# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1273 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1274 --- ## [How do I use Ruby 1.9 RC?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-use-ruby-1-9-rc/122287)
**Author:** [@ashutosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashutosh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-use-ruby-1-9-rc/122287 "2007-12-07T07:28:38Z")
Hello all, I downloaded Ruby 1.9 RC binaries (ruby 1.9.0 (2007-07-09 patchlevel 0) \[i386-mswin32\]) and observed that there are fewer files in bin directory as compared to Ruby 1.8.6. Running any ruby program gives me… --- ## [Re: Ruby App Distribution](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-app-distribution/122154)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-app-distribution/122154 "2007-12-07T06:38:23Z")
I don’t see how RubyScript2Exe would work when it’s a virtual machine. Would it package the entire virtual machine inside the exe? With Tar2RubyScript it requires you to change your script to work with that tool with … --- ## [MutableString vs string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mutablestring-vs-string/122359)
**Author:** [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mutablestring-vs-string/122359 "2007-12-07T05:30:36Z")
Along the lines of the discussion before about raising exceptions: Is it acceptable to return .NET strings from library methods or should we be trying to use MutableString instances? Pete --- ## [Cursed curses](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cursed-curses/122381)
**Author:** [@Michal\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michal_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cursed-curses/122381 "2007-12-07T05:27:06Z")
Hello For me, the curses extension is quite flawed. I could not find Curses (nor Readline) documentation neither on ruby-doc nor in my local ri. The Curses documentation can be supplemented with curses man pages quit… --- ## [Rubyisms wanted to shorten code in search program](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyisms-wanted-to-shorten-code-in-search-program/122047)
**Author:** [@RichardOnRails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RichardOnRails)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyisms-wanted-to-shorten-code-in-search-program/122047 "2007-12-07T05:06:04Z")
Hi, Search on WindowsXP/SP2 didn’t seem to locate a file is looking for. As someone relatively new to Ruby, I wonder whether there are any Rubyisms I could have used to cut down the the 80+ lines I took to accomplis… --- ## [Csspool 0.2.4 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csspool-0-2-4-released/122382)
**Author:** [@aaronpowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aaronpowell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/csspool-0-2-4-released/122382 "2007-12-07T04:36:49Z")
csspool version 0.2.4 has been released! http://csspool.rubyforge.org/ CSSpool (pronounced “cesspool”) is a validating SAC parser for CSS. The parser calls methods on a document handler depending on what it has fou… --- ## [Punch-0.0.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368)
**Author:** [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/punch-0-0-1/122368 "2007-12-07T03:18:29Z")
NAME punch SYNOPSIS punch (in|out|log|clock|status|list|total|delete|dump) \[options\]+ URIS http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/punch http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/ INSTALL gem install punch DESCRIPTI… --- ## [ext/tk/sample/tkextlib/vu/canvSticker2.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ext-tk-sample-tkextlib-vu-canvsticker2-rb/122374)
**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ext-tk-sample-tkextlib-vu-canvsticker2-rb/122374 "2007-12-07T02:50:25Z")
ext/tk/sample/tkextlib/vu/canvSticker2.rb e$B$N%(%s%3!\<%G%#%s%0$C$F$J$s$J$s$G$7$g$&e(B? e$B%U%!%$%k@hF,$K$Oe(B utf-8 e$B$H=q$$$F$"$j$^$9$,!"e(BUTF-8 e$B$G$O$J$$$he(B e$B$&$K;W$($^$9!#e(B --- ## [Character-encodings 0.4.0 has been released!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-encodings-0-4-0-has-been-released/122294)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/character-encodings-0-4-0-has-been-released/122294 "2007-12-07T02:30:33Z")
This is yet another “unstable” release, but you should be able to replace 0.2.0 and 0.3.0 with it without issues (hopefully). So what’s new in 0.4.0? More inline functions have been removed/ fixed, allowing compilati… --- ## [Capturing STDOUT from a system call (POSIX) into an array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capturing-stdout-from-a-system-call-posix-into-an-array/122264)
**Author:** [@Venks](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Venks)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capturing-stdout-from-a-system-call-posix-into-an-array/122264 "2007-12-07T02:05:23Z")
What’s the best way to capture STDOUT into an Array? I looked at popen3, open4, systemu but couldn’t figure out how to do this. In short, I want to execute a system call like “ls -l” and capture it into an array. Of c… --- ## [Rails form help needed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-form-help-needed/122366)
**Author:** [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-form-help-needed/122366 "2007-12-07T01:35:35Z")
For some reason my selct shows \