Version 0.6.0

- Changed: xlsx_drone core library (C) was updated from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0.
Adopting those changes on this version (bugfixes included).
- Providing more support for x64 non Windows OS (GNU/Linux & Unix like
systems) by using the proper shared library.

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .idea/
 .yardoc/
+.bundle/
 coverage/
 doc/
 releases/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) featuring Added, Changed, Deprecated,
 Removed, Fixed, Security, and others; and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.6.0] - 2024-12-09
+### Changed
+- xlsx_drone core library (C) was updated from 0.3.0 to [0.4.0](https://github.com/damian-m-g/xlsx_drone/releases/tag/0.4.0). Adopting those changes on this version (bugfixes included).
+- Providing more support for x64 non Windows OS (GNU/Linux & Unix like systems) by using the proper shared library.
+
 ## [0.5.0] - 2022-11-19
 ### Changed
 - DLLs used, to the ones for [new version 0.3.0 of xlsx_drone C](https://github.com/damian-m-g/xlsx_drone/releases/tag/0.3.0).

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ puts "Sheet #1 is #{sheet.empty? ? 'empty' : 'not-empty'}"
     p sheet.read_cell(row, column)
   end
 end
+
+# when done with the wb, but non-mandatory (automatically done on normal exit)
+wb.close
 ```
 
 ## TODO
@@ -67,9 +70,10 @@ Also, consider that this TODO list is somehow concatenated to the [C's xlsx_dron
 
 ## News
 
-Version 0.4.0 introduces:
-* `Sheet#last_column`
-* `Sheet#empty?`
+Version 0.6.0 introduces:
+* Support for Unix-like x64 OS potentially guaranteed.
+* Dependencies updated.
+* Bugfixes.
 
 ## License
 

lib/xlsx_drone/native_binding.rb

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ module XLSXDrone
 
   # All things related to the binding with the native C library.
   module NativeBinding
-
+
+    PLATFORM_WINDOWS = RUBY_PLATFORM.match(/cygwin|mswin|mingw|bccwin|wince|emx/) ? true : false
     PLATFORM_X64 = RUBY_PLATFORM.match(/64/) ? true : false
     EXT_PATH = "#{File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__)))}/ext"
-    DLL_PATH = PLATFORM_X64 ? "#{EXT_PATH}/xlsx_drone_x64.dll" : "#{EXT_PATH}/xlsx_drone_x86.dll"
+    DLL_PATH = PLATFORM_WINDOWS ? (PLATFORM_X64 ? "#{EXT_PATH}/xlsx_drone_x64.dll" : "#{EXT_PATH}/xlsx_drone_x86.dll") : "#{EXT_PATH}/libxlsx_drone_x64.so"
 
     class XLSXWorkbookT < FFI::Struct
 

xlsx_drone.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "xlsx_drone"
-  s.version = "0.5.0"
+  s.version = "0.6.0"
   s.summary = "Fast Microsoft Excel's XLSX reader. Binding of C's xlsx_drone lib."
   s.author = "Damián M. González"
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/damian-m-g/xlsx_drone_rb"