263385-264342

^ reloading a web page
263385 [ja_bowen yah] I am trying to load up some stock charts for a quick
263398 [angus quovad] [Jeffrey Bowen <ja_bowen@yahoo.com>, 2007-08-05 06.23 CEST]

^ [ANN] SuperCaller 1.0.0 Released
263386 [drbrain segm] SuperCaller version 1.0.0 has been released!
263388 [dan-ml dan42] That is really awesome.
263389 [drbrain segm] Impossible, rb_f_binding() is static.  (Well, you could reimplement

^ How can I get HTML's varibles in embeded ruby?
263391 [wzfg singtel] myInput, DataFile,TagFile in the following segment HTML codes.
+ 263393 [shaiguitar g] <form name="myInput" action="deTap3-1.rhtml" method="POST">
| 263407 [dangerwillro] OP didn't say Rails. Could very well be serving some kind of eruby.
+ 263409 [bsimmers cmu] require 'cgi'
| 263436 [wzfg singtel] Thanks a lot.
+ 263493 [lloyd 2live4] Isn't hpricot (http://redhanded.hobix.com/inspect/hpricot01.html) an

^ Belgian Ruby User Group
263396 [calamitates ] We are in the process of setting up the first Belgian Ruby User Group.
+ 263397 [satish.talim] Best wishes to BRUG from PuneRuby (A RUG based in Pune, India).
+ 263538 [bas van-gils] Well ... definitely interested. Belgium is just a bit far away from Deventer

^ Re: [QUIZ] Numbers Can Be Words (#133)
263399 [jamesbkoppel] r two:=0A=0Adict =3D File.open("wordlist.txt"){|f| f.readlines.reject {|wor=
263403 [ jupp gmx.de] Indeed. Here's my two-liner. ARGV[0] is the base to be used, ARGV[1] is

^ Re: [QUIZ] Numbers Can Be Words (#133) [SOLUTION]
263401 [m_goldberg a] Here are some solutions to this quiz. The first solution deliberately

^ [QUIZ] 133
263402 [ruby sttmjoc] here is my solution.

^ Bug in Ruby's PTY extension
263410 [rpbraswell h] I'm new to the ML so please forgive me if this has been discussed
+ 263472 [nobu ruby-la] Does this patch work?
| + 263528 [rpbraswell h] Thanks for your patch.  It is much better than the quick hack that I had
| | 263614 [nobu ruby-la] It has been deleted in 1.8.6 already, since it wasn't used at
| + 263533 [matz ruby-la] Can you commit please?
+ 263504 [djberg96 gma] "In System V, the controlling terminal is the first tty that's opened
  263527 [rpbraswell h] The child process inherits open file descriptors for the pty master and

^ Re: Numbers Can Be Words (#133)
263411 [badcarl gmai] Just a simple regex, the rest is just option parsing.

^ question about public key encryption
263414 [ys_manman ho] does anyone have the experience about public key encryption with ruby? I
263474 [B.Candler po] You could try reading the answers which were given to you before. e.g.

^ APB for Kevin Howe
263419 [transfire gm] Are you around? Anyone know where to locate him?

^ Fwd: Pre-spoiler period solution for RubyQuiz #133
263428 [james graypr] ...

^ Re: [mildly OT] JVM Languages group
263430 [charles.nutt] Let's hope not :) Seriously though, it seems like the time is ripe for
+ 263433 [matt technor] How about Forth?
| + 263435 [znmeb cesmai] Join the group -- I beat you to it. :)
| + 263445 [charles.nutt] Odd you should ask...a group member just expressed an interest in Forth.
+ 263434 [znmeb cesmai] Polyglot programming? Sure, I know a whole bunch of programming

^ Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission
263431 [james graypr] ...

^ Doubts on char patterns into String.each argument
263437 [caof2005 yah] "Substring1 Substring2 Substring3".each( '\s*' ) { | substring |
+ 263440 [nobu ruby-la] What differs?
+ 263443 [kbloom gmail] In ruby, if you want something to be interpreted as a regular expression,
| 263448 [dblack rubyp] puts "Substring1 Substring2 Substring3".split(' ')
+ 263447 [botp delmont] # and it says that the ' ' is just one of the White Characters

^ Re: How to reclaim memory without GC.start [Using up massive amounts of RAM]
263446 [ari aribrown] Finally! I've been waiting for someone to resurrect this thread.
+ 263471 [shortcutter ] a=[];a << " "*1024 while true
+ 263515 [caduceass gm] Why oh why are you asking for this, Ari?
  263523 [ari aribrown] This can be of great use for computers with low memory - You run this
  + 263525 [lionel-subsc] At this moment, other programs have been painfully pushed to swap, so
  + 263539 [caduceass gm] OK.  I might be using up my credibility here, but ...
    263561 [ari aribrown] Well, no, I don't have to, but it would be really nice to be able to
    + 263568 [ara.t.howard] check out /dev/shm or mmap.  to allocate a big string just use
    + 263669 [dangerwillro] It's just generally accepted that the Berkeley and MIT crowd have

^ Watir code problem & http
263449 [ja_bowen yah] I'm trying to use Watir and of course being a none
263677 [pmr16366 gma] you should post this to the watir list ( http://groups.google.ca/group/watir-general?lnk=srg

^ [ANN] Ruby-HL7 0.2.44
263452 [segfault has] What is it?

^ [ANN] icanhasaudio 0.0.3 Released
263453 [aaron tender] icanhasaudio version 0.0.3 has been released!
263454 [ari aribrown] u r 1337!!!111oneoneelevenonehundredeleven
263553 [aaron tender] Thank you!  I've been using it to stream interweb radio to my airport

^ accessing all matches using regex
263455 [spike666 mac] Hey all
+ 263456 [marshall.jim] Have a look at String#scan ("ri String#scan" might do it, depending
+ 263457 [gthiesfeld g] Have a look at String#scan
+ 263460 [dkarapetyan ] look up gsub! for the String class. you can write
  263491 [spike666 mac] you know, I thought about String#scan, but for some reason didn't think

^ JRuby on a huge project
263468 [dafnawe gmai] I am working on a new project built on websphere portal.
+ 263507 [znmeb cesmai] The best advice I can give you is to hire a professional performance
| 263566 [tpo2 sourcep] No, actually, I'll tell you right away: with JRuby you're set. Take my
+ 263570 [charles.nutt] I thought I replied on google groups somewhere, but I can't find it now.
  263573 [gregory.t.br] Out of curiosity, are there any sites in the world that handle 2
  + 263576 [pratiknaik g] I'd say the 2M claim is pure simple BS. Anyone who's gonna make such a
  + 263579 [ news jay.fm] AOL used to handle 1.5M simultaneous, not counting AIM users... I imagine
  + 263764 [dafnawe gmai] Well, yes there are. ebay & mySpace.com.

^ Re: pulling specific dup. elements out of an array
263476 [B.Candler po] Just do the reject first (use reject! if you want to modify the array

^ yield or call?
263480 [ronald.fisch] def f(&b)
+ 263481 [phlip2005 gm] I am learning to consider 'yield' as a fossil of an early Ruby that could
| + 263489 [dblack rubyp] I think that's premature pessimization :-)  See my other post for some
| | 263506 [transfire gm] Is there no way for Ruby to optimize in the &block case? After all,
| + 263494 [robert.dober] Do not do this, yield suffers a lot from a bad reputation it does not
| + 263498 [robert.dober] Do not do this, yield suffers a lot from a bad reputation it does not
| + 263518 [pit.capitain] def x(&b); xx(&b); end
| | 263520 [phlip2005 gm] What if the block were optional?
| | 263521 [james graypr] You can use block_given? to find out if a block was provided.
| | 263530 [pit.capitain] Yes, but not in the helper method. In the code I've shown there's
| | + 263532 [dblack rubyp] I still wouldn't use block.call automatically.  I'd stick to yield
| | + 263535 [daniel.schie] def x
| |   263554 [phlip2005 gm] What about the two kinds of performance? Programmer performance and
| |   263560 [dblack rubyp] Here are some benchmarks, for the two conditionals with and without a
| + 263652 [robert.dober] Do not do this, yield suffers a lot from a bad reputation it does not
|   263653 [robert.dober] I actually wanted to say something about this issue but it seems that
+ 263482 [port001 gmai] Watch out there, "yield b" isn't the same as "b.call", you're probably aware
+ 263485 [sylvain.joye] There is a difference in object allocation. Ruby allocates 1 object for
| 263486 [jan.svitok g] ...
| 263487 [jan.svitok g] Sorry, this was not intentional...
+ 263488 [dblack rubyp] I think you mean just yield (not yield b).
| + 263490 [dblack rubyp] Whoops, that was supposed to be cat yi.rb, followed by ruby yi.rb.  (A
| + 263492 [ronald.fisch] Correct!
+ 263499 [gregory.t.br] In addition to what others have said (especially David Black), they

^ [ANN] South East Michigan Ruby Brigade Meeting - Today!
263483 [winstont umi] (if you are not familiar with campus don't be intimidated, ask on the

^ Can not  puts '\c' in irb
263495 [ronald.fisch] irb(main):016:0> puts '\c'
+ 263497 [lloyd 2live4] What about
| 263510 [ronald.fisch] This works, but that's not the point. The fact is that
| 263522 [keiju ishits] This is a bug of irb. I fix this bug in ruby-trunk(Ruby-1.9).
| 263829 [ronald.fisch] Thank you! I had overlooked your reply and have in the meantime
+ 263508 [ari aribrown] You need to use double quotes " " instead of single quotes ' '

^ Ruby GUI?
263500 [nogot nowher] I am just playing with Ruby at the moment, although seriously enough to
+ 263501 [greg.kujawa ] There's Tk, Qt, GTK, Fox, Wx, and other more obscure widget sets. Like
| 263503 [greg.kujawa ] Forgot to give my $0.02 US. Personally the Qt widget set fit my way of
+ 263502 [stefano.croc] There are very good ruby bindings for Qt, both 3 and 4 and also for KDE 3, if
+ 263516 [Reid.Thompso] View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Ruby-GUI--tf4224342.html#a12018239
+ 263536 [kenneth.m.mc] I'd suggest JRuby/Swing, for crossplatform compatibility.
+ 263624 [phelan tttec] Try on some shoes from _why!  Ultra simple little gui toolkit that
  263895 [phlip2005 gm] Hmm. Now how to make it work like an iPhone?

^ (C ext to Ruby) variable args count class
263511 [yvon.thorava] i have a class "RFile" with varaible aruments number (1 to 3) this
263517 [tim.pease gm] You need an array of type VALUE (either VALUE* or VALUE[2])
263625 [yvon.thorava] Ok thanks very very much !!!

^ [JOB] Ruby/Ruby on Rails(RoR) Developers in London
263513 [recruitment.] charset="us-ascii"

^ question about gtk.ComboBoxEntry
263524 [nephish gmai] i cannot seem to find how to set the active text in a gtk.ComboBoxEntry.
+ 263534 [detlef.reich] your_combo_box_entry.active = x
| 263537 [nephish gmai] thanks !
+ 263791 [martin.portm] but you have to work out index yourself, rather than passing in
  263848 [nephish gmai] thanks for the tip on the mailing list, joining now.

^ Dynamic alias
263540 [transfire gm] Honestly, alias bugs me to know end. When meta-programming, alias is
263542 [transfire gm] Oops! Maybe I meant "To no known end" ;)
263543 [shortcutter ] Oh, and I thought you meant "to no end". :-)

^ Problem with glReadPixels in ruby-opengl
263541 [randy.baden ] I'm having a lot of difficulty understanding the behavior of some of the
263547 [jameskilton ] Interesting way of doing it, that's for sure, but all you'll need to do is
263556 [randy.baden ] Thanks so much!  Your reply wasn't exactly what I needed, but it did

^ Re: Watir code problem & htt
263545 [shawn42 gmai] Jeff,

^ Still testing.....
263546 [ruby reborn.] Really gonna give up... why can't get any post at all....
+ 263548 [gregory.t.br] Don't give up!
+ 263549 [kyleaschmitt] Not sure, have you tried posting like you just did?

^ class String in a module
263562 [gabe dragffy] I have a module file which contains 'class String' and a couple of
+ 263563 [stefano.croc] Do you mean the following situation?
| 263727 [dohzya gmail] module MyMod
+ 263565 [vjoel path.b] module M

^ [ANN] MKERB meeting this Wednesday 8/9
263564 [tdjordan gma] Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday.

^ Oniguruma question
263567 [jonasgalvez ] reg = Oniguruma::ORegexp.new("\p{Lu}", {
263590 [apeiros gmx.] Unfortunately Oniguruma fails to compile here so I can't test, but I

^ [ANN] Free RAM 1.0
263569 [ari aribrown] Hey!
+ 263582 [alexg kuicr.] Other people have explained why this really isn't such a great idea,
| + 263585 [ari aribrown] I can understand why it's not suggested that I forcefully clear the
| | 263591 [alexg kuicr.] I think the point is that you should leave memory management to tools
| + 263607 [znmeb cesmai] But wait!! I'll C your Ruby Inline and raise you one stress test, i.e.,
| + 263726 [steven lumos] int main(int argc, char** argv)
+ 263690 [caduceass gm] Ruby is super flexible.  Do whatever you want with it.  This, I

^ Very weird behaviour of Ruby 1.8.6 with multi-line parenthesis expressions
263571 [nicolas.lehu] I've just lost a few hours on this strange behaviour (bug ?).
+ 263572 [gregory.t.br] + is a unary operator.
| 263575 [nicolas.lehu] OK, now I get it, pluses need to go at the end of the line. Thanks
+ 263574 [pubsub rubyi] +1 is a valid ruby statement by itself. In order for the interpreter to
  263577 [mick hollins] Are there any interesting uses of
  + 263580 [pubsub rubyi] I've seen it used in DSLs (domain specific languages) built with ruby.
  + 263583 [vjoel path.b] module Enumerable
  + 263714 [pit.capitain] I sometimes use +x side by side with -x. For example

^ learning ruby from you?
263584 [significants] I've got an impressively spotty understanding of ruby, linux,
+ 263609 [dzwell gmail] Getting paid help might be hard, because that requires commitment. (You
| 263618 [robert.dober] Which is more, by following Dan's advice invest (part of) the saved
| 263746 [significants] I will definitely start posting my questions here! thanks! I've
+ 263699 [sonoflilit g] I won't be available in the next two weeks because of boot camp, but
  263821 [coder68 yaho] My Ruby is much better than my Hebrew so if anyone can find me an open
  263828 [sonoflilit g] What do you mean by that? How, for example, would an analogue for English work?
  263860 [coder68 yaho] Aur,
  263917 [phelan tttec] You joke yet

^ Alternate Regular Expressions?
263586 [ari aribrown] Just randomly curious -
+ 263588 [phlip2005 gm] I don't know. So here's a dissertation on where to start.
| 263592 [ari aribrown] Ugh. If I must (which I must). What would you suggest as syntax?
| + 263593 [TimHunter nc] RMagick OS X Installer [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rmagick/]
| + 263596 [kenneth.m.mc] Ari,
| | 263602 [ari aribrown] I'm moderately serious. This is going to be one of those projects
| | + 263606 [kenneth.m.mc] Reflecting on my own experience, I'd suggest a less verbose notation,
| | + 263612 [shortcutter ] You cannot do this because Hashes are unordered so you loose the
| | + 263628 [dblack rubyp] Regular expressions are nothing if not logical :-)  And readability,
| | | 263651 [neoneye gmai] at that point in time. Maybe it's useful to somebody?
| | | 263664 [dangerwillro] Ari,
| | | 263670 [ari aribrown] I was actually 2 unread emails away from writing the list, thanking
| | + 263650 [ymendel pobo] Ari,
| | | 263675 [kenneth.m.mc] Speaking as someone who has actually written and used (in Python) a more
| | | + 263685 [ari aribrown] Thanks! I was actually thinking about this myself.
| | | | 263785 [shortcutter ] Did you think about something like this (attached)?  This is just a
| | | | 263918 [pit.capitain] I like this! A readable DSL for regular expressions.
| | | + 263740 [dan-ml dan42] I agree with this and that's why I have the following add-on in my
| | | + 263744 [apeiros gmx.] # example taken from an example earlier in this thread
| | + 263743 [_mwryder wor] Another way to do something like this is to use a "compound" regular
| + 263597 [phlip2005 gm] You missed where I said I didn't know the actual answer.
+ 263642 [ed.odanow wo] Snobol4 pattern are now available as a Python library. It should be

^ ActiveRecord problems
263595 [seinfeld90 g] /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/base.rb:1857:in
+ 263598 [rpbraswell g] What is the schema for articles in the DB to which you are connecting?
+ 263600 [mark.gallop ] Does Article.columns list body? What happens if you assign body a short
  263601 [seinfeld90 g] Wow....I feel dumb.  I had left CocoaMySQL open and I guess I hadn't

^ Ruby lib for downloading stock quotes?
263599 [kenneth.m.mc] Just as the title says...couldn't find anything obvious with a couple of
263603 [list.push gm] Does this do what you want?
263608 [kenneth.m.mc] Yes, that looks perfect. Thanks!

^ Best graphing libraries?
263604 [kenneth.m.mc] There are, of course, a plethora of choices for doing graphing in Ruby
+ 263633 [chris.lowis ] I don't know if it is the best, as I've not tried too many other
+ 263898 [rogerpack200] gruff is all right--the killer app doesn't seem to quite exist.  Google
+ 264342 [Digikata gma] On Aug 6, 8:17 pm, Kenneth McDonald <kenneth.m.mcdon...@sbcglobal.net>

^ Re: [ANN] [OT] Free RAM 1.0
263605 [dzwell gmail] It's good when your computer uses most of its ram. Seriously, you didn't

^ Re: Still testing..... ( Thank you everybody ! Made SUCCESS now ! The POP service was jammed yesterday ! )
263610 [ruby reborn.] This message has been scanned for viruses and

^ I came from Perl, and would ask for some quick start point
263613 [ruby reborn.] Dear all,
+ 263616 [shortcutter ] Welcome to the world of Ruby!  You'll find it's a most pleasant place.
| 263620 [robert.dober] I'd like to add, do not top post, but that seems to be well known anyway ;)
| 263905 [ruby reborn.] Thank you very much folks ! I so feel safe to walk in now !
+ 263623 [ronald.fisch] I personally use jEdit, together with the plugins "Sidekick" and
| + 263626 [botp delmont] # Alternatively, you might want to have a look at Arcadia
| + 263755 [ruby reborn.] That's Wow! so I try immediately.... but I got the error of unable to
|   263772 [ronald.fisch] You need to install Tk (Arcadia is a Ruby language which uses
+ 263649 [Pawel Stawic] I use Netbeans.
| 263657 [znmeb cesmai] If you're just looking for an editor, most of them are good enough. I
+ 263655 [kaldrenon gm] Well if you've been on Usenet for any extended time (especially
+ 263909 [richard.conr] Top posting is a no no here (i.e. replying to a mail with your response