# Ruby

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## [Read document in browser itself](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/read-document-in-browser-itself/143876)

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**Author:** [@sujith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sujith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/read-document-in-browser-itself/143876 "2008-07-23T21:34:27Z")

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Thorsten M. wrote: link\_to(“whatever”, “/docs/file.doc”) if file.doc is in a folder named docs in the public folder what exactly happens in the browser would depend on the users settings. most likely the browser wo…

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## [Cisco tftp upload via snmpset](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cisco-tftp-upload-via-snmpset/143915)

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**Author:** [@heinrich1208](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/heinrich1208)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cisco-tftp-upload-via-snmpset/143915 "2008-07-23T20:47:24Z")

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Hi all, whoever is interested in it. #!/usr/bin/ruby #Version 0.1 Heinrich P. - basic version of snmpset-copy-running-config-to-tftp.rb require ‘yaml’ require ‘snmp’ require ‘socket’ #require ‘daemons’ #require …

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## [Is CGI::Cookie::parse terribly broken?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-cgi-parse-terribly-broken/143913)

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**Author:** [@rmac217](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rmac217)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-cgi-parse-terribly-broken/143913 "2008-07-23T20:00:32Z")

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Is CGI::cookie::parse meant to be used on the contents of the Set-Cookie header or the Cookie header, or both? Here is what happens when I use it on the Set-Cookie header: require ‘cgi’ File lib/cgi.rb, line 875 de…

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## [Gem Installation Failure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-failure/143886)

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**Author:** [@darshana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/darshana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-installation-failure/143886 "2008-07-23T19:25:27Z")

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Hi, We are trying to install gems on Linux- CentOS 5 machine however, it fails to connect gems repository due to proxy setting. Can anyone provide pointers on this? Following are details of ruby and gem version that …

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## [\[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #354\] Test failure test/ruby/test\_transcode.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-354-test-failure-test-ruby-test-transcode-rb/143908)

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**Author:** [@Yui\_NARUSE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yui_NARUSE)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-354-test-failure-test-ruby-test-transcode-rb/143908 "2008-07-23T18:46:46Z")

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## [\[Q\] trunk stability during push to jruby 2.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-trunk-stability-during-push-to-jruby-2-0/143887)

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**Author:** [@cremes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cremes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/q-trunk-stability-during-push-to-jruby-2-0/143887 "2008-07-23T18:44:25Z")

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I like to live dangerously. Most of my dev systems run the latest trunk (+/- 2 days). Watching the chatter on irc indicates that 1.1.3 is likely the last of the 1.x series to get any major love; most future developmen…

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## [WSO2 Web Services Framework For Ruby (WSF/Ruby) - 1.1.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wso2-web-services-framework-for-ruby-wsf-ruby-1-1-0-released/196753)

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**Author:** [@dimuthu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dimuthu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wso2-web-services-framework-for-ruby-wsf-ruby-1-1-0-released/196753 "2008-07-23T18:20:54Z")

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WSO2 Web Services Framework For Ruby (WSF/Ruby) - 1.1.0 Released WSO2 WSF/Ruby team is pleased to announce the release of WSO2 WSF/Ruby 1.1.0. WSF/Ruby is the Ruby language extension to WSO2 WSF/C. This enables you …

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## [How to capitalize a number of characters in a word](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capitalize-a-number-of-characters-in-a-word/143809)

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**Author:** [@cheyne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cheyne)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-capitalize-a-number-of-characters-in-a-word/143809 "2008-07-23T18:19:11Z")

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Hi, there For example, how can i get “HelLoha” from “helloha” Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance

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## [\[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #354\] (Assigned) Test failure test/ruby/test\_transcode.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-354-assigned-test-failure-test-ruby-test-transcode-rb/143897)

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**Author:** [@Yui\_NARUSE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yui_NARUSE)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-354-assigned-test-failure-test-ruby-test-transcode-rb/143897 "2008-07-23T17:51:24Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #354 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Yui NARUSE) e$B%+%F%4%je(B M17Ne$B$K%;%C%He(B e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Opene$B$+$ie(BAssignede$B$KJQ99e(B e$BM%@hEYe(B Normale$B$+$ie(BLowe$B$KJQ99e(B e$B8=:\_$Ne(B Ruby 1.9 e…

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## [Ruby and RDBS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rdbs/143841)

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**Author:** [@ti-mara](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ti-mara)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rdbs/143841 "2008-07-23T15:15:49Z")

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This may seem like a very newb question. BUt are there any groups or projects dealing with using ruby and RDBMS, to do data mining and data analysis? I’m trying to learn ruby and want to am into database and data mini…

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## [Generate accessors for an hash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-accessors-for-an-hash/143865)

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**Author:** [@andre83](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andre83)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-accessors-for-an-hash/143865 "2008-07-23T15:11:58Z")

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Hello, I need to generate read and write accessors for all the keys in an hash. Say I have an attribute named my\_attribute, I need “my\_attribute” and “my\_attribute=” methods to read and write it to @attributes\[my\_att…

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## [Circular 'require'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/circular-require/143867)

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**Author:** [@Shadowfirebird](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shadowfirebird)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/circular-require/143867 "2008-07-23T13:45:22Z")

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Hi, I’m new to ruby and I’m really enjoying it. However, there is one thing… I gather from this list and my poor efforts that ruby does not like files that ‘require’ each other circularly. I can find nothing in th…

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## [Arjun ghosh wants to chat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/arjun-ghosh-wants-to-chat/143862)

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**Author:** [@arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjun_ghosh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/arjun-ghosh-wants-to-chat/143862 "2008-07-23T11:03:48Z")

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arjun ghosh wants to stay in better touch using some of Google’s coolest new products. If you already have Gmail or Google Talk, visit: You’ll need to click this link to be able to chat with arjun ghosh. To get Gm…

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## [UPnP-MediaServer 1.0.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-mediaserver-1-0-0-released/143858)

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**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-mediaserver-1-0-0-released/143858 "2008-07-23T10:42:04Z")

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UPnP-MediaServer version 1.0.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.org/UPnP-MediaServer http://upnp.org Bugs: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group\_id=1513&atid=5921 A UPnP MediaServer. Currently a work in pr…

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## [UPnP-ContentDirectory 1.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-contentdirectory-1-0-released/143856)

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**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-contentdirectory-1-0-released/143856 "2008-07-23T10:40:54Z")

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UPnP-ContentDirectory version 1.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.org/UPnP-ContentDirectory http://upnp.org Bugs: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group\_id=1513&atid=5921 A UPnP ContentDirectory service wit…

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## [UPnP-ConnectionManager 1.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-connectionmanager-1-0-released/143855)

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**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-connectionmanager-1-0-released/143855 "2008-07-23T10:40:19Z")

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UPnP-ConnectionManager version 1.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.org/UPnP-ConnectionManager http://upnp.org Bugs: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group\_id=1513&atid=5921 Stub implementation for a UPnP Co…

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## [UPnP 1.1.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-1-1-0-released/143854)

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**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upnp-1-1-0-released/143854 "2008-07-23T10:36:48Z")

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UPnP version 1.1.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.org/UPnP http://upnp.org Bugs: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=5921&group\_id=1513 An implementation of the UPnP protocol Changes: 1.1.0 / 2008-07-23 2 maj…

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## [Unable to locate object using \_itemRef](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-locate-object-using-itemref/143852)

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**Author:** [@pradeepta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pradeepta)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-locate-object-using-itemref/143852 "2008-07-23T10:17:42Z")

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Hi , I m trying to click a menu where each sub menu is only differentiated by \_itemRef number . its an AJAX web application . how can i click a submenu using \_itemRef number in watir.what should i use to click it lik…

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## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/143851)

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**Author:** [@Vincenzo\_Caruso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vincenzo_Caruso)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/143851 "2008-07-23T10:14:29Z")

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\#off

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## [\[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #354\] (Open) Test failure test/ruby/test\_transcode.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-354-open-test-failure-test-ruby-test-transcode-rb/143849)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_DSSS\_rst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_DSSS_rst)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-bug-354-open-test-failure-test-ruby-test-transcode-rb/143849 "2008-07-23T09:18:38Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #354 e$B$,Js9p$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Martin De$(D+de(Brst) Bug #354: Test failure test/ruby/test\_transcode.rb http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/354 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Martin De$(D+de(Brst e$B%9%F!\<%?%9…

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## [Largest Regex match possible](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/largest-regex-match-possible/143845)

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**Author:** [@gsterndale](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gsterndale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/largest-regex-match-possible/143845 "2008-07-23T08:55:37Z")

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In the example below I’d like to match ‘what is’ and ‘foo bar’. Any ideas? ‘what is foo bar’ =~ /(.)\\s(foo bar|bar)/ =\> 0 $1 =\> "what is foo " $2 =\> “bar” Thanks!

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## [Rubygems - uninitialized constant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-uninitialized-constant/143426)

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**Author:** [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-uninitialized-constant/143426 "2008-07-23T08:12:18Z")

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With a fresh install of Rubygems, when I issue a “gem -h” command, the result is: /usr/bin/gem:23: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner (NameError) Background: With a fresh installation of Kubuntu 8.04.1 Linux, I in…

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## [How to do group Exception classes?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-group-exception-classes/143822)

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**Author:** [@ISSSSaki\_Baz\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ISSSSaki_Baz_C)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-do-group-exception-classes/143822 "2008-07-23T07:06:47Z")

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Hi, I’ve some exception that I want to group into “AuthError” class so I can do a “raise” for the specific child exception or for the parent class. Is the following correct? module Auth class GenericError \< Standa…

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## [Recieve email in rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recieve-email-in-rails/143839)

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**Author:** [@ganana\_srishti](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ganana_srishti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recieve-email-in-rails/143839 "2008-07-23T06:57:26Z")

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Hi, anybody knows how to implement receiving mail in rails plz reply me…

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## [Run command after Prompting from User](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/run-command-after-prompting-from-user/143635)

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**Author:** [@ajaonchat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ajaonchat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/run-command-after-prompting-from-user/143635 "2008-07-23T06:25:22Z")

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Hi, i am new in Ruby, and i got a problem, that is when i run the system command… i want to add users to the Linux OS, so for that i have to prompt the username from the user, and i store that username in a variable…

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## [Backticks and timeouts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backticks-and-timeouts/143833)

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**Author:** [@chenillen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chenillen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backticks-and-timeouts/143833 "2008-07-23T06:15:52Z")

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I’ve never used Ruby before but need to try something tonight for sorta presentation tomorrow. The extent of my Ruby code is inside of RPG Maker XP (last minute thing had like 1 day to show my idea) and when someone w…

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## [eRuby setup Help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-setup-help/143622)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eruby-setup-help/143622 "2008-07-23T03:36:07Z")

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Hey I am trying to setup eRuby on my Mac with osx leopard. i have a MAMP server running for developmental purposes. I downloaded the eRuby packages and tried to install according to directions here http://ralovely.com…

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## [Shoes changing video size](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shoes-changing-video-size/143823)

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**Author:** [@Edward\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Edward_R)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shoes-changing-video-size/143823 "2008-07-23T02:41:06Z")

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I have finally gotten video to work with shoes and am very impressed by the small amount of code required. Below is the code that allows me to play a video. Is there some way I can change the size of the video. So far…

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## [July 25 : RubyWeekend #2 Game Contest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/july-25-rubyweekend-2-game-contest/143190)

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**Author:** [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/july-25-rubyweekend-2-game-contest/143190 "2008-07-23T00:58:56Z")

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The second RubyWeekend Game Contest is almost here! The weekend of July 25 - 27, compete with other Ruby programmers to create a game in 2 days! A theme will be announced on July 25 at the start of the contest period…

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## [\[Bug:1.9\] File.grpowned?$B$N%F%9%H(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1-9-file-grpowned-b-n-f-9-h-b/143815)

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**Author:** [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1-9-file-grpowned-b-n-f-9-h-b/143815 "2008-07-23T00:49:35Z")

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e$B@\>;3OB9-$G$9!#e(B Mac OS Xe$B$Ge(Bassert(File.grpowned?(@file))e$B$,e(BFailuree$B$K$J$j$^$9!#e(B Failure: test\_owned\_p(TestFileExhaustive) \[/Users/nishiyamakazuhiro/wc/ruby-lang/trunk/test/ruby/test\_file\_exhaus…

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