391884-392412

^ [ANN] col 1.0.1
391884 [gsinclair gm] If you want a dash of color in your Ruby console program, use
391900 [w3gat nwlaga] Love the idea.  Where do I find "tap"
391901 [gsinclair gm] Ah... Object#tap is a Ruby 1.9 feature that doesn't exist in 1.8.
391903 [gsinclair gm] Col v1.0.2 has been released.  It is compatible with Ruby 1.8.6+.  I

^ Re: Making questionable headway with erubis.
391888 [b.candler po] The trouble is, almost nobody runs Ruby this way any more, and so you're

^ noob question regarding strings
391890 [linusphan ya] I am still learning Ruby, my question is,
+ 391891 [steve stevek] A string literal is anything in double quotes written in your program.
+ 391892 [peter vanden] First Google hit for "ruby doc string"
+ 391894 [linusphan ya] Thank you Steve and Peter for answering my question, but I'm still
| 391895 [dunsmoreb gm] No as they do not reference another object.  You can tell they are
+ 391896 [linusphan ya] Thank you Bryan for answering the question. It helped.

^ segfault while attempting to push a gem
391897 [gsinclair gm] In running the command "gem push pkg/whitestone-1.0.0.gem", it is
391898 [gsinclair gm] I worked around the problem by using system ruby instead of RVM.

^ [ANN] whitestone 1.0.1 -- simple and succinct unit testing
391899 [gsinclair gm] A long time ago, I imagined my ideal unit testing library.  In the middle

^ soap error message
391905 [dickyhide gm] I want to use soap and I installed gem soap4r-1.5.8.
391914 [priyankapath] Are you using ruby version 1.9.x than it requires to add patch in
391945 [dickyhide gm] Thanks I will try it.

^ [ANN] taglib-ruby 0.3.0 "Snoop Ogg"
391909 [robin nibor.] I'm pleased to announce version 0.3.0 of taglib-ruby, jokingly

^ String filtering
391911 [gultekinmg g] I want to get the name of a subdirectory.
391916 [gultekinmg g] p x[/#{Alternative_Plugin_Dir}([^*]*)/,1]

^ [ANN] test-unit 2.4.4
391912 [kou cozmixng] test-unit 2.4.4 has been released.

^ [ANN] test-unit-rails 1.0.0
391913 [kou cozmixng] test-unit-rails 1.0.0 had been released!

^ Is this message rejected with a 5.7.1
391917 [ralphs dos32] I am trying to post a message but am getting kicked out with a 5.7.1.  This is a test with a more-or-less empty message

^ File size of web-based flv.  Reading some bytes from a web-based file.
391918 [ralphs dos32] This is such a noobie question.

^ File size of web-based flv.  Reading some bytes from a web-based file.
391919 [ralphs dos32] This is such a noobie question.
391920 [nested.bit g] You should probably make a HEAD request and parse Content-Length header
391921 [ralphs dos32] Could you beef up the example/explanation a bit, please.
391924 [hassan.schro] using net/http -- something like

^ Expected argument 1 of type uint8_t, but got Fixnum 7
391922 [mcpierce gma] On our project, which is primarily written in C++, I have the above
+ 391925 [shortcutter ] There are some macros and functions for conversion, IIRC in ruby.h.
+ 391926 [ammarabuali ] NUM2CHR in ruby.h. I don't think it distinguishes between signed and

^ Re: Create web application using ruby not with frameworks
391927 [b.candler po] It depends what you mean 'not with the frameworks', because I think
+ 391928 [lake lakeden] Nice answer, Brian.
+ 391932 [peter vanden] Very interesting.
  + 391939 [luke.gru gma] I started writing a little microframework built on top of Sinatra for
  | 391954 [matma.rex gm] Have you ever tried Camping? I haven't had time to dig thru your code,
  | 391975 [luke.gru gma] Yeah, the Camping code is really fun to read. Basically, Studio54 tries
  + 391949 [b.candler po] If you go in below this level, then you're on your own.

^ ANN: Sequel 3.31.0 Released
391929 [code jeremye] Sequel is a lightweight database access toolkit for Ruby.

^ Desktop ui testing options
391934 [johnsayeau g] With python and sikuli I can test desktop programs. Are there any Ruby
+ 391936 [steve stevek] You can use sikuli to test Ruby apps too, iirc.
+ 391943 [richard.conr] You might want to look into some extensions based on the AutoIT windows

^ Looping through an array of hashes? help
391935 [stress4 gmai] is a sample of what im trying to do.
+ 391937 [tony.arcieri] The each { |i| there doesn't give you an index like you're expecting.
| 391938 [tony.arcieri] Err whoops, here's a version without the Water::IE duck type class I made :)
+ 391941 [stress4 gmai] Perfect, thank you for the response. It does exactly what i was looking

^ install ruby1.9 on redhat3
391944 [dickyhide gm] My lab workstation is redhat3 and the ruby version is 1.6.8.
391947 [b.candler po] Google 'ruby rvm'.
391970 [dickyhide gm] Thank you very much,

^ error : `load_without_new_constant_marking': no such file to load -- mon grel_rails (MissingSourceF
391946 [ankita.negi1] I am using rails 2.2.2 with ruby 1.8.7.

^ eventmachine http
391948 [aggouni2002 ] I am working on a ruby script that download some web page (from a list
+ 391950 [pete peterhi] pete
+ 391952 [aggouni2002 ] thx,

^ Including/selecting modules based on the methods they define
391951 [jhart spoofe] At http://spoofed.org/go.tar.gz I've put a simplified version of a problem
391955 [matma.rex gm] gain, I
391956 [jhart spoofe] 2012/1/4 Bartosz Dziewo=C5=84ski <matma.rex@gmail.com>
391960 [jhart spoofe] I was able to solve this by removing the imports from each plugin.rb,

^ [ANN] Rails 3.2.0.rc2 has been released
391953 [santiago wye] Rails 3.2.0.rc2 has been released. **Update your Gemfile to depend on

^ organizing a complex gem
391957 [code apotheo] I need to organize a project into a gem, and would like some ideas about
+ 391966 [transfire gm] $HOME/.yourappname/
| 391968 [code apotheo] Where would I store this within the gem/project directory hierarchy,
| 391978 [transfire gm] Ah, you mean for a default setup? You should keep it in your project,
| 391982 [code apotheo] It kinda looks like you're still talking about post-installation paths.
| 391986 [transfire gm] lib/foo/
| 391987 [code apotheo] ~/src/project_name/data/foo ?
| 392017 [transfire gm] <a href="https://github.com/rubyworks/setup/wiki/Creating-Packages">https://github.com/rubyworks/setup/wiki/Creating-Packages</a><br>
| 392022 [code apotheo] Thanks.  That's a big help.
+ 392037 [now bitwi.se] If the user is expected to (be able to) edit it, then =E2=80=9Cetc=E2=80=9D=

^ Using Ruby to organize ones music collection
391958 [its.code.in.] Hey!
+ 391959 [normalperson] I've been thinking about doing something with taglib-ruby.  It'd be all
| 391980 [its.code.in.] Yeah, to hell with GUIs! Didn't know about vorbistagedit - nice find!
| 391991 [its.code.in.] Updated https://gist.github.com/1566053 a little. What y'all think?
+ 392038 [robin nibor.] It's in Python, but it works nicely for my use case, uses MusicBrainz
  392043 [its.code.in.] Thanks a bunch for getting back at me man. It's an honor to be blessed with

^ [ANN] rake-remote_task 2.0.6 Released
391961 [ryand-ruby z] rake-remote_task version 2.0.6 has been released!

^ need help in parsing xml
391962 [harshadmehta] I have an xml structure like below and would like to store the activity
+ 391994 [shortcutter ] You should at least mention which XML parser you are using.
+ 392039 [harshadmehta] I am using REXML Parser.
+ 392076 [harshadmehta] I got it using a different way to generate the hash structure -

^ MOVING A RUBY ENVIRONMENT
391963 [manavkbgupta] I have been using Ruby for a project since 2 months. Now I have to move
391964 [bhaveshlette] It will not take more time to install Ruby in new system it would be
391965 [manavkbgupta] Thanks Bhavesh for your suggestions.
391967 [josh.cheek g] It would be easiest and most reliable to just use Bundler (

^ crontab and ruby script
391969 [dickyhide gm] I used crontab command such as
+ 391974 [nested.bit g] Looks ok. I don't think you need execute permission either, just read
| 391997 [dickyhide gm] Thanks,
+ 391976 [cidza tin.it] I am quite noob
| 391992 [zachary zach] You could also try using [whenever](http://github.com/javan/whenever)
+ 391995 [ryand-ruby z] Run 'env -i $SHELL --norc'. It will bring up a new naked shell that is =
| 391998 [dickyhide gm] So I add this command 'env -i $SHELL --norc' on crontab directly?
| 392057 [shortcutter ] No.  This was intended for testing only.
+ 391999 [dickyhide gm] I write a script which it can link to ftp server and to download files.

^ integrating requirements in the code
391971 [job.nijenhui] I'm a very new Ruby user, but I ran into a few problems.

^ [ANN] Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.0
391973 [kou cozmixng] The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.0.
392032 [ashbbb gmail] At first, thank you for the release of Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.0.
392362 [ashbbb gmail] Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.1 released
392376 [ashbbb gmail] Sorry, I made a quick and wrong judgment. xx-P
392382 [zachary zach] What does green_shoes use for audio and video now?
+ 392411 [ashbbb gmail] Thank you for the good information.
+ 392412 [kou cozmixng] In <CAH6G9XOF2Y=4Jc3JUjEfrtw2E+Jyzfs8p8cnoCTY_Kwp7sMtfA@mail.gmail.com>

^ [ANN] inversion 0.5.0 Released
391977 [ged FaerieMU] inversion version 0.5.0 has been released!

^ Re: Facebook like notification system
391979 [leszek.kalwa] Anyone of you know or use solution similar to facebook wall

^ Using a util class in ruby.
391981 [namratark ya] I have a the following
+ 391985 [b.candler po] I think you mean if p1 = Profession.new
+ 391988 [namratark ya] Yes, I meant p1 = Profession.new

^ 'with-static-linked-ext' does what, now?
391989 [myphatproxy ] I had thought from readme.ext that configuring with the
+ 391993 [code apotheo] I'd guess it means that the libraries on which the interpreter depends
+ 392075 [myphatproxy ] It's regarding the configure options when building Ruby.  What I'm
| 392094 [luislavena g] Ruby README, section "How to compile and install"
+ 392095 [shevegen lin] Is it even possible to compile and use a completely static ruby variant
  392099 [myphatproxy ] Yes, I had already removed the comment marks from the appropriate lines.

^ Trouble getting ffi and getmntinfo to work
391990 [djberg96 gma] I'm trying to use getmntinfo on OSX (Snow leopard), but I can't seem to
392042 [djberg96 gma] Oops, apparently I have to explicitly call getmntinfo64 because,

^ Shoes Experts - Can someone explain this
391996 [fs_tigre hot] I have been practicing with Shoes and currently enjoying it.
+ 392004 [richard.conr] If you use both what is the difference?
| 392005 [ashbbb gmail] Wow, glad to hear that. Thanks for the post. :)
+ 392006 [fs_tigre hot] Thanks a lot for the clarification! Make sense now
| + 392007 [serialhex gm] i dont think 90% of the ruby-talkers would mind, but we also have a shoes
| + 392008 [ashbbb gmail] Yes, of course.
+ 392009 [fs_tigre hot] I'm already subscribed to that mailing list but I don't fully understand
  392026 [ashbbb gmail] Librelist is a free mailing list. Although it doesn't reflect the changes

^ [ANN] Debuglog 1.0.1
392000 [gsinclair gm] = SYNOPSIS

^ rubygems 1.8.14 breaks yaml?
392001 [joelvanderwe] The following started happening after updating rubygems to 1.8.14 today.
392015 [devongall gm] Confirmed - I had the exact same problem.  Reverting back to 1.8.12
392016 [joelvanderwe] Thanks for checking. Filing bug now...

^ IRB in ruby means?
392002 [sathish.babu] what does IRB stands for and what is its purpose in ruby?
392003 [nested.bit g] Interactive ruby shell. Its read-evaluate-print loop, so can write ruby
392021 [b.candler po] ...which would have been the first hit you would have got if you had

^ Character Set 'ISO number' to Ruby Encoding
392010 [henry_thebui] I'm trying to decode (convert to utf8) some string from medical data

^ Tk Bwidget on windows
392011 [jon jbc.me.u] the following line taken from the (otherwise extremely helpful)
+ 392014 [joelvanderwe] Does bwidget work from tk code (not ruby)? Maybe there's something
+ 392018 [jon.forums g] require 'tk'
+ 392019 [jon jbc.me.u] Cheers for that. The Tile thing helps a lot. I think I am getting
+ 392035 [nagai ai.kyu] Probably you can get BWidget extension from ActiveTcl package.
+ 392059 [fred fdtec.n] Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

^ Re: gem install mysql error
392013 [westonplatte] This worked for me.

^ eventmachine callback
392020 [aggouni2002 ] I am trying to use eventmachine last days, I used it for http request
392040 [matma.rex gm] This error means the cl variable is nil. Therefore Myclass#method

^ ruby redis mysql
392023 [aggouni2002 ] Is there a way to use redis to store information and than replicate it

^ one liner to insert line in a file
392025 [neubyr gmail] Can someone help to come up with Ruby one-liner to add a line at the
+ 392027 [gsinclair gm] What have you tried so far?
+ 392029 [neubyr gmail] $ ruby -i -pe 'print "First Line\n" if $.==1' filename.txt
  392030 [josh.cheek g] Love this!
  392031 [gsinclair gm] If you pass multiple files on the command line, they're combined
  392034 [josh.cheek g] Yeah, I guess it's basically awk's NR, but it seems like there should be

^ Calling a function!
392033 [serpentinexc] Source is attached.
+ 392036 [jgabrielygal] hero.damage
+ 392044 [serpentinexc] Thank you very much Jesus! This is really helpful and exactly what I

^ Re: xmpp4r and openfire 3.7
392041 [mike.simkins] Can you define 'not work'

^ [ANN] nio4r 0.2.2 : high performance IO selectors for Ruby
392045 [tony.arcieri] nio4r provides a high performance IO selector API which lets you watch

^ [ANN] rake-compiler 0.8.0 Released
392046 [luislavena g] rake-compiler version 0.8.0 has been released!

^ mysqlplus gem
392047 [aggouni2002 ] I have installed Ruby 1.9.2 and mysql gem and I am trying to install
+ 392051 [luislavena g] I don't think mysqlplus gem works under Windows.
+ 392060 [aggouni2002 ] thx for the answer

^ Re: Building your own string sorting method
392048 [robert.reiz.] Hey jlc,

^ NArray - from coordinates to index
392049 [moshimoshi.h] How can we convert a coordinates to an index?
+ 392053 [ryand-ruby z] a[0,1] == 10b3 == 1*3^1+0*3^0 == 1*3+0*1 == 3
+ 392056 [chris.lervag] index = col_index + row_index * num_cols

^ Http proxy, string chomp error is nil?
392050 [i8igmac aim.] im building a proxy, im having a problem with processing the get request
392054 [timr probo.c] Do you realize that the headers in an HTTP request can come in any order?
392081 [i8igmac aim.] I figured this out after testing a few browsers...
392106 [timr probo.c] Your goal is slimy.
392184 [i8igmac aim.] Ok, i see, with some testing i have been successful with modifying
392221 [timr probo.c] No, there's only one GET request for the HTML.  All the rest of the

^ Re: rake-compiler 0.8.0 Released
392052 [djberg96 gma] rs.

^ unintialize constant User::HappyMapper (Name Error)
392055 [sagar.varule] I am not able to run the HappyMapper example posted on the site.
392126 [abinoam gmai] Perhaps a ...

^ [ANN] cool.io-http 0.2.1 released
392058 [godfat gmail] # cool.io-http https://github.com/godfat/cool.io-http

^ [ANN] MountainWest RubyConf 2012 CFP Extended
392061 [blowmage gma] MountainWest RubyConf's CFP is still open, but is closing this Friday,

^ Re: Green Shoes v1.0 released
392062 [yubarry hotm] why do I get this error?
392189 [ashbbb gmail] Umm,.. I don't know why...

^ Class instance variable question
392063 [MR-Mencel wi] I have this class (below) that takes a deeply nested hash and returns back a new hash without all the nesting.  The problem I'm having is that it seems to be that @all_values is not empty if I call it a second time from my program.  First time is fine, but the next time I use get_all_values_nested, @all_values still has the results in it from the first time it was used.
+ 392064 [stefano.croc] By definition, instance variables (including instance variables of class
| + 392065 [MR-Mencel wi] Tried that, and it works to point except I lose the pertinent @path data I need.  So if the vars are outside the method then the returned hash looks like this...
| | 392067 [MR-Mencel wi] Possible workaround.  Since @path is popped clean each time it's used I think I can leave that outside the method and put @all_values inside the method.  It's an ugly hack but I think it works for now until I figure out a better way to do it.
| + 392069 [jgabrielygal] ck
|   392070 [MR-Mencel wi] I tried your suggestion....
|   392071 [jgabrielygal] ring, TrueClass then
+ 392068 [jgabrielygal] k a new hash without all the nesting. =A0The problem I'm having is that it =

^ Ruby and LLVM
392066 [davidkapp co] Ruby 1.9.3 has some issues building with LLVM (as opposed to GCC), and
+ 392072 [code apotheo] FreeBSD is moving to Clang/LLVM as its default C compiler so, as you say,
+ 392148 [davidkapp co] Interesting, I didn't know FreeBSD was investing in it that heavily.

^ Stripping double quotes
392073 [cjose mail.u] I have the attached file, but my issue is that the file I am parsing, is
+ 392074 [code apotheo] How is gsub no use?
| 392137 [sunaku gmail] Because String#tr() is a better choice. ;-)
+ 392077 [peter vanden] Since you are really trying to open a CSV file ... use

^ xml to html display
392078 [harshadmehta] I need to parse following xml docs in a table where i can display it in
392085 [peter vanden] I suggest you look into Nokogiri.org

^ [ANN] binman 3.0.0
392082 [sunaku gmail] binman - UNIX man pages for Ruby bin/ scripts

^ [ANN] md2man 1.0.2
392083 [sunaku gmail] md2man - write UNIX man pages in Markdown

^ [ANN] TestR 14.1.2
392084 [sunaku gmail] TestR - Continuous testing tool for Ruby

^ New to programming, my first program!
392086 [crazybuzz100] Just thought I'd post my first Ruby program and say hi.
+ 392087 [stefano.croc] * convert the number of notes to sing to a number before storing it in the
+ 392088 [jgabrielygal] Welcome to Ruby !
| 392097 [echristopher] Or just
| 392101 [jgabrielygal] El 10/01/2012 21:50, "Eric Christopherson" <echristopherson@gmail.com>
+ 392098 [rubytalk2dav] Well done!  I like your use of meaningful variable names (something

^ ruby image manipulation
392089 [danny.a.step] Hey everyone,
+ 392090 [danny.a.step] sorry.. I'm on Ruby 1.9.2 and Rubygems that comes in that bundle, I think
+ 392091 [peter vanden] *TL;DR* : $ sudo apt-get install libmagickcore-dev libmagickwand-dev