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**Author:** [@juapdiaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/juapdiaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unsubscribe/123990 "2007-12-23T06:09:18Z")
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unsubscribe --- ## [Using a variable to build a regex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-a-variable-to-build-a-regex/123988)
**Author:** [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-a-variable-to-build-a-regex/123988 "2007-12-23T05:40:41Z")
I need to search a roster file (plain text) to match for a player name. I tried this: dthacker@buckbeak:~/learning/ruby$ irb irb(main):001:0\> player=“S\_Avrul” =\> “S\_Avrul” irb(main):002:0\> player\_line=“S\_Avrul ger … --- ## [Best way to distribute?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-distribute/123708)
**Author:** [@pavel989](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pavel989)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-distribute/123708 "2007-12-23T05:07:08Z")
hi, what is the best way to distribute ruby apps without having the end user need to download ruby? i have looked into: tar2ruby exerb and Xruby however they seem difficult to use, after trying and failing. are the… --- ## [Simple Captcha : Zero Dependecy Captcha for Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-captcha-zero-dependecy-captcha-for-rails/123989)
**Author:** [@sur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-captcha-zero-dependecy-captcha-for-rails/123989 "2007-12-23T04:11:15Z")
Finally after long wait, the next stable release of the fun-du, simple and useful plugin SimpleCaptcha is here!. Major changes have been incorporated to the plugin in this release 1.2.0 Which includes… \* No Pre-Requ… --- ## [ZenTest 3.7.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zentest-3-7-0-released/123978)
**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zentest-3-7-0-released/123978 "2007-12-23T00:58:56Z")
ZenTest version 3.7.0 has been released! http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/ZenTest/ http://rubyforge.org/projects/zentest/ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ZenTest provides 4 different tools and 1 library: zen… --- ## [How to use "goto" method inruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-goto-method-inruby/123611)
**Author:** [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-goto-method-inruby/123611 "2007-12-23T00:01:34Z")
Dear all, As a part of my task in some places, as like in other languages i was supposed to use “Goto” method. Is there any way to use goto in ruby? like in other languages, goto \ goto \ T… --- ## [Any lalr parser generator for ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-lalr-parser-generator-for-ruby/123971)
**Author:** [@fantomknight10](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fantomknight10)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-lalr-parser-generator-for-ruby/123971 "2007-12-22T23:59:47Z")
Are there any well tested lalr parser generators available for ruby? i’ve found one at rubyforge: Aurum, but according to the info it only supports the i386 architecture --- ## [Ruby2ruby 1.1.8 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby2ruby-1-1-8-released/123974)
**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby2ruby-1-1-8-released/123974 "2007-12-22T23:58:02Z")
ruby2ruby version 1.1.8 has been released! http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb ruby2ruby provides a means of generating pure ruby code easily from ParseTree’s Sexps. This makes mak… --- ## [ParseTree 2.1.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsetree-2-1-0-released/123975)
**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsetree-2-1-0-released/123975 "2007-12-22T23:52:45Z")
ParseTree version 2.1.0 has been released! http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/ParseTree/ ParseTree is a C extension (using RubyInline) that extracts the parse tree for an entire class or a specific method and retu… --- ## [Hoe 1.4.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-4-0-released/123973)
**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-1-4-0-released/123973 "2007-12-22T23:47:29Z")
hoe version 1.4.0 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/ http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid DESCRIPTION: Hoe is a simple rake/rubygems helper for project Rak… --- ## [Uninstall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninstall/123948)
**Author:** [@joakim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joakim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninstall/123948 "2007-12-22T21:28:44Z")
How do you uninstall a compiled version of Ruby in GNU/Linux? --- ## [Ruby on Rails Development Assistance](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-development-assistance/123968)
**Author:** [@ebrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ebrett)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-development-assistance/123968 "2007-12-22T20:59:46Z")
Hello, We have a 3 month Ruby on Rails project that we need assistance with. We are looking for a strong developer that will also have done web application development of some sort using Ruby on Rails. Workload: 20-4… --- ## [Starfish DRb Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starfish-drb-error/123885)
**Author:** [@dale](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dale)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starfish-drb-error/123885 "2007-12-22T20:41:24Z")
I was trying to get starfish to work, but I get a DRb error every time I run starfish application (with or without a specified file). Here is the output … E:\\projects\\starfish\>starfish foo.rb e:\\projects\\cvsp\\ruby\\li… --- ## [Diagnosing error in command line input](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/diagnosing-error-in-command-line-input/123965)
**Author:** [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/diagnosing-error-in-command-line-input/123965 "2007-12-22T20:34:20Z")
I’m working on a program (my first) that will need to read user input (a file name) from the command line. While looking for examples of reading command line input, I stumbled across this example(1) which I’ve cut a… --- ## [Merry xmas tunes for rubyists](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merry-xmas-tunes-for-rubyists/123964)
**Author:** [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merry-xmas-tunes-for-rubyists/123964 "2007-12-22T19:35:14Z")
http://drawohara.com/post/22193071 a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ --- ## [Bj-0.0.3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bj-0-0-3/123957)
**Author:** [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bj-0-0-3/123957 "2007-12-22T17:44:56Z")
NAME bj SYNOPSIS bj (migration\_code|generate\_migration|migrate|setup|plugin|run| submit|list|set|config|pid) \[options\]+ DESCRIPTION Overview Backgroundjob (Bj) is a simple to use background priority queue for r… --- ## [Nil.freeze in date.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-freeze-in-date-rb/123927)
**Author:** [@Shugo\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shugo_M)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-freeze-in-date-rb/123927 "2007-12-22T17:08:39Z")
前田です。 1.9でYAMLがまともに動かないのですが、date.rbの中で(たぶん意図せずして) nil.freezeã—ã¦ã„ã‚‹ã®ãŒåŽŸå› ã®ã‚ˆã†ã§ã™ã€‚ 添付のパッチでtest/yaml/test\_yaml.rbãŒé€šã… --- ## [Singleton Method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-method/123918)
**Author:** [@lazukars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazukars)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-method/123918 "2007-12-22T15:06:53Z")
What’s the difference between a regular method and a singleton method? --- ## [Libm libxml ruby-osa os x help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libm-libxml-ruby-osa-os-x-help/123925)
**Author:** [@perlmunky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/perlmunky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/libm-libxml-ruby-osa-os-x-help/123925 "2007-12-22T12:02:31Z")
Hi folks, I am trying to convert some of my nasty perl into nice neat ruby. The scripts are used to control iTunes and I wanted to use ruby as it has the rbosa library. To install this lib on the mac (power pc, la… --- ## [Inheritance with ORM (ActiveRecord)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheritance-with-orm-activerecord/123942)
**Author:** [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheritance-with-orm-activerecord/123942 "2007-12-22T11:32:40Z")
Maybe this is for the rails group since it involves ActiveRecord? In any event, I have a db with a single table holding some Creature objects. When the Creature objects are instantiated, they’re actually Dragons (wh… --- ## [Undefined method \`create'](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-create/123936)
**Author:** [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-method-create/123936 "2007-12-22T10:45:51Z")
I want to create one creature and write it to the dwemthys.db, and I’m close. From the example at \ I know that the “create” method is used for t… --- ## [Fail to compile version.c in trunk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-compile-version-c-in-trunk/123937)
**Author:** [@Masaki\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Masaki_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 10:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fail-to-compile-version-c-in-trunk/123937 "2007-12-22T10:41:08Z")
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**Author:** [@Keita\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keita_Y)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/break-a-a-bey-k-h-k-m-kjq-t-b/123897 "2007-12-22T02:24:15Z")
e$B;38}$H?=$7$^$9!#e(B e$B:rF|$NBhe(B19e$B2s%!\<%W%s%=!\<%9%5%m%s$G@55,I=8=$Ne(B named capture e$B$N7k2L$,%m!\<%+%kJQ?t$KBeF~$5$l$k$H$$&$+$,$$$7$^$7$?$N$G?’!9;n$7$F$$$?$N$G$9$,!"8=\>u$G$OM=Ls8l$N%A%’%C%/$r$7$F$$$J$$$N$GM=L… --- ## [First stab at a weakref test suite](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-stab-at-a-weakref-test-suite/123844)
**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-stab-at-a-weakref-test-suite/123844 "2007-12-22T02:21:55Z")
Hi all, I decided to take a stab at creating a minimal test suite for WeakRef (based on a post by Charles Oliver N. for JRuby). The only problem is that I get two unexpected failures. I’m not sure if it’s Test::Unit … --- ## [Readline::readline() blocking all other threads](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/readline-readline-blocking-all-other-threads/123924)
**Author:** [@Jean-Michel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean-Michel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/readline-readline-blocking-all-other-threads/123924 "2007-12-22T02:05:34Z")
Hi: I have noticed an issue with readline since upgrading to Leopard. The readline command seems to be blocking all the other active threads require ‘readline’ other = Thread.new do time = Time.now while true time… --- ## [Soap4R and Rails - Server code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-and-rails-server-code/123916)
**Author:** [@Norm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Norm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-and-rails-server-code/123916 "2007-12-22T00:45:28Z")
Hi, I have managed to generate my server files from an existing wsdl specification using wsdl2ruby from soap4r, and was looking to map this to a Rails persistence store. There is a wiki page here - http://wiki.rubyo… --- ## [Good Ruby IDE for Debian Linux?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-ruby-ide-for-debian-linux/123170)
**Author:** [@StecklyS\_Ron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/StecklyS_Ron)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-ruby-ide-for-debian-linux/123170 "2007-12-21T23:29:24Z")
Hi all, I’m wondering what IDEs are out there for Ruby in the Linux world? Anyone want to make some recommendations? Ron --- ## [Network packet capture](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/network-packet-capture/123912)
**Author:** [@robintw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robintw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/network-packet-capture/123912 "2007-12-21T23:25:53Z")
Hi I wan to capture network traffic so I’ve been looking at pcaplet. It seems to work but people are saying that its quite old so I was wondering if there was anything newer available. If there is nothing better, I’v… --- ## [Check if application exists](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-if-application-exists/123851)
**Author:** [@arkadi4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arkadi4)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/check-if-application-exists/123851 "2007-12-21T23:23:32Z")
Hello everyone, I’m launching external application from my ruby script using %x{application\_name} I want to check if such application exists before launching. To check it on linux I can parse “which application\_name”… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1257) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1259)