224238-226475

^ BLT -- integrating into Ruby
224238 [lynchnco pat] BLT is a very nice graphics package. Does anyone know how to integrate
+ 224263 [m_goldberg a] require 'tk'
+ 224292 [nagai ai.kyu] 1. Install BLT for your Tcl/Tk.
+ 224314 [ng johnwlong] <quip>
  224325 [martindemell] martin

^ Re: QtRuby 1.4.7
224239 [richard.j.da] mardigras rdale 165% find . -name qtguess.pl.in -print
224275 [shea null.ne] Sorry to be so stupid, but then what? Do I run them individually?
224329 [richard.j.da] Yes, 'perl qtguess.pl' and then 'perl generate.pl'.

^ Spliting a line and passing the results
224245 [seanhussey g] I'm not quite sure what the best way to go about this is.  I have a
224248 [jcribbs netp] Well, if #update and #new are looking for the variables in the same
224256 [shortcutter ] Or even
224258 [seanhussey g] Wow.  Now THAT is what I'm talking about.
224272 [seanhussey g] Actually, let me step back.  This is really good, but what if I wanted
224278 [jan.svitok g] KEYS = %w[ name id phone color temperature dog password ]
224302 [seanhussey g] That's fantastic.  Thank you!
224323 [shortcutter ] I am not sure what you actually gain with this - unless of course your
224364 [seanhussey g] I guess I'd just rather not depend on the order of the fields in the
224368 [shortcutter ] Not to me.  The order of fields must be taken care of by the /parsing/

^ Overwriting the Integer class for method succ! (instead of just succ)
224246 [pjvleeuwen g] A little thing that is bugging me is that I don't know how to do a
+ 224247 [ara.t.howard] it can't be done in ruby.  there are many thing which can't be done in java
+ 224250 [phurley gmai] The short answer is what you are trying is impossible. Ruby variables
+ 224251 [rmagick gmai] ...
+ 224257 [james graypr] count+=1
| 224264 [pjvleeuwen g] Thanks all! I became so much wiser now. I gues I didn't find this
| + 224276 [TimHunter nc] I think it's because this behavior is considered to be part of Ruby's
| + 224277 [jan.svitok g] If you know a bit of C, it's pretty interesting to read the ruby
| + 224285 [lopx gazeta.] Nope, since Fixnum is an immediate value (variables are copied - not the
| + 224377 [shortcutter ] You cannot do this (even in C) because Fixnum is immutable.  Every
+ 224385 [pubsub rubyi] The rubyish way to do

^ can't seem to write to a file properly
224249 [pbailey bna.] Can someone help me diagnose what's going on with my script? Part of it
224252 [adam.shelly ] #{totalpages.to_i}\nshowpage\n")
224260 [pbailey bna.] Great. Thanks, Adam. As often happens, I was making my life complicated.

^ Re: [OT] can you rubyfy this?
224262 [david vallne] o?od
224343 [robert.dober] Ah just a synonym for fun, I was just worried ;)

^ [Ruby Newbie] Reading in a file generated by df
224273 [lovell.mcilw] I'm here at work and was hit with a very interesting problem. My boss
+ 224279 [stefano.croc] I'd say your code is correct. I tried it myself, and it works. I use
+ 224309 [vihanpandey ] Your logic is correct, but if a human being is monitoring that disk space,
  224315 [nepentherepr] Why create the file at all?

^ Can't get eval to reference $1, $2, etc
224281 [nwiger scea.] Ok, so I have this array of pairs that control file movements, for
224282 [nwiger scea.] Answered my own question (of course)... here's a way to do this by using

^ Re: the name of Matz
224289 [joeat303 yah] Related to this subject, is "why" his first name or family name? And how
+ 224294 [wilsonb gmai] The underscore represents the intake of breath before speaking his name.
+ 224296 [matz ruby-la] I've heard that it's his REAL first name.
  224297 [ben bleythin] For what it's worth, I've heard that too.  There was a Discussion on
  224298 [hal9000 hype] I heard that it was "based on" his first name -- Wyatt
  + 224299 [joeat303 yah] why is his first name eh? Then would it be "Mr. The Lucky Stiff" or "Mr.
  + 224304 [ara.t.howard] it's here hal, that we disagree!  ;-)

^ Trying to get pack to work with the * template character
224290 [jchahn cox.n] Ok, here's a snippet of my code.
+ 224311 [gavin refine] I know very little about #pack, so I can't help you there. However, I
+ 224360 [tim.pease gm] Correct me if I guess incorrectly here, but it looks like you want to
+ 224486 [rosco roscop] As Tim said, ruby does include a base64 library which will probably do

^ Minimizing the Risk of Deploying .NET Applications
224291 [gazmcgheesub] <humor value="cheap">

^ accessing caller's binding implicitly
224300 [ben bleythin] As part of my IRB shell history hack (shameless plug[1]), I need to be
+ 224303 [dblack wobbl] Do you know about Binding.of_caller by Florian Gross?  I'm not sure
+ 224306 [transfire gm] Unfortuately not. The binding-of-caller hack is "out of order" last I
| 224353 [james graypr] 2Bof%2Bcaller
+ 224376 [rubyfan gmai] Ben,
  224379 [ben bleythin] It might work, but it brings up another problem, namely that I'm trying

^ Ruby/MySQL/Rails timeseries QN
224305 [pbooth nocoi] I'm starting an application that will create, persist, query, and

^ win32/process question
224310 [joevandyk gm] # start notepad
224312 [joevandyk gm] I guess I should note that this is after I require 'win32/process'
224326 [phasis68 hot] Refer to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/ms686722.aspx,
+ 224374 [joevandyk gm] Fantastic, thanks!
+ 224375 [joevandyk gm] So, if I use Process.create to create a new process, and I want to
  224419 [phasis68 hot] You cannot close the hanle if the process is still alive. You can use
  224421 [joevandyk gm] If I use Process.waitpid in a thread, all the other threads seem to
  224426 [phasis68 hot] require 'win32/process'
  224433 [joevandyk gm] Thanks -- I'll try that.  I'm not exactly sure what those functions do

^ unit testing with uncertainty
224316 [martin.anker] good floating point values for optimization problems. I have several
+ 224317 [farrel.lifso] Could you make use of assert_in_delta? It's in Test::Unit. You can
+ 224324 [mikewoodhous] You can use a predetermined random number sequence (or sequences) for
  224369 [martin.anker] If I used a predetermined random number I cannot make much changes in

^ Dynamic Modules
224319 [sur.max gmai] We can dynamically include a module in a class as...
224333 [ruby anthrop] } We can dynamically include a module in a class as...
224334 [sur.max gmai] Thanx Greg !!

^ [ANN] FastRI 0.1.1 (fast+smart ri docs searching): configurable search strategies
224328 [ mfp acm.org] FastRI is an alternative to the ri command-line tool. It is *much* faster, and
224338 [scoopr iki.f] Excellent work. Works perfectly on my osx box.
+ 224413 [ mfp acm.org] Sure, I'll implement it; it will probably be in 0.2.0. I always hated that
+ 224414 [ mfp acm.org] =====

^ [ANN] Ruby-Lang.org in Korean, Polish and Spanish
224330 [blaumag gmai] The official Ruby language website is now available in English,
+ 224337 [hgs dmu.ac.u] Yes, and the fact that they've had to commit to keeping this stuff
| 224354 [james graypr] I don't think this is much of an issue, since the site redirects
| 224356 [hgs dmu.ac.u] Oh, didn't notice that for obvious reasons.  Nice idea.
+ 224371 [ramalho gmai] I'd like to contribute to the Brazilian Portuguese translation. If you

^ Rails vs. Asp.Net politics
224331 [leslieviljoe] I have the deciding vote in a new (rather large) web app we need to
+ 224332 [peter semant] Well you could sell it as a good CV move for them. In the end they will
| 224336 [leslieviljoe] I think so, although in the backwater of South Africa, very few people
| 224402 [nithiaji gur] All I can say is that you're not looking at my bookshelf :) From
| 224410 [leslieviljoe] Wow, I have searched this backwater as best as I could to find other
| + 224430 [jameshcunnin] Best,
| | 224461 [juapdiaz gma] how i create a game a ruby?
| + 224519 [nithiaji gur] I'm mostly a Java programmer (yes, I know, the Dark Side :), but I
|   224520 [juapdiaz gma] the better is rubby that asp.net
+ 224339 [lkmlists luk] How about picking a small slice of the app and doing two week-long
| + 224340 [sur.max gmai] go for Rails only !!
| + 224346 [leslieviljoe] Great idea!
| | 224355 [tanner.burso] Also, if you do end up looking back at C#, take a look at Monorail[0].  It's
| | 224357 [leslieviljoe] Ah thanks, I am already using Castle ActiveRecord.
| + 224586 [masukomi gma] remember if you want it to be fair choose different parts of the app
+ 224358 [matt technor] ASP.NET limits you to running on Windows.  Rails runs well on Windows,
| 224493 [david vallne] Which few people actually need. It's a requirement to be evaluated as
+ 224359 [ruby anthrop] } I have the deciding vote in a new (rather large) web app we need to
+ 224370 [richard.conr] I am scratching my head here, but isn't there some project out there
+ 224372 [lynchnco pat] Good afternoon,
+ 224373 [bauer.mail g] If you'll still be developing and deploying on a Windows box, you can
| 224387 [leslieviljoe] I have looked at RubyCLR but it seems really green. I have not gotten
| + 224391 [GENIE prodig] For RubyCLR, have you tried the gem?  I installed the gem a couple weeks
| | 224396 [leslieviljoe] Probably with the older version of Ruby? I just updated the
| | 224881 [GENIE prodig] I run Ruby 1.8.4 on Windows
| + 224462 [juapdiaz gma] where are you from?
+ 224498 [david vallne] Playing devil's advocate, if the rest of the team only really knows C#

^ Starting a system command and letting it be?
224347 [darenbell gm] I'm writing a web service that accepts a call to initiate a few
+ 224349 [farrel.lifso] You could just use ruby threads?
| 224495 [david vallne] If the scripts do anything with standard input, they could hijack the
| 224788 [darenbell gm] Sorry for not responding sooner, but I was out of my office since my
+ 224350 [ara.t.howard] by far the simplest is
| + 224361 [darenbell gm] OK, that was too obvious.  :)
| | 224363 [ara.t.howard] perhaps, but probably caused by another issue.  there's no reason why that
| + 224362 [darenbell gm] OK, that was too obvious.  :)
+ 224351 [nwitmer gmai] Have a look at BackgrounDRb, it's a rails plugin designed specifically

^ [ANN] RSpec-0.7.1
224348 [dchelimsky g] RSpec-0.7.1 is now available. It comprises some bug fixes and a couple

^ [QUIZ] VCR Program Manager (#101)
224352 [james graypr] 1.  Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until
+ 224587 [kurt.hindenb] Is this test suite exhaustive?  I'm rather surprised my first
| 224663 [james graypr] If you feel something is missing, feel free to add it.
| 224749 [gthiesfeld s] Here is my solution.  I used runt for handling scheduling.  The most recently added program wins in a conflict.
+ 224834 [francois.bea] I don't know what the ethics are about writing a solution for your own
| 226475 [kbloom gmail] I've done it for my quizzes, usually while writing the quiz. Last time,
+ 224874 [jamie.macey ] I started from the first test class here, and progressively re-enabled
  225133 [james graypr] When I was new from to Ruby, from Perl, I use to think those ad hoc
  225169 [jamie.macey ] I think that there's a trade-off here.  If you have a stupid (no
  225198 [james graypr] Good point.
  225208 [adam.shelly ] So it seems I've already missed the summary, but here's my solution.

^ thread death callback to be called after fork
224365 [ara.t.howard] t = Thread.new{ sleep }
+ 224381 [tim.pease gm] I did this quick experiment to see exactly what was going on. Create
+ 224400 [vjoel path.b] Notification would also be useful in case the thread is holding some

^ undefined method `mails' for #<Net::POPMail 1> (NoMethodErro
224378 [friofool gma] I'm trying to do a method to get mail via pop3 server.

^ MountainWest RubyConf call for presenters (2nd notice)
224382 [pat.eyler gm] The MountainWest RubyConf is being planned for Mar 16 and 17 2007,

^ Any hooks in rdoc ?
224386 [vincent.four] I'm currently writing a "not so small anymore" project involving a
224850 [drbrain segm] There isn't one, sorry. :(
225079 [vincent.four] Pity. Do you think it would be possible to add such a thing without
+ 225187 [drbrain segm] It is a frequently requested feature, go for it.
+ 225189 [gregory.t.br] This would be excellent, if someone could swing it.

^ [rake] PATCH: rule with regex executed twice for same matching string
224388 [vjoel path.b] This seems to be a bug in rake. It affects rules with multiple

^ gateway horked?
224389 [ara.t.howard] at least i don't see this via all channels
224394 [james graypr] James Edward Gray II

^ more on gateway...
224390 [ara.t.howard] i also don't see this
+ 224393 [vincent.four] Could you be a little more precise about what you don't see ? Both
+ 224395 [james graypr] James Edward Gray II
  224397 [ara.t.howard] hmmm.  must be on our end though.  it's strange, i seem to get some messages,

^ looking for some feedback about Certification
224398 [pat.eyler gm] Aaah, nothing like a good controversial topic to stir up a holy war
+ 224401 [gustav rails] lol
| + 224406 [phurley gmai] With the growing size of the Ruby community (and demand for Ruby
| | + 224408 [vjoel path.b] What about assigning each student to make contributions to ruby and to
| | | + 224409 [gregory.t.br] I think this sort of metric would be much more meaningful than a
| | | + 224416 [pat.eyler gm] I've tried to respond on my blog to all the points made so far.
| | | + 224436 [james.britt ] Hey, what a great idea!
| | + 224481 [sigma.kappa ] Well, I second that. And here's why: I always thought that nearly
| |   + 224525 [james graypr] Well said.  I agree completely.
| |   + 224534 [znmeb cesmai] Lack of certification in many instances means there will not be an
| + 224434 [james.britt ] I have a hard time believing that someone who appreciates Ruby will want
|   224675 [chneukirchen] I should make business cards labeled
+ 224437 [nospam nosit] / ... snipping all but the meat ...
+ 224439 [dblack wobbl] I think it's fine for the institution to offer a certificate in Ruby
| + 224443 [gilesb gmail] Certification isn't particularly useful in terms of finding a job. I
| | 224464 [james graypr] Wow, I don't think my Java certification taught me Java at all.
| | 224471 [gilesb gmail] I got totally inaccurate information about how hard that test would
| + 224446 [james.britt ] Jamis' comment on Pat's blog, though, hit the nail on the head in
| | + 224451 [pat.eyler gm] Except that a certificate is also a well-known and frequently used
| | + 224454 [dblack wobbl] I guess I'm coming at it from having been involved for many years in
| | + 224456 [znmeb cesmai] And in some corporate cultures, certification is a political necessity.
| |   + 224458 [dblack wobbl] When I was AbD I was a Master of Arts :-)
| |   | 224529 [james.britt ] Now a Master of the Black Arts.
| |   + 224460 [caldridge gm] To increase validity and assure authentication, the certification
| |   | 224463 [gregory.t.br] The students should be asked to post to RubyTalk indicating they've
| |   | 224501 [david vallne] Ugh. Just. Ugh. IIRC my optional school Java course and the level of
| |   + 224530 [james.britt ] I was referring to the Scarecrow wishing for brain, but the Wizard
| + 224447 [pat.eyler gm] *sigh*, as is far too often the case, I did a really bad job of
+ 224445 [znmeb cesmai] 1. Microsoft certifications, Cisco certifications and Red Hat
| + 224455 [matt technor] I have several IBM certifications on AIX and related products.  Given the
| | + 224466 [james graypr] Amen!
| | | + 224468 [znmeb cesmai] I disagree. If a programmer has any experience at all, he or she has to
| | | + 224584 [robert.dober] No I think just talking to the person would be sufficient, but that seems to
| | + 224503 [david vallne] Being able to describe in words some of the technologies namedropped on
| + 224465 [james graypr] Wow, it's a good thing I don't hire people.  I would make pretty much
|   224467 [znmeb cesmai] I'll agree on number 2. But passion can mean a lot of things, including
+ 224494 [ramsayw1 com] I would certainly hire any student who can become an expert after three
  224500 [dblack wobbl] I don't think the idea is to treat three courses as a drop-in

^ Re: undefined method `mails' for #<Net::POPMail 1> (NoMethod
224399 [stefano.croc] There's a mistake in your code. conn.mails return an array of the mails

^ method_missing behaves differently when a method is called via reflection?
224403 [Brian.Hartin] For certain methods, it seems to behave differently if called via
224405 [lukfugl gmai] All Kernel methods are private. Usually, a Kernel method is called in
224407 [Brian.Hartin] Thanks Jacob.  I should have thought of that; it's just like Java

^ [ANN] Ruby on Rails Training in Atlanta
224404 [obiefernande] In case anyone is interested, I'll be teaching a 4-day Ruby on Rails
224448 [znmeb cesmai] This is *exactly* the sort of thing I had in mind in my post about

^ [ANN] turn 0.1.0 Released
224411 [tim.pease gm] turn version 0.1.0 has been released!
+ 224412 [vincent.four] That definitely looks better ;-) ...
+ 224420 [ruby anthrop] } turn version 0.1.0 has been released!
| + 224422 [tim.pease gm] Done, and done!
| + 224856 [drbrain segm] These are really necessary.  How are you supposed to run any of the
|   224878 [ruby anthrop] } >My only issue with it is its dependency on both the hoe and  rubyforge
+ 224789 [ms pccl.info] Looks great!
| 224795 [ms pccl.info] Bleh, ignore me. require 'turn' on line 4 of test/test_helper.rb seems to do
+ 225058 [james graypr] I don't want to belittle this library, but just to be sure, users
  + 225059 [juapdiaz gma] how i install ruby and webrick in ubuntu?
  + 225147 [tim.pease gm] The biggest difference between Test::Unit verbose mode and TURN output
    225150 [james graypr] Oh nifty.  I didn't know that.  I like it.