# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1611 [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:** 1612 --- ## [Integrating BLT with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-blt-with-ruby/76522)
**Author:** [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-blt-with-ruby/76522 "2006-11-20T18:11:18Z")
Hi, I posted this once before but am unable to find the previous posting by doing a search…my apology… I’m doing some statistical processing and I need to plot some x-y curves…BLT does this very well. I need to know… --- ## [MasterView rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/masterview-rails-optimized-x-html-friendly-template-engine/76716)
**Author:** [@jbell38](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jbell38)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/masterview-rails-optimized-x-html-friendly-template-engine/76716 "2006-11-20T17:51:11Z")
MasterView is a rails-optimized (x)html friendly template engine plugin that provides another option to the existing rails view templates (rhtml and rxml). The main idea is to provide a template engine that would prov… --- ## [Dao language 1.0 beta is release!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dao-language-1-0-beta-is-release/76679)
**Author:** [@fulimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fulimin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dao-language-1-0-beta-is-release/76679 "2006-11-20T17:31:08Z")
Hello, After a few months’ effort, I have finished the implementation of Dao Virtual Machine(DVM), and released it as 1.0-beta. The DVM is implemented as a very efficient virtual register machine. This version has im… --- ## [Fortran2Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fortran2ruby/76394)
**Author:** [@makenai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/makenai)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fortran2ruby/76394 "2006-11-20T17:17:04Z")
Hi all, This is kind of silly, but hopefully not too off topic for the list. :slight\_smile: I made a small contribution to a friend’s (food related) blog today about the 1978 Star Trek Cookbook. The introductory chapt… --- ## [How to translate a VBA code into Ruby script](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-translate-a-vba-code-into-ruby-script/76533)
**Author:** [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-translate-a-vba-code-into-ruby-script/76533 "2006-11-20T17:13:02Z")
Hi all, I need to use WIN32OLE to do some Excel automation. I read some documents and search google.The examples of how to use WIN32OLE are almost the same. But none of them show how to translate a VBA code into Ruby… --- ## [DBI and cursors?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbi-and-cursors/76707)
**Author:** [@sevensoft](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sevensoft)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbi-and-cursors/76707 "2006-11-20T17:09:00Z")
I’m writing a program to run through large numbers of records in a database, classify them using a machine learning algorithm (rubysvm), and store the results in the database by updating a single column on the record… --- ## [Just a reminder: Do not reply to spam threads](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-a-reminder-do-not-reply-to-spam-threads/76390)
**Author:** [@Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hal_F)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-a-reminder-do-not-reply-to-spam-threads/76390 "2006-11-20T17:06:59Z")
Just a public service announcement… Hal --- ## [Cannot override #== with mixin, was help with patch to ruby-](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-override-with-mixin-was-help-with-patch-to-ruby/76700)
**Author:** [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-override-with-mixin-was-help-with-patch-to-ruby/76700 "2006-11-20T15:46:03Z")
Hi all I have sent a little patch, defining HalfOrder, to ruby-core in order to get some help with a problem I have found. Maybe this was not the best procedure. So I’ll try here again :frowning: basically the patc… --- ## [Question about -r command line option, rubygems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-r-command-line-option-rubygems/76385)
**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-r-command-line-option-rubygems/76385 "2006-11-20T15:35:59Z")
Hi all, Ruby 1.8.5 (one click) Windows XP I’m trying to require a gem from the command line but it’s failing: C:\\ruby -rubygems -rturn test.rb ruby: no such file to load – turn (LoadError) But, I clearly have it … --- ## [I have a problem with ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-problem-with-ruby/76688)
**Author:** [@abood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/abood)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-have-a-problem-with-ruby/76688 "2006-11-20T15:27:56Z")
Hi i’m beginner in ruby and i have a problem ,i hope that you help me to fix it the problem is that when i write any program and save it as a .rb file when i want to open it (the program) it open for a second then th… --- ## [Recent RubyForge downtime](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recent-rubyforge-downtime/76454)
**Author:** [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recent-rubyforge-downtime/76454 "2006-11-20T15:23:56Z")
Hi all - Just wanted to post about the recent RubyForge downtime. Basically it was a cron job mistake on my part one evening, which is fixed, and I think it was a ViewVC problem the next time, and I’m looking into th… --- ## [Symbian UI which has just being powered by Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbian-ui-which-has-just-being-powered-by-ruby/76690)
**Author:** [@zoat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zoat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbian-ui-which-has-just-being-powered-by-ruby/76690 "2006-11-20T15:21:55Z")
As Sony Ericsson has just bought Symbian UI(see Sony Ericsson buys Symbian UI • The Register), event which coincides with the Ruby release for Symbian OS(see http://developer.symbian.com/main/tools/opensrc/ruby/index.… --- ## [How to use this search engine](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-this-search-engine/76523)
**Author:** [@lynchnco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lynchnco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-this-search-engine/76523 "2006-11-20T15:09:28Z")
Hi, I’m a bit confused on using this search engine… I’m working in the Ruby forum. I just posted a new topic entitled ‘Integrating BLT with Ruby’. When I Search for it in the Ruby forum, the topic is not found… I se… --- ## [Suggestions for Nuby transition through "suck" stage?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggestions-for-nuby-transition-through-suck-stage/76318)
**Author:** [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggestions-for-nuby-transition-through-suck-stage/76318 "2006-11-20T14:47:46Z")
I once read that in learning Ruby, there is a “suck” stage where it is difficult to accomplish much of anything, followed by a “Wow” stage where the Ruby N. “sees the light”. Any hints/suggestions by you Ruby pros for… --- ## [Failure in irb with rubycocoa (MAC OS X)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failure-in-irb-with-rubycocoa-mac-os-x/76262)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/failure-in-irb-with-rubycocoa-mac-os-x/76262 "2006-11-20T14:47:45Z")
Hi there, after installing RubyCocoa on Mac OS X i tried the first steps with it in irb: That’s what happened require ‘osx/cocoa’ /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.0/rubycocoa.bundle: \[BUG\] Bus Error r… --- ## [Reading from a named pipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-from-a-named-pipe/76292)
**Author:** [@grbrg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grbrg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reading-from-a-named-pipe/76292 "2006-11-20T14:47:43Z")
Hi all, I need to read some text from a named pipe in ruby. The writing is done in another (C++) program and I’d like to have Ruby display what is sent. I’ve looked at the IO.pipe function, but there seems to be no wa… --- ## [Any HPC on Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-hpc-on-ruby/76480)
**Author:** [@diego\_v](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/diego_v)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-hpc-on-ruby/76480 "2006-11-20T14:47:30Z")
Hello, I was wondering if someone here has had any experience in programming for HPC with Ruby, or it’s just not feasible. Usually many scientific codes, for example, spend most of their time in only a few functions,… --- ## [DateTime is not a Date?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-is-not-a-date/76544)
**Author:** [@Sammy\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sammy_L)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-is-not-a-date/76544 "2006-11-20T14:47:21Z")
So, I was playing around a little in Ruby and noticed that |DateTime| is a subclass of |Date|, yet the method |today| is not defined for it. I can certainly see how it doesn’t make sense to have that method for that c… --- ## [Ruby Gnome Glade, how to change cursor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome-glade-how-to-change-cursor/76554)
**Author:** [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome-glade-how-to-change-cursor/76554 "2006-11-20T14:46:21Z")
I ‘think’ I’ve looked everywhere for info on this. I want to change the normal mouse ‘arrow cursor’ to a ‘busy cursor’ and back again. I’d be very grateful if someone could tell me how this could be done. Thanks, Mike … --- ## [Rails view as PDF... suggestions?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-view-as-pdf-suggestions/76124)
**Author:** [@JSBSRainsberger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JSBSRainsberger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-view-as-pdf-suggestions/76124 "2006-11-20T14:46:19Z")
Hi, everybody! I am about to do some research tomorrow, but if any of you has an obvious answer, then that would help. I am looking to build PDFs from Rails views, and I’d like some guidance on how to go about it. If… --- ## [Re: Missing required 'path' module?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-missing-required-path-module/76478)
**Author:** [@Mike\_ASKenny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mike_ASKenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-missing-required-path-module/76478 "2006-11-20T14:46:17Z")
\----- kij removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: HTTP/1.1" 200 0 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:147:in Hey Mike, my guess is you need to install irb - proper… --- ## [Backticks asynchronous?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backticks-asynchronous/76543)
**Author:** [@Giles\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giles_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backticks-asynchronous/76543 "2006-11-20T14:46:17Z")
sorry, dumb question possibly, I just want to make sure. if I call some Unix command using backticks, that invokes the command, launches a new process, and waits until that process terminates before resuming program e… --- ## [Re: newbie: pipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-newbie-pipe/76548)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-newbie-pipe/76548 "2006-11-20T14:46:07Z")
In a message dated 11/19/2006 2:20:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid writes: John Giles removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid writes: Im pretty new to programming in general and… --- ## [Re: DateTime is not a Date?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-is-not-a-date/76546)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-is-not-a-date/76546 "2006-11-20T14:46:02Z")
In a message dated 11/19/2006 4:16:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid writes: So, I was playing around a little in Ruby and noticed that |DateTime| is a subclass of |Date|, yet … --- ## [Curb 0.0.1 - New ruby libcurl bindings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/curb-0-0-1-new-ruby-libcurl-bindings/76356)
**Author:** [@ross\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ross_b)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/curb-0-0-1-new-ruby-libcurl-bindings/76356 "2006-11-20T14:45:58Z")
Curb 0.0.1 is now available from http://curb.rubyforge.org. Curb provides nice, easy to use bindings to the libcurl URL transfer library. This is the first release, and Curb is still a work-in-progress. Currently, it… --- ## [Newbie: How do I use Ruby on Rails to accept XML, parse it a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-do-i-use-ruby-on-rails-to-accept-xml-parse-it-a/76540)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-do-i-use-ruby-on-rails-to-accept-xml-parse-it-a/76540 "2006-11-20T14:45:55Z")
I’ve gone through this excellent tutorial: http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/tutorial/index.html but I still can’t quite wrap my brain around how to do what I want, and being a newbie I’m finding it hard to know what … --- ## [Missing required 'path' module?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-required-path-module/76472)
**Author:** [@Mike\_ASKenny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mike_ASKenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-required-path-module/76472 "2006-11-20T14:45:53Z")
Hi, I hope this is the coorect list to post this type of query to. If not please let me know to where it should be directed. I am running Ubuntu 6.06 with ruby 1.8.4, rails 1.1.6 and gem 0.8.11 I have created an empt… --- ## [The last evaluated expression for this method?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-last-evaluated-expression-for-this-method/76512)
**Author:** [@feralhound](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/feralhound)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-last-evaluated-expression-for-this-method/76512 "2006-11-20T14:45:44Z")
I wrote a simple version of the collect method for the Array class called my\_collect. Here is what I wrote: class Array def my\_collect result = \[\] self.each {|element| result.push(yield(element))} result end end … --- ## [Newbie: pipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-pipe/76509)
**Author:** [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-pipe/76509 "2006-11-20T14:45:42Z")
Hi, Im pretty new to programming in general and ruby is only the second language that ive taken on. ive been reading around looking at code examples etc… and something that keeps coming up is pipe ie: |something\_in\_h… --- ## [Metaprogammatically define methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/metaprogammatically-define-methods/76322)
**Author:** [@shinji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shinji)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/metaprogammatically-define-methods/76322 "2006-11-20T11:41:31Z")
I’m writing a harness for some tests that use watir. Rather than having to boilerplate code in the definition of each test like def test\_1 load test1 end I want to read the testnames in from a file which will be eas… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1610) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1612)