lib/deck/slide.rb in deckrb-0.2.1 vs lib/deck/slide.rb in deckrb-0.2.2

@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 module Deck
  class Slide < Erector::Widget
 
   include Deck::Noko
 
-  # todo: test this method
+  # todo: test this method on its own
   def self.from_file markdown_file
+    markdown_file = markdown_file.path if markdown_file.is_a? File   # fix for Ruby 1.8.7
     split File.read(markdown_file)
   end
 
   # given a chunk of Markdown text, splits it into an array of Slide objects
   # todo: move into SlideDeck?