hello " + cName # say hello!

// See "Bye!"

Note: Using // to comment a lines of code is just a code style.

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12.1 Hello World

The next program prints the Hello World message on the screen (std-out).
put "Hello World"

12.2 Run the program

to run the program, save the code in a file, for example : hello.ring then from the command line or terminal, run it
using the ring interpreter
ring hello.ring

12.3 Not Case-Sensitive

Since the Ring language is not case-sensitive, the same program can be written in different styles

Tip: It’s better to select one style and use it in all of the program source code

PUT "Hello World"

Put "Hello World"

12.4 Multi-Line literals

Using Ring we can write multi-line literal, see the next example
Put "
Hello
Welcome to the Ring programming language
How are you?

"

Also you can use the nl constant to insert new line and you can use the + operator to concatenate strings

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Note: nl value means a new line and the actual codes that represent a newline is different between operating systems

Put "Hello" + nl + "Welcome to the Ring programming language" +

nl + "How are you?"

12.5 Getting Input

You can get the input from the user using the get command
Put "What is your name? "
Get cName
Put "Hello " + cName

12.6 No Explicit End For Statements

You don’t need to use ‘;’ or press ENTER to separate statements. The previous program can be written in one line.
Put "What is your name? " get cName put "Hello " + cName

12.7 Writing Comments

We can write one line comments and multi-line comments

The comment starts with # or //
Multi-lines comments are written between /* and */
/*
Program Name : My first program using Ring
Date : 2016.09.09
Author : Mahmoud Fayed
*/

Put "What is your name? " # print message on screen

get cName # get input from the user
put "Hello " + cName # say hello!

// Put "Bye!"

Note: Using // to comment a lines of code is just a code style.

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13.1 Hello World

The next program prints the Hello World message on the screen (std-out).
load "stdlib.ring"

print("Hello World")

13.2 Run the program

to run the program, save the code in a file, for example : hello.ring then from the command line or terminal, run it
using the ring interpreter
ring hello.ring

13.3 Not Case-Sensitive

Since the Ring language is not case-sensitive, the same program can be written in different styles

Tip: It’s better to select one style and use it in all of the program source code

LOAD "stdlib.ring"
PRINT("Hello World")

Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("Hello World")

13.4 Multi-Line literals

Using Ring we can write multi-line literal, see the next example
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("
Hello
Welcome to the Ring programming language
How are you?

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