40101-40888

^ ANNOUNCE: PageTemplate 0.2.0
40101 [brian coolna] Ah, the power of caffeine.  There's a new release of PageTemplate available.

^ ANN: REXML 2.3.0
40108 [ser germane-] This is actually a double release. Release 2.1.3 was deemed stable, and was

^ <=> on types
40114 [pixel mandra] is it normal that <=> on types return 1 when types have not subtyping
40117 [chr_news gmx] This is already implemented in more recent 1.7 versions.

^ ANN: xampl-pp 0.0 XML Pull Parser
40119 [hutch xampl.] Version 0.0 of the xampl-pp XML pull parser is available
40152 [lafor arraki] rexml, nqxml, ...)
40192 [hutch recurs] I've found it to be very difficult to compare the two parsers in terms of

^ Dylan
40141 [ahumphreys p] Is anyone aware of a Dylan / Ruby comparison on the net ?
40143 [pixel mandra] here is mine (i started some Dylan 2 days ago).

^ code coverage tool?
40149 [tsondergaard] I have a ruby module with about 1100 lines of code and another 1700 of unit tests. This gives me good confidence, but I would really like to know how much of the code is covered by tests.
+ 40292 [patrick-may ] I haven't heard of an automated coverage analysis tool
| 40294 [rick rickbra] A (highly) contrived fragmentary example showing why such a coverage
| 40343 [patrick-may ] ugg, that's a nasty example.
+ 40297 [nahi keynaut] Agreed.

^ RE: is software eng an art?
40156 [home clabs.o] I think concluding that art is not amenable to discipline is wrong.

^ ANN: REXML 2.3.1 (development)
40158 [ser germane-] This release adds a VERY provisional pull parser.  WARNING: The API is not

^ Ruby Conference idea
40160 [djberg96 att] I've been playing with extensions lately and I'm having a rather hard go

^ stringIO extension?
40163 [tsondergaard] I just skimmed through the latest messages in ruby-dev using babelfish
40165 [nobu.nokada ] I thought similar thing.

^ ANN: REXML 2.3.2 (SAX2 and Pull parsing)
40166 [ser germane-] <posted & mailed>

^ Ruby Lint
40168 [dennisn pe.n] One of the things that I really like about Ruby is that it doesn't
+ 40184 [patrick-may ] That sounds nice.
+ 40200 [dossy panopt] Unit testing?
| 40263 [dennisn pe.n] Well, its a great idea.  In point of fact, I do unit test my code.
| 40269 [dossy panopt] How can you perform static analysis on a language like Ruby
+ 40218 [pixel mandra] well, in same category, there's pychecker for python. I don't know if

^ emacs, ruby-load-current-buffer to avoid questions of ruby-load-file
40170 [jean_hugues_] I was looking for a convenient function so that typing a key sequence
40179 [nobu.nokada ] inf-ruby-load-hook is run only when inf-ruby.el is loaded, so

^ svg vectorizing from win2000 command ine
40171 [henning ikso] 1) I'd just like to execute a program from Ruby that I normally execute

^ What is  Ruby for?
40180 [Steve.Merric] Or even 'Why <insert scripting language of your choice>'? I know it's me
+ 40188 [erik bagfors] You can probably use it in alot of places where you also can use C++.
+ 40189 [peter semant] First ask yourself 'What are languages like
| 40212 [ccos bigpond] i use supercollider which is basically a smalltalk for music/sound
| 40216 [peter semant] Code, in Ruby, to generate random music as text files and a text to midi
| 40224 [ccos bigpond] if you like the look of sc and your not on a mac, don't despair version
+ 40231 [ahumphreys p] The first law of tool-wars is that in comparing programming languages it is
| + 40234 [ahumphreys p] .... or are nauseated at the J2EE hype, saddened at the squashing of Jini,
| | 40512 [tom infoethe] Amen!
| + 40511 [tom infoethe] Augmenting Ant for building 12 Java projects
|   40519 [jim freeze.o] Are you using the gnuplot library in the raa or your own concoction?
|   40829 [tom infoethe] I was using my own concoction... thanks for the pointer!
+ 40235 [mghall enter] What's a language like "sh" or "awk" for?  Getting things done.
| 40237 [Steve.Merric] Ouch! ;-) There are an infinite number of things I don't know yet. Try
| 40242 [mghall enter] OK!  :-)
| + 40244 [chris cmb-en] Wise words.
| | 40274 [ser germane-] Yeah.  My problem with this is that my brain is only so big.  There's a
| | 40287 [chris cmb-en] Oh, that's perfectly understandable, and I can sympathize.  However, I
| + 40321 [in6x059 publ] This is (also?) a suggestion in "The Pragmatic Programmer"
+ 40243 [sean BUHBYES] I still use C++ in most places and probably always will, but Ruby offers
| 40273 [ser germane-] I use Java for much the same reason I use Ruby: faster development, fewer
| 40285 [dblack candl] As a David, and therefore lifelong sufferer of same name disease, I am
| 40295 [matz ruby-la] For your information, in Japan, there're millions of Matsumotos.
| + 40299 [bigbill.smit] It's good to know I'm not alone.
| + 40313 [jason jvoege] I was in a book store the other day and saw a book called "Software
|   40352 [matz ruby-la] No.  It is sometimes pretty hard to distinguish Japanese names for
+ 40245 [dennisn pe.n] Probably the list of things not to use it for would be smaller, but
| + 40254 [hal9000 hype] Thanks for referencing this, Dennis...
| + 40275 [ser germane-] Amen.  A-fricken-men.  Ruby made unit tests pleasant for me, which in turn
|   40298 [pit capitain] I haven't used the Smalltalk refactoring browser yet, but for real
+ 40554 [patrick-may ] Unless you have a problem, it can be difficult learning any language.
  + 40561 [dido imperiu] Right.  The only way I've been able to learn any new languages in the
  + 40575 [Steve.Merric] Thank you! :-) I normally work in a real-time embedded
    40658 [patrick-may ] This isn't anywhere near my domain.  Would RHDL
    40665 [ptkwt shell1] I don't think RHDL is going to help him out - it's intended for modelling

^ Inline editing (non-command line)
40199 [djberge qwes] I did a bit of google searching but didn't have much luck.  Perhaps I missed
+ 40205 [in6x059 publ] I never did it in Ruby, but if the feature is implemented similar to
| 40210 [michael_s_ca] Do note that in perl, a temp file is still used (behind the scenes)
| 40211 [djberge qwes] Strangely, I was getting those funny characters at the end of
+ 40206 [nobu.nokada ] You mean -i option by `on the command line'?  If so, ruby
+ 40213 [decoux moulo] Without a temp file, I know only this
| 40214 [djberge qwes] Interesting.  I guess I'll have to scrounge around Google looking for docs
| 40217 [decoux moulo] Guy Decoux
| 40219 [djberge qwes] Well, that's odd.  I could have sworn my first search turned up nothing when
+ 40220 [Dave Pragmat] I don't believe there's a way to do this on most conventional file
  40226 [djberge qwes] I figured that memory of some kind would be required.
  40306 [decoux moulo] If I've well understood : Tie::File is designed to work with a regular

^ Distribute ruby app as exe
40202 [chris.morris] Just an FYI, I started a page in the RubyGarden wiki for this topic, after

^ Tk callback with parameters
40223 [kgergely mla] I've a (hope) simple Tk problem.
40225 [decoux moulo] Well, I've not understood if you a proc you can give any

^ ruby-dev summary #17001-17047
40227 [maki rubycol] This is a summary of ruby-dev ML in these days.
40257 [pbrannan atd] What would this be useful for?

^ gtk doesn't load
40232 [matthias.wol] when I try to load the gtk libs in ruby, I get the message that there
40233 [mw doc.ic.ac] You need to install the ruby gtk bindings as well. You could try the

^ Problems with the FXList
40236 [andre.bonkow] I am writing my first Ruby program, which is a small GUI application,
40238 [jlj cfdrc.co] You need to always be sure to call the base class initialize method when
40256 [andre.bonkow] Oh, sorry. This should not be a surprise, as it's the same in Java which is

^ rb_define_variable for instance variables?
40239 [wardja jmu.e] Is there a way to have a shared instance variable like those defined
40253 [sean chitten] An instance variable in C is two methods.  In your Init() method,
40286 [wardja jmu.e] That was actually the first thing I tried, and it's find if I'm trying

^ Ruby Weekly News
40246 [Dave Pragmat] Ruby Weekly News: 05/13/2002

^ Ruby Weekly News
40258 [Dave Pragmat] Ruby Weekly News: 05/13/2002

^ LocalJumpError caused by nesting plus END plus require
40259 [vjoel PATH.B] I'm getting a LocalJumpError only when three factors are present: nested
+ 40272 [nobu.nokada ] What does `ruby -v' produce?  It doesn't occur in recent
| + 40276 [vjoel PATH.B] ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i686-linux]
| | 40281 [nobu.nokada ] Then, it's a fixed bug.  You can use CVS or latest snapshot,
| + 40283 [nobu.nokada ] Oops, garbage test.rb was in my load path!  Sorry to confuse.
+ 40280 [matz ruby-la] This is a bug which I already fixed in 1.7, and forgot to backport to 1.6
  40339 [vjoel PATH.B] Thanks for the quick reply. It worked, too :)

^ Ruby Editor for Gnome
40260 [sean BUHBYES] I'm sure this has been covered in depth in the past, but I was wondering
+ 40261 [elanthis awe] There is Anjuata/gnome-ide, which is the current in-development GNOME
| + 40262 [sosoruby ema] well if you like Windows style editors nedit is nice and knows about ruby syntax
| + 40277 [bluetea REMO] vim does work well for Ruby as does Emacs/XEmacs (my fave). OTOH, if you
+ 40264 [ruby thorste] Not Gnome, but I'm happy with NEdit. The Ruby support is lacking at
| 40632 [lyle knology] I'd be glad to be a guinea pig for your Ruby/NEdit improvements too ;)
+ 40265 [vjoel PATH.B] Nedit isn't particularly Gnome-friendly, but it is a nice general

^ Should we do something about newline?
40293 [gehlker fast] I just discovered that my copy of Ruby is picky about what constitutes a
40296 [cbbrowne acm] It is unlikely that this has anything to do with GCC; GCC doesn't
40324 [gehlker fast] I'm sure the difference *is* in the different versions of stdio that come

^ UTF8 and Regexp
40300 [hutch recurs] I understand that Ruby's regular expressions handle utf8. I'm having trouble
40301 [matz ruby-la] Just embed them directly in the pattern, or
40311 [hutch recurs] OK, thanks, things are becoming clearer. I was doing the equivalent of this,
40358 [matz ruby-la] A bug in regex.c.  It will be fixed soon.  If you can't wait, change

^ Marshallers summary
40302 [nahi keynaut] I created a brief brief summary of marshaller

^ [BUG] trying to fix ruby-gtk's menu.popup
40308 [mips cybersp] i've seen that there was a problem to use menu.popup with a reposition
40314 [decoux moulo] best to write it, in your case
+ 40320 [mips cybersp] I'll try it.
| 40323 [decoux moulo] this script work for me, i.e. it display the menu ("Halo Exit" at
| 40327 [mips cybersp] Well it works too when i remove the 'return', i'm missing something in
| 40329 [decoux moulo] You have probably written something like this
| 40330 [mips cybersp] Right, you hit the point.
+ 40381 [nobu.nokada ] To use RARRAY(arr)->ptr, you need check RARRAY(arr)->len.  And

^ rubycookbook.org
40315 [djberge qwes] Is rubycookbook.org down?  I can't seem to get to it.

^ code showing Array not thread safe?
40316 [chris.morris] I have need for a thread safe Array, so I threw one together -- but in
40317 [decoux moulo] What do you call safe ?

^ CGI.pretty Error
40326 [yuns us.ibm.] I am trying to run a CGI script from "Programming Ruby" book and getting an
+ 40356 [yuns us.ibm.] I forgot to mention the Ruby version.
+ 40365 [yuns us.ibm.] I found out what the problem was.
  40371 [szegedy t-on] Thanks! Good to know! I have tried your script and it also crashed on my

^ [BUG] thread failure after trap
40337 [j.travnik sh] I have encountered bug in ruby threads.
40395 [decoux moulo] No, not really

^ querying for the terminal size
40342 [ian caliban.] I would like to obtain the current terminal size (rows x columns) from
40350 [pbrannan atd] Dunno how portable it is (I don't usually do this sort of thing), but
40357 [ian caliban.] Thanks. Unfortunately, I need something more portable, since the

^ ANN: REXML 2.3.3
40346 [ser germane-] Getting tired of the upgrades yet?
+ 40361 [ptkwt shell1] Sean,
| 40363 [sean BUHBYES] I agree...it's truly a gem (pun intended).  I hope it finds its way into
| 40384 [ser germane-] Thanks, guys.  It is good to hear that.
+ 40388 [dossy panopt] Does this one not break the XML document?  AFAIK, the current pretty
  + 40406 [ser germane-] All pretty printers "break" the XML document, if by "break" you mean
  | + 40414 [sean BUHBYES] Dossy has a point, although pretty printing XML is problematic in
  | | 40435 [ser germane-] Right.  We'll get nice pretty printing; I haven't worked on it much, but it
  | | + 40437 [dossy panopt] Bob did post an example of a transitive method of pretty-printing
  | | + 40438 [sean BUHBYES] Hmm...I'm thinking of how maybe the two could be mixed...hmm.
  | + 40427 [dossy panopt] Yup.  I realized that in the reply I sent privately to you.
  |   40483 [ser germane-] Yah, we crossed in the mail.
  + 40407 [ser germane-] <posted & mailed>
    + 40412 [rich infoeth] I'll weigh in here...
    | + 40418 [dblack candl] My feeling is that if you're doing pretty-printing, then you've
    | | + 40422 [sean BUHBYES] Yeah, but there's a difference between whitespace in parental elements
    | | | + 40433 [dossy panopt] I mentioned this to Sean (not you, Sean, the other Sean, the
    | | | | + 40439 [sean BUHBYES] Uh...lol...darn, I suggested doing a raw=true|false attribute and didn't
    | | | | | 40477 [dossy panopt] Not only is it logical, but it's mandatory in order to comply
    | | | | + 40481 [ser germane-] I don't know.  I'm pretty sure REXML doesn't, but I could add it at a speed
    | | | |   40506 [dossy panopt] Is there a page on the RubyGarden wiki for Test::Unit?
    | | | |   40507 [pate eylerfa] yes, sort of. I created a page with Nathaniel's excellent description of
    | | | + 40480 [ser germane-] <p>Actually, I see this sort of structure a <em>lot.</em></p>
    | | + 40426 [hutch xampl.] Either
    | | | + 40434 [dossy panopt] Ooh, good point.
    | | | + 40440 [tobiasreif p] This doesn't look pretty to me :)
    | | | | 40442 [hutch recurs] I don't completely disagree with you, however, it does look much more
    | | | | 40446 [tobiasreif p] Still looks ugly to me. There's no agreement to be reached; it's about
    | | | | + 40484 [ser germane-] Default behavior: No pretty printing.  Preserves everything.  Same thing as
    | | | | | + 40493 [hutch xampl.] So... call it 'ugly printing' :-)
    | | | | | + 40504 [tobiasreif p] cool :)
    | | | | + 40757 [xlucid users] There is a good sound reason other than taste for disliking the
    | | | |   40801 [hutch recurs] You are making perfectly reasonable arguments here. Just don't forget the
    | | | |   40807 [tobiasreif p] Nobody suggested such behaviour.
    | | | |   + 40821 [hutch recurs] Some of the suggested pretty printing formats add whitespace inside
    | | | |   | 40834 [tobiasreif p] ... and aren't "pretending" to do so unlike you suggested.
    | | | |   | 40855 [hutch recurs] Well, OK, maybe 'pretending' wasn't the best choice of words. But my opinion
    | | | |   | 40866 [tobiasreif p] As Sean said, there probably will be varius options for PP; some will
    | | | |   + 40886 [ser germane-] Unfortunately, this is what pretty printing usually does, unless you use the
    | | | |     40888 [tobiasreif p] I know; I just pointed out that the PP would not "pretend" to not do that.
    | | | + 40482 [ser germane-] Ugly, but an excellent idea.  XXE does it this way.
    | | |   + 40485 [Dave Pragmat] Have you looked at 'tidy'?
    | | |   + 40495 [sean BUHBYES] Why not just put it in its own module and give it a name that indicates
    | | |   | 40726 [ser germane-] I just got back from a trip.  Sorry for the delay.  There've been a lot of
    | | |   | 40777 [nat.pryce b1] (OOP).
    | | |   + 40508 [patrick-may ] This makes sense.  There are many different ideas of "pretty"
    | | + 40431 [dossy panopt] What about empty tags that are specified by a start tag and
    | | + 40499 [dblack candl] Whoops, I really didn't mean to be quite *that* cavalier about the
    | + 40479 [ser germane-] Yeah, I think that's where I'm going.  Atually, your example formatting
    + 40415 [dblack candl] I think (for what it's worth, if anything) it's more exact to say that
      40416 [chris.morris] <a>
      + 40419 [rich infoeth] Absolutely right...forgot to indent.
      | 40420 [chris.morris] I think this thread has moved into 'have your cake and eat it, too' -- how
      + 40430 [dossy panopt] earlier.

^ [ANN] DbTalk 0.6
40347 [dali epot.cz] I would like to announce a new release of my Ruby project DbTalk.
40391 [djberge qwes] Any chance of adding Oracle support?  How hard would it be to plugin?

^ Halting Problem (was "Re: code coverage tool?")
40348 [rick rickbra] I wish I had more information to offer regarding coverage analysis, but
40354 [in6x059 publ] Halting Problem (was "Re: code coverage tool?")

^ Ruby Debugger for Windows
40349 [dennisn pe.n] A few weeks ago I recall an email message on this list regarding a
40359 [QZS01353 nif] Maybe it is RDE.

^ Latest Windows version?
40355 [bobx linuxma] Timeline for 1.6.7?

^ Retrieving External IP
40360 [sigilmoon ho] I'm attempting to write a small script that retrieves a servers
40410 [mike stok.co] Do you know the name of the external interface?  It may be different from
40411 [mike stok.co] Ignore me, plugging the right hostname into IPSocket.getaddress(host) works

^ Kate Ruby.xml Syntax File
40362 [sean BUHBYES] Does anyone happen to have a copy of Nigel Ball's ruby.xml file for
+ 40375 [bobx linuxma] ...
| 40376 [sean BUHBYES] the only one I've ever seen that worked right with Kate.
+ 40400 [uzs5p3 uni-b] charset="iso-8859-1"