# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1564 [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:** 1565 --- ## [Pervasives-0.0.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pervasives-0-0-1/81269)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pervasives-0-0-1/81269 "2007-01-19T16:31:23Z")
NAME pervasives.rb SYNOPSIS access to pristine object state. if you don’t metaprogram you probably don’t need it INSTALL gem install pervasives URIS http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/ http://codeforp… --- ## [RubyX11 and MetaRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyx11-and-metaruby/82375)
**Author:** [@Mathieu\_Bouchard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathieu_Bouchard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyx11-and-metaruby/82375 "2007-01-19T16:31:23Z")
This is just to say that I’m going to phase out Ruby, so, all the plans that I might have had to revive RubyX11 and/or MetaRuby one day, are just gone. I’ve made that decision a few months ago but I hadn’t thought ab… --- ## [SVN ready](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-ready/80087)
**Author:** [@Shugo\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shugo_M)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-ready/80087 "2007-01-19T16:31:21Z")
Hi, SASADA Koichi wrote: svn co svn+ssh://removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid/var/svn/ruby/trunk svn ci svn+ssh://removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid/var/svn/ruby/trunk Sorry to be late, svn service for committ… --- ## [Modifying the PATH envariable](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modifying-the-path-envariable/81741)
**Author:** [@robertjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robertjames)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modifying-the-path-envariable/81741 "2007-01-19T16:31:18Z")
Our app invokes some binary executables (imagine convert image.png). In order to make deployment error free, I’d like to include them in our source tree, and add the paths to the ENV\[‘PATH’\] dynamically. Is there a cr… --- ## [Ssh output buffer getting cut off](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssh-output-buffer-getting-cut-off/82528)
**Author:** [@JacobS\_Raymond\_A\_Jr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JacobS_Raymond_A_Jr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssh-output-buffer-getting-cut-off/82528 "2007-01-19T16:31:16Z")
I am running net-ssh(1.0.10) and ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) \[i386-mswin32\] When I execute the following: … session.process.open3("/usr/bin/netstat -pn") do |input,output,error| puts “#{output.read}” end … The outpu… --- ## [Problems with Posting to comp.lang.ruby, due to gateway to R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-posting-to-comp-lang-ruby-due-to-gateway-to-r/81481)
**Author:** [@ronaldfischer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ronaldfischer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-posting-to-comp-lang-ruby-due-to-gateway-to-r/81481 "2007-01-19T16:31:15Z")
Hello There seems to be a problem how the newsgroupd comp.lang.ruby is handled. Here a concrete example to demonstrate it: (1) I have posted a message to comp.lang.ruby via Newsoffice (a web based Newsreader, http:/… --- ## [Status of Cardinal (was Re: Proposal to create a new mailing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-of-cardinal-was-re-proposal-to-create-a-new-mailing/80730)
**Author:** [@pat\_eyler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pat_eyler)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/status-of-cardinal-was-re-proposal-to-create-a-new-mailing/80730 "2007-01-19T16:31:12Z")
On 12/30/06, Gregory S. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: \[deleted\] Cardinal (Ruby on Parrot, which may or may not be dead) It’s not dead, it’s pining for the fjords. No, actually, Kevin T., the maintaine… --- ## [Tix windows (install question)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tix-windows-install-question/81103)
**Author:** [@goldfita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goldfita)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tix-windows-install-question/81103 "2007-01-19T16:31:08Z")
I found a post around here somewhere explaining how to install tix. Has anyone made it work on windows? I’m getting the follwing. C:\\ruby\\tcltk-ext052\>mk\_tkextlib.rb -p Tix c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/tcltkextlib.rb:47:in \_… --- ## [Ruby/Tk $B%/%i%9L\>$N$f$l(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-b-i-9l-n-f-l-b/81225)
**Author:** [@Kazuhiro\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_Y)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-b-i-9l-n-f-l-b/81225 "2007-01-19T16:31:08Z")
moriqe$B$G$9!#e(B Ruby/Tk e$B$K$O$$$/$D$+%/%i%9L\>$N$f$l$,$"$j$^$9$,!“e(B e$B%^%K%e%”%k$r:n@.$9$k\>e$G!"$I$A$i$+$KE}0l$7$?$$$G$9!#e(B e$BNc$($P!"e(BBLT Tilee$B$Ne(Bcheckbuttone$B$O!"e(B Tk::BLT::Tile::Checkbuttone$B$NL\>… --- ## [Style question: where to put additions to standard classes?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/style-question-where-to-put-additions-to-standard-classes/82328)
**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/style-question-where-to-put-additions-to-standard-classes/82328 "2007-01-19T16:31:07Z")
I’ve just started on my first decent-sized Ruby project and before the number of files spirals too far out of control I wanted to ask for some advice on what the accepted “best practice” for organizing files and code … --- ## [Scriptable text editor with Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scriptable-text-editor-with-ruby/81077)
**Author:** [@Dolazy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dolazy)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scriptable-text-editor-with-ruby/81077 "2007-01-19T16:31:05Z")
Hi all! Vim and emacs are text editor that can be scripted using internal script languages. I’m thinking of writing a platform independent text editor myself that uses the ruby language for executing scripts. The hos… --- ## [How to change mindset from Records to objects](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-mindset-from-records-to-objects/81673)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-change-mindset-from-records-to-objects/81673 "2007-01-19T16:31:03Z")
Hi Gang, I have a ruby issue that I’m hoping someone can shed some light on. Its probably not so much a Ruby issue as a dinosaur ex Cobol programmer trying to work with objects rather than records. I’m using Ruby to … --- ## [Same compiler needed for C libraries?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-compiler-needed-for-c-libraries/81698)
**Author:** [@fxn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fxn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/same-compiler-needed-for-c-libraries/81698 "2007-01-19T16:31:03Z")
I’ve often heard that the same compiler should be used to compile Ruby and C extensions. I’ve also heard the same restriction for Perl, mod\_perl, and Apache. Libraries distributed as binaries for Windows have to be co… --- ## [Ruby-fr@ruby-lang.org is dead](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-fr-ruby-lang-org-is-dead/82464)
**Author:** [@Mathieu\_Bouchard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathieu_Bouchard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-fr-ruby-lang-org-is-dead/82464 "2007-01-19T16:30:56Z")
ah, and i also wanted to talk about removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid, a mailing-list about Ruby in French, which I’ve also started in 2001. It’s been nuked in the transition to the new website several months ago. … --- ## [Question about Class Variable and Class Instance Variables?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-class-variable-and-class-instance-variables/82492)
**Author:** [@Nasir\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nasir_K)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-class-variable-and-class-instance-variables/82492 "2007-01-19T16:30:55Z")
Is it fair to say that inheritance behavior difference is the only difference between Class variables and Class instance variables? Are both of these stored in the class’s object (instance of class Class)? Or are th… --- ## [How to run shell/perl scripts on remote machines from web in](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-run-shell-perl-scripts-on-remote-machines-from-web-in/82494)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-run-shell-perl-scripts-on-remote-machines-from-web-in/82494 "2007-01-19T16:30:55Z")
Hi, I am currently making a web interface which will have Click Buttons that should invoke a shell script on a remote machine (linux/Sun/Hp-ux). I have to execute these shell scripts on many such machines and monitor … --- ## [Rake aborted problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-aborted-problem/82478)
**Author:** [@rails-nooby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails-nooby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-aborted-problem/82478 "2007-01-19T16:30:54Z")
Hi all, I know this is something probably really simple, but since I’m a noob I’m stuck and can’t figure it out. I’m doing the depot project/tutorial in the Agile Web D. with Rails. Here’s what happens, while tryi… --- ## [Debugger strangeness](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-strangeness/82488)
**Author:** [@Jos\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jos_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-strangeness/82488 "2007-01-19T16:30:51Z")
lizzy:~% cat r class Foo def initialize(s) @s = s end def bar @s end end f = Foo.new(“string”) p f.bar lizzy:~% ruby -rdebug r Debug.rb Emacs support available. r:1:class Foo (rdb:1) help Debugger help v.… --- ## [How to get a time object for two weeks ago?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-a-time-object-for-two-weeks-ago/81202)
**Author:** [@shawn\_bright](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shawn_bright)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-a-time-object-for-two-weeks-ago/81202 "2007-01-19T16:30:51Z")
lo there all, i am wrestling with this for a bit now. how do i get a time object for two weeks ago ? if t = Time.now, how do i get t - 2 weeks ? thanks --- ## [Ruby IDE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide/79644)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ide/79644 "2007-01-19T16:30:49Z")
I am new to Ruby, but I have used a lot of other programming languages including Python, Ada, C++, Java, etc. I downloaded Ruby to my Windows machine and installed it by executing the self-install file (a .exe). An… --- ## [Unsubscribe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unsubscribe/82473)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_PSMcCarthy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel_PSMcCarthy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unsubscribe/82473 "2007-01-19T16:30:44Z")
unsubscribe --- ## [SWIG, Ruby, C and typemaps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swig-ruby-c-and-typemaps/82335)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Sack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeff_Sack)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swig-ruby-c-and-typemaps/82335 "2007-01-19T16:30:43Z")
Hello all. I am seeking some advice on using SWIG to wrap some native C code provided to me (I don’t have the ability to change it). Basically, I have something like this: The definition of one of the problematic met… --- ## [MD5 BSD like passwords](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/md5-bsd-like-passwords/81771)
**Author:** [@fcruxen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fcruxen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/md5-bsd-like-passwords/81771 "2007-01-19T16:30:39Z")
I’m coding a “postfixadmin” using ruby, so, all the passwords are stored in DB using a bsd like md5 hash. Is there any simple way I could generate passwords like that (the same hash could be used to generate shadow pa… --- ## [SparseFile](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sparsefile/81217)
**Author:** [@erikveen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/erikveen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sparsefile/81217 "2007-01-19T16:30:38Z")
I had to send huge files over a network to another machine. Most of these files were image files for QEMU: typically 4 GB, of which only a small portion (~ 400 MB) was used. Both client and server were Ruby programs o… --- ## [Seeking advice on Ruby code style](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-advice-on-ruby-code-style/81703)
**Author:** [@Alexandru\_ESUngur](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alexandru_ESUngur)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-advice-on-ruby-code-style/81703 "2007-01-19T16:30:38Z")
Hi all, I recently recently released my first vim script, nothing big, it just toggles words between true/false, on/off, etc. You can find more here - : vim online if you want. The thing is, I’m not sure if I chose … --- ## [Ruby headers in mac os x](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-headers-in-mac-os-x/81273)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-headers-in-mac-os-x/81273 "2007-01-19T16:30:34Z")
Sorry for the stupid question. I am trying to build rubyOSA 0.2.0 on my Mac Powerbook, OS X.4.8. When I run “ruby extconf.rb”, following the instructions, I get the answer “can’t find header files for ruby”. When you… --- ## [Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229087)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229087 "2007-01-19T16:30:34Z")
Begin forwarded message: --- ## [A Game Engine for Ruby somewhere?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-game-engine-for-ruby-somewhere/82438)
**Author:** [@Zouplaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zouplaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-game-engine-for-ruby-somewhere/82438 "2007-01-19T16:30:34Z")
Hello, I’m still looking for a Game engine, or at least a 3D engine for Ruby (not a raw opengl binding) Thanks --- ## [Logging to a page and scrapping values](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-to-a-page-and-scrapping-values/81742)
**Author:** [@vikashkumar051](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vikashkumar051)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-to-a-page-and-scrapping-values/81742 "2007-01-19T16:30:23Z")
I am running a test case, in which I have to first login to a web page then I have to go to some particular page in the same web site, then extract some data from that page. The data is in the table. Such as the scrip… --- ## [Webgen 0.4.0 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-4-0-released/81275)
**Author:** [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-4-0-released/81275 "2007-01-19T16:30:18Z")
Hey all, finally a new webgen release :slight\_smile: More information and install instructions below! Thanks for all the help and feedback! Bye, Thomas About webgen is used to generate web pages from page and tem… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1563) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1565)