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^ Tracking DRbObject References?
186290 [nugend gmail] Does anyone know of any work done on keeping track of the number of
186445 [drbrain segm] IdConv would be the thing that does this.
^ win32 taskscheduler setup
186293 [rtilley vt.e] Is there a way to specify multiple schedules when setting up a task?
+ 186292 [rtilley vt.e] Ruby Win32 _book_ that is!
+ 186301 [phasis68 hot] trigger1 = {
^ Mongrel Web Server 0.3.12 -- Updated, Getting Closer
186309 [zedshaw zeds] Everyone tracking the Mongrel 0.3.12 pre-release should dump their current
^ Timeout Error or sysread': end of file reached (EOFError)
186317 [muazzamsgd h] I am trying to access the gmail account through net/pop library. I have
^ [ANN] RJS, Active Record++, respond_to, integration tests, and 500 other things!
186322 [david.heinem] The biggest upgrade in Rails history has finally arrived. Rails 1.1
^ How to create a Windows Service using Ruby?
186331 [qau_zubair y] Dear all,
186342 [dave burt.id] Cheers,
^ Noob: The ruby way to multiple Array by multiple?
186332 [eric.python ] I want to make a Array multipled by another Array, and the following semantic.
+ 186333 [bob.news gmx] res = []
+ 186335 [ryand-ruby z] a = [1, 2, 3]
+ 186348 [pit capitain] Ryan, this works only if a.size and b.size are relatively prime, as in
+ 186538 [eric.python ] Thanks for your hint, It seems so simple and pretty.
^ using mysql client to read a file to create a table in a database in a mysql server
186336 [jkbowler tis] I have a lap top running xp home service pack two
186337 [jacob.ohara ] have you tried mysql -u <username> -p <password> ?
186339 [jkbowler tis] I appologise, I do not understand your post Aviator please write
186343 [jacob.ohara ] appologies there was an error in my last post anyway.
186345 [jkbowler tis] very many thanks for your helpfull responce, I will try this latter on
186464 [jkbowler tis] I am still a wee bit confussed, I have tried from the depot prompt
186598 [jacob.ohara ] -u is user -p is password
186707 [jkbowler tis] The air is clearing, or what ever the expression is.
^ A new group of people to help each other with ruby and rails
186344 [jkbowler tis] I propose to set up a group of people "in the real world", that meet up
^ Array resizing
186349 [vshepelev im] Maybe dumb question, but...
+ 186352 [Pierre.Barbi] a = [1,2]
| + 186355 [lopexx autog] a = [1,2]
| + 186356 [vshepelev im] Yes, I can (in fact, I already did).
| 186357 [dblack wobbl] I think it might be because the size of an array isn't important if
| 186362 [vshepelev im] Sounds reasonable.
| 186365 [simon.kroege] a = [[1,2,3], [1], [1,2,3,4]]
| 186387 [lopexx autog] maybe Array#size= would be more Rubyesque :D
+ 186353 [lopexx autog] a = [1,2,3]
^ Re: RJS, Active Record++, respond_to, integration tests, and 500 other things!
186359 [jkbowler tis] In order to upgrade from rails 1.0 to 1.1 I need to be on the internet,
186419 [lukfugl gmai] Yes.
186434 [jkbowler tis] Thank you very much indeed this is a big help and I am most graitfull,
^ Chaning the quote-character in csv parsing
186364 [jens.auer-ne] I have a bunch of files containing lines as comma-seperated values.
186400 [james graypr] I'm not aware of a way to change it for either library, sadly. If
^ Rails 1.1 Released
186366 [dishmael win] charset="us-ascii"
+ 186369 [jkbowler tis] Your link does not work I think, I could be wrong though ..??
| 186372 [dishmael win] Yeah, the link got cropped because the URL is so long. Head over to
| 186375 [dishmael win] DOH, that still doesn't work right (wish they'd update their main site).
+ 186388 [info johnale] It is still not being installed by gem ???
| 186393 [dishmael win] Upgrading from 1.0
| 186473 [info johnale] I get a hang at ...
+ 186425 [ abc def.ghi] <http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/articles/2006/03/28/rails-1-1-rjs-active-record-respond_to-integration-tests-and-500-other-things>
^ [ANN] JRuby 0.8.3 released
186373 [enebo acm.or] JRuby is a project to provide a Java implementation of
^ Changing the quote-character in csv parsing
186379 [jens.auer-ne] I have a bunch of files containing lines as comma-seperated values.
186402 [simcha chatk] Don't know how it is with fastercsv but csv.rb has double quote hardcoded as
186403 [w_a_x_man ya] "He said, \"I don't care.\"".tr("'\"", "\"'")
186407 [simcha chatk] ups me blind ;)
^ Seeking win32ole CDO/Mapi help
186380 [ksader gmail] I'm trying to read a remote mail store using the CDO OLE interface
186382 [tanner.burso] I believe linefeed is \n and \r is carriage return.
+ 186390 [ksader gmail] While I was explaining it to a co-worker, I stumbled upon a weird
| 186415 [ksader gmail] Sorry for the double posts, I don't know why gmail is doing that...
+ 186534 [ksader gmail] My sincere apologies for being so dense. Yes that was it using
^ Regexp gotcha
186381 [jesusrubsyou] irb(main):173:0> s = "my string"
+ 186383 [vshepelev im] AFAIK, it's an equivalent for simple
| 186395 [jesusrubsyou] Yep, thank you to you and David. I forgot that I could rewrite it like
| 186437 [bob.news gmx] Personally I prefer to use /rx/ =~ str over str =~ /rx/ - to me this
+ 186385 [dblack wobbl] if match_result
| 186468 [james.herdma] Are you asking why we can write
| 186675 [jesusrubsyou] No, not at all. :) I'm just whining a bit that =~ can return both nil
| 186686 [robert.dober] I do not want to enter into the discussion if it should be like that or not=
| 186691 [jesusrubsyou] Thanks for the suggestion, Robert.
| 186696 [dblack wobbl] You should have *some* qualms :-) But in any case, this change is
| + 186699 [lukfugl gmai] class String
| | 186702 [ajohnson cpa] Yes, I submitted a patch last week via the rubyforge bug form. Basically,
| | 186703 [lukfugl gmai] Ok, thanks. Glad to know there's already been a patch submitted.
| + 186721 [robert.dober] Now I am very much against extending core classes especally in commonly
| + 186751 [lukfugl gmai] I don't think anyone's code will rely on "a" =~ nil returning false.
| | 186815 [robert.dober] So you strongly oppose Rails?
| | 186845 [lukfugl gmai] I wasn't aware Rails (or probably more particularly, ActiveSupport)
| + 186755 [dblack wobbl] (B) is where the dangers lie. You may think that someone who uses a
+ 186389 [devlists-rub] You could just do this...
^ Playing sounds on a Mac
186410 [eobusek bell] sound when the timer has counted down to 0. I looked for a beep
+ 186413 [james graypr] print "\a"
| 186416 [chris.alfeld] exec "osascript -e 'beep 1'"
| + 186450 [yahn15 hotma] cin >> blocks. cin is basically the same thing as gets. I guess I will
| + 186539 [logancapaldo] charset=US-ASCII;
| 186543 [chris.alfeld] It isn't so much that I never want to return as that I want to become
+ 186414 [alchen vt.ed] You could always try RubyCocoa. From the main page (http://
186456 [eobusek bell] This is awesome! Thank you!
^ timeout when listening with TCPServer
186422 [ null void.0] I want to listen for connections for 2 seconds, then timeout. Do I have
+ 186436 [billk cts.co] timeout_sec = 2.0
| 186448 [drbrain segm] Unfortunately this won't accept connections for two seconds. If a
+ 186447 [drbrain segm] That will be the easiest way.
| 186461 [billk cts.co] Oh, hey, cool. Using the thread there looks like it
| + 186463 [vjoel path.b] But the timeout won't stop the thread.
| | + 186465 [vjoel path.b] Ignore my last post. Not stopping the thread is probably exactly the
| | | 186475 [billk cts.co] I think I'd do it that way too. (Probably adding a
| | + 186467 [billk cts.co] I don't think it was supposed to. The #accept is
| + 186472 [drbrain segm] Ooh, I forgot the loop around Thread.start :(
| 186478 [billk cts.co] Haha, yes... But it can be tricky...
| 186480 [billk cts.co] s/Thread/Mutex/g # :-o
+ 186652 [ null void.0] <code>
186698 [billk cts.co] I'm not 100% sure myself, because I don't know whether
^ Regexp to match strings that _don't_ being with a string
186426 [weyus att.ne] I would like to write a regexp that will match a string that does NOT
+ 186430 [ajohnson cpa] The [^(xyz)] creates a negative character class, so your regex would
| 186433 [weyus att.ne] In my example, won't /^(?!xyz)/ also match
| 186441 [ajohnson cpa] Uhm, maybe I've misunderstood (wouldn't be the first time) -- I thought you
| 186449 [weyus att.ne] Andrew,
| + 186455 [weyus att.ne] I have a new wrinkle.
| | 186458 [vjoel path.b] irb(main):001:0> /^(?!abc)(?!xyz)/ =~ "abc"
| | 186460 [weyus att.ne] Thanks, that makes sense since the lookahead doesn't "consume" right?
| | 186471 [bob.news gmx] p %w{abcd xyz as}.map {|s| /^(?!abc|xyz)/=~s}
| + 186462 [chneukirchen] I always wanted to propose a ~ operator for Regexps. ;-)
+ 186431 [chris.alfeld] ! s =~ /^xyz/
186435 [james graypr] s !~ /^xyz/
186439 [weyus att.ne] Hey that's too easy!!!
186444 [collinsj sea] Awesome.
^ resolv.rb - documentation and its name
186427 [minkoo.seo g] I'd like to test resolve.rb, but I have troubles.
+ 186428 [Daniel.Berge] There is documentation in the source, but it looks suspiciously like the old RD
+ 186446 [drbrain segm] $ ri19 Resolv
186454 [minkoo.seo g] Thank you. This will be of great help.
+ 186457 [kjw.ruby gma] It may be illuminating to study the functionality of the resolverlibrary found on most Unix systems. "man resolver" gives someinformation on Linux systems -- other systems will vary. If you notethe name of the library that gets linked in, the name of the modulewill make much more sense to you.
+ 186459 [drbrain segm] You're welcome. I converted it from RD to RDoc.
^ Re: JRuby 0.8.3 released
186453 [minkoo.seo g] Tom, you're doing a great job!
^ getting mails to say someone has added to your topic
186466 [jkbowler tis] Does this group thing in google have such a facility i wonder, does any
186470 [lukfugl gmai] Well, groups.google.com is really just a usenet gateway. When you go
186486 [edder tkwspi] You can also join the ruby based frontend for the mailinglist at
186710 [jkbowler tis] Ta very much indeed I will follow up you suggestions asap, ta cheers ..
^ Ruby Black Belt
186474 [buzdin gmail] Do You want to take part in the creation process of exam series,
+ 186479 [collinsj sea] What's the purpose of the exam? There was a thread a while back[1] where
+ 186483 [james graypr] Not really, but I doubt you want to hear that. ;) So, I better at
| + 186499 [benjohn fysh] charset=US-ASCII;
| + 186636 [james graypr] Robert Dober was kind enough to point out that RDoc may have led me
| | 186644 [decoux moulo] a global function is a Kernel module function : this mean that it's a
| | + 186670 [james graypr] Thanks for the lesson Guy. Insightful as always.
| | | 187521 [otanuki gmai] What about something like Programming Challenges
| | + 186672 [james_b neur] James Britt
| | + 186674 [robert.dober] I knew I was wrong all the time, ty for showing me
| + 186767 [steven lumos] And that's not what RUBYPATH does. That's what RUBYLIB does.
| + 186791 [listrecv gma] One of the problems I'd have with a certification of this sort is that
| | 186817 [dave burt.id] Wow! That's a big claim! Can you support that at all? What do you mean by
| + 186970 [buzdin gmail] Thanks Steven!
| 186980 [robert.dober] I do not think anybody implied you would, sorry if it came over like this.
+ 186484 [jeppe88 gmai] Ruby Black Belt
| + 186502 [benjohn fysh] If you're not aware of it, you may get a lot from: http://
| | 186714 [chneukirchen] good != popular
| | 186723 [alex.combas ] I think the community could come up with something better and more interestingthan an online test but I do not think that "something" should berubyquiz.com, sorry James.
| | + 186746 [james_b neur] If you (or anyone else) are as passionate about this as your post
| | | 186761 [alex.combas ] I thinks thats a great idea James, I'm going to add this to my list of currentprojects, I'll post back to the list when I have something startedthat people can join and help with if they are interested, give it about a week.
| | + 186816 [ peter rt.sk] Well, this post was exactly about my issue in this thread, just Alex
| | 186819 [ peter rt.sk] btw I forgot to add: I came to know a LOT of non-programmers through
| | + 186827 [danielbaird ] I can meet girls if I change from Ruby to Python?
| | + 186838 [jesusrubsyou] Okay, I went over to this pythonchallenge.com and got to level 3 (using
| | 186860 [rhkramer gma] Hmm, I didn't get past Level 1. (Did I start at the wrong place--you start
| + 186514 [james_b neur] Want to get better at Ruby? Help answer questions on ruby-talk.
| 186560 [jeppe88 gmai] Yeah I could do that, but this is my first language and I can still only
| + 186629 [james graypr] We all started there my friend. How do you think we got better? ;)
| | + 186713 [chneukirchen] From endless hours on #ruby-lang, of course. ;-)
| | + 186726 [jeppe88 gmai] Practice, reading and more practice, I guess? :)
| | 186742 [robert.dober] I really join those who think certification is a bad idea!
| | 186758 [rossrt rosco] +1 ... couldn't have said it better myself.
| | 186766 [mtrier gmail] To suggest that there's nothing between the pickaxe and rubyquiz is
| | 186774 [alex.combas ] Do you honestly think someone with no computer science or programmingbackground can read through the pickaxe and thenstart submitting rubyquiz.com solutions just by reading and posting commentsto this mailing list? Now thats ridiculous.
| | 186781 [mtrier gmail] Alex, obviously you have different opinions / experiences about what
| + 186668 [james_b neur] Ah, but that gives you a certain advantage. You can explain to other
+ 186518 [gregory.t.br] No. For the reasons others have mentioned. Public mailing lists are
+ 186521 [leavengood g] I agree with James Britt's and Gregory's assessments. I know I've
+ 186522 [jperkins sne] And some of us consider the creation of a certification as the
+ 186524 [markhaniford] Just set it up and if some people find it useful, then so be it. You don't
+ 186568 [buzdin gmail] First of all want to thank all of You who posted comments here. Special
+ 186631 [ peter rt.sk] I am just learning Ruby, new to the mailing list/Ruby world so plz no
| + 186677 [paul.denling] I am learning Ruby as my first language, and have spent about one week
| | 186681 [dblack wobbl] I share that fear. I'd hate to see people brand themselves as
| | 187071 [halostatue g] ...although it *might* be arguable that many Ruby programmers are certifiable.
| | 187073 [agorilla gma] Might? I thought it was a requirement. You mean you're therapist
| | 187096 [james_b neur] Must be a quack.
| + 186685 [billk cts.co] Interesting. I was looking for an interactive Python
| | 186840 [ruby-talk wh] Hey, thanks, Bill. By all means, pass it around. I'm moving tryruby to
| + 186688 [jesusrubsyou] I tentatively agree with the others about official certification, but
| + 186700 [gregory.t.br] rubyquiz.com
| | 186712 [jesusrubsyou] Yes yes... but I meant BESIDES that. ;)
| | 187697 [benjohn fysh] Kind of rubyquizlets.com?
| | 187774 [alex.combas ] Actually, I probably shouldn't be saying this..
| | + 187950 [jesusrubsyou] I look forward to the first public release of this. Please keep us
| | + 188118 [gilesb gmail] That is so cool!
| | 188173 [ peter rt.sk] Well, that won't be a problem at all ;-) We have to make a lot of
| | 188181 [alex.combas ] The creator of python challenge offered to give us (Peter and me) the source toall the puzzles he has hosted on his website, he is really quite cool.He also said that he has had it in mind to do this sort of thing for quitesome time, but I guess he is busy just like the rest of us and just never foundthe time. I have no idea where Peter and myself are finding the time,we both workfull-time as well as take schooling, but somehow we're managing.
| + 186724 [paul.denling] I just played with the Try Ruby site for 15 minutes, and like it very
+ 186669 [james_b neur] Wow, good troll.
| 186998 [hcatlin gmai] James-
| + 187014 [gregory.t.br] was this supposed to go to the list?
| + 187015 [james_b neur] Tact is my specialty.
+ 186689 [gregory.t.br] I'm not afraid of it becoming popular in general. Am I afraid of it
^ Re: Rails 1.1 Released -SOLVED
186477 [info johnale] mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxiua cupla
186481 [dishmael win] Whew, I was running out of ideas. ;) Glad it's working now.
186505 [benjohn fysh] Still seems to be grinding though. I wonder if gems could also be
+ 186506 [ppalmer nani] What sort of bandwidth is needed? Perhaps I can help set up a mirror
| 186508 [benjohn fysh] It's odd - a lot of the time seems to be taken up by updating the gem
| + 186509 [ppalmer nani] Perhaps it would be possible to mirror the gems as opposed to the site
| | + 186516 [james_b neur] That is what happens now. There are, I think, 6 gems mirrors.
| | + 186662 [tom infoethe] Yup, that's the way it's done now.
| + 186661 [tom infoethe] Exactly right.
+ 186526 [drbrain segm] There are better solutions already on the table. The problem is that
| 186618 [ruby anthrop] }
| 186646 [jim weirichh] The CVS head of rubygems will do incremental downloads of the index
+ 186660 [tom infoethe] The slowdown now is due to the size of the Gem index (and RubyForge's
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