# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1687 [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:** 1688 --- ## [Chronic-0.1.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chronic-0-1-0/67907)
**Author:** [@tomfarm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tomfarm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/chronic-0-1-0/67907 "2006-09-08T19:38:44Z")
I am pleased to announce the FIRST release of Chronic. project: http://rubyforge.org/projects/chronic docs: http://chronic.rubyforge.org/ This is a preview and feedback solicitation release. I would love to field … --- ## [Re: symbol tricks](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-symbol-tricks/68045)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-symbol-tricks/68045 "2006-09-08T19:30:43Z")
From: Jason N. \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] Plus for arrays and strings is concatenation. I don’t like it either, b/c array plus should be addition of corresponding elements, but that is the way thin… --- ## [Rake: Looking for shortcut to file targets list from within](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-looking-for-shortcut-to-file-targets-list-from-within/68049)
**Author:** [@mikshir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mikshir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-looking-for-shortcut-to-file-targets-list-from-within/68049 "2006-09-08T19:16:41Z")
I have several projects that are growing and I’m using rake to manage the builds. These are NOT C builds and I cannot use patterns or globs or suffixes to reliably collect all of the built files and intermediates. S… --- ## [Problem with chronic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-chronic/68014)
**Author:** [@crenner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crenner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-chronic/68014 "2006-09-08T19:02:40Z")
I’ve followed the install instructions perfectly. I can only require ‘chronice’ after i require ‘rubygems’. And then there is a problem? Any ideas? : ~\> irb irb(main):001:0\> require ‘chronic’ LoadError: no such fi… --- ## [Problems with extensions, RHEL4, $LOAD\_PATH](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extensions-rhel4-load-path/68019)
**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problems-with-extensions-rhel4-load-path/68019 "2006-09-08T19:00:40Z")
Ruby 1.8.5 RHEL 4, x86-64 gcc 3.4.5 make 3.80 Something very strange is happening here. The bigdecimal.so file clearly exists: \[ djberge@lxomp55e /usr/local/lib/ruby \] $ pwd /usr/local/lib/ruby \[ djberge@lxomp55… --- ## [Re: better alias\_method](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-better-alias-method/68042)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-better-alias-method/68042 "2006-09-08T18:40:35Z")
From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] i remember that define\_method will soon have the ability to define methods that take blocks do you know if that’s in 1.8.5 or t… --- ## [\[ANN\] new genetic programming system for ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-genetic-programming-system-for-ruby/67935)
**Author:** [@polypus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polypus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-new-genetic-programming-system-for-ruby/67935 "2006-09-08T18:26:36Z")
http://drp.rubyforge.org i’ll be doing a presentation tonight in secondlife, read the recent post titled Rubyists of Second Life Meeting, 09/07/2006. --- ## [Re: Thousands of words on Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-thousands-of-words-on-ruby/68026)
**Author:** [@MolitorS\_Stephen\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MolitorS_Stephen_L)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-thousands-of-words-on-ruby/68026 "2006-09-08T17:14:25Z")
Doh! And here I was looking for something more exciting and esoteric. Steve --- ## [Ultimate programmer's reference - Quickref.org launches](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ultimate-programmers-reference-quickref-org-launches/67605)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ultimate-programmers-reference-quickref-org-launches/67605 "2006-09-08T17:12:24Z")
QuickRef.org : AJAX-powered site searches for documentation on Ruby, CSS, HTML, HTML DOM, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and more languages added all the time. Minimize docs and they show up next time you visit t… --- ## [8 Ruby on Rails contract positions in VA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/8-ruby-on-rails-contract-positions-in-va/68018)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Massaro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Daniel_Massaro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/8-ruby-on-rails-contract-positions-in-va/68018 "2006-09-08T15:48:16Z")
Please send resumes to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid LOA: 3-6 months (possibility of contract to hire) LOC: VA 1 week onsite a month 3 weeks remote start: ASAP Client needs a total of 8 people to come in and h… --- ## [Crashing RubyConf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashing-rubyconf/67918)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashing-rubyconf/67918 "2006-09-08T15:46:16Z")
I was not properly paying attention, and now find that the RubyConf site says that registration is over and the conference is full. Woe to me, who lives 30 minutes away. What aspect of the conference is sold out? Is i… --- ## [Re: what is the best non-rails web/ruby development environm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-is-the-best-non-rails-web-ruby-development-environm/67970)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-is-the-best-non-rails-web-ruby-development-environm/67970 "2006-09-08T12:57:58Z")
From: Edward \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] How do most of your develop non-rails ruby webs locally? (I’ll get into rails later, I want to get the basics of Ruby down first.) I mentioned ruby-web in … --- ## [Call\_stack 0.1.0: ruby-breakpoint/breakpointer working in 1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-stack-0-1-0-ruby-breakpoint-breakpointer-working-in-1/68000)
**Author:** [@tulkas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tulkas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-stack-0-1-0-ruby-breakpoint-breakpointer-working-in-1/68000 "2006-09-08T12:23:52Z")
Source code and additional information at eigenclass.org Release information: eigenclass.org This release includes two RubyGems packages: a binary one for Win32 and a platform-independent one for all those with a c… --- ## [Please help fixing gems on OSX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-fixing-gems-on-osx/64754)
**Author:** [@andre\_in\_LA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andre_in_LA)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/please-help-fixing-gems-on-osx/64754 "2006-09-08T12:21:51Z")
Hi, I am new to OSX and am a beginner rails developer. I installed ruby 1.84 and ruby gems and rails and for a while everything worked well. Recently I tried to update rails using the gems manager and it failed, prod… --- ## [Server maintenance](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-maintenance/67998)
**Author:** [@Shugo\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shugo_M)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-maintenance/67998 "2006-09-08T12:07:50Z")
Hi, Services except mailinglists will be down for a server maintenance on Fri Sep 08 10:30:00 UTC 2006. The downtime will be about one hour. Sorry for inconvenience. Shugo --- ## [Trac like application in Ruby available?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac-like-application-in-ruby-available/67983)
**Author:** [@friedrich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/friedrich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac-like-application-in-ruby-available/67983 "2006-09-08T11:35:45Z")
I wonder if something similiar to tracs is available using Ruby? Regards Friedrich --- ## [Irb problem with swiss german keyboard layout on windows xp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-problem-with-swiss-german-keyboard-layout-on-windows-xp/67989)
**Author:** [@mauricefaeh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mauricefaeh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-problem-with-swiss-german-keyboard-layout-on-windows-xp/67989 "2006-09-08T11:00:26Z")
Hi I can’t use string interpolation in irb, when using the “swiss german” keyboard layout and windows xp console. When I try to enter this: irb(main):001:0\> print " test #{}" it’s turned into this: irb(main):001:0\> … --- ## [Rubilicious 0.2.0 (The "about freakin time" Release)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubilicious-0-2-0-the-about-freakin-time-release/67987)
**Author:** [@dangermoose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dangermoose)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubilicious-0-2-0-the-about-freakin-time-release/67987 "2006-09-08T10:43:41Z")
Hi Everyone, Rubilicious 0.2.0 is out in the wild. Rubilicious is a native Ruby binding for the popular social bookmarking site Delicious (http://del.icio.us/). This release adds full support for the new HTTP Delic… --- ## [\`ps -ax\` gets cut off when run from cron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ps-ax-gets-cut-off-when-run-from-cron/67973)
**Author:** [@phillyloco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phillyloco)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ps-ax-gets-cut-off-when-run-from-cron/67973 "2006-09-08T09:11:18Z")
Hello, I have a simple ruby script that writes the content of ps -ax to a file, when I call it myself, it runs fine, however when I set the script in a cron job and cron calls it, the output is truncated at 80 charac… --- ## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/67982)
**Author:** [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/67982 "2006-09-08T08:47:16Z")
FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Sun to Support Ruby Date: 7 Sep 2006 21:57:16 -0700 From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Organization: http://groups.google.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.progr… --- ## [Compiling Regexp only once](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-regexp-only-once/67484)
**Author:** [@singsang](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/singsang)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 8:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-regexp-only-once/67484 "2006-09-08T08:45:15Z")
Dear all, Writing some httpd logfile pre-processing (splitting it up, getting already some basic numbers), I think that I should compile the Regexp for the logfile entry only once. So my guess is that I should have p… --- ## [Re: what can you automate with Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-can-you-automate-with-ruby/67980)
**Author:** [@Torben\_WSSSSlm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Torben_WSSSSlm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-what-can-you-automate-with-ruby/67980 "2006-09-08T08:31:12Z")
If anyone else has any information on Office Automation, and specifically how it fits into Win32OLE, I’d really appreciate it - what I’d really like to have is a “canonical” list of all methods for each available Of… --- ## [Faster datastructure for lookups wanted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faster-datastructure-for-lookups-wanted/67929)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faster-datastructure-for-lookups-wanted/67929 "2006-09-08T08:15:04Z")
Hi all, maybe somebody can recommend me the right datastructure or any other advice would be a big help. My code spends most of its execution time doing lookups from a hashtable with about 1M keys. The keys are strin… --- ## [How to include files in ruby webs?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-files-in-ruby-webs/67962)
**Author:** [@edward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/edward)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-include-files-in-ruby-webs/67962 "2006-09-08T07:51:03Z")
What is the equivalent of include(“library.php”); in ruby? I googled this and “rendering shared partials in ruby” but can’t find anything. Thanks, Edward Tanguay All my projects: http://www.tanguay.info --- ## [Tibco Rendezvous binding help (esp. for Windows)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tibco-rendezvous-binding-help-esp-for-windows/67974)
**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tibco-rendezvous-binding-help-esp-for-windows/67974 "2006-09-08T07:21:00Z")
Hi folks, There’s been some interest in finishing up the TibcoRV bindings for Ruby, especially for Windows. This was a project I started, but abandoned because I switched jobs within my company, and no longer had an… --- ## [Re: continuing the next iteration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67971)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67971 "2006-09-08T06:46:57Z")
From: Gavin K. From: YAD \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] What’s the Ruby equivalent of “next” in Perl or “continue” in C? Is it possible to continue an outer loop, as in Perl’s “next” with a label arg… --- ## [Re: how to get ruby to report errors on website](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-get-ruby-to-report-errors-on-website/67969)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-get-ruby-to-report-errors-on-website/67969 "2006-09-08T06:34:55Z")
From: Edward \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] Is it possible to set up ruby on the web somehow so that it reports errors like PHP does? Although I’ve only used it on one project, ruby-web is a nice litt… --- ## [Re: how to include files in ruby webs?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-include-files-in-ruby-webs/67968)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-how-to-include-files-in-ruby-webs/67968 "2006-09-08T06:32:54Z")
From: Edward \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] What is the equivalent of include(“library.php”); in ruby? In an ERB template, you can do \<%=IO.read( ‘header.inc’ )%\> to pull in the contents of another … --- ## [Re: continuing the next iteration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67967)
**Author:** [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67967 "2006-09-08T06:24:52Z")
From: YAD \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] What’s the Ruby equivalent of “next” in Perl or “continue” in C? Is it possible to continue an outer loop, as in Perl’s “next” with a label argument? http://p… --- ## [How to take output of eval into a string?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-take-output-of-eval-into-a-string/67744)
**Author:** [@anildigital](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anildigital)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-take-output-of-eval-into-a-string/67744 "2006-09-08T06:12:51Z")
\#code a = “puts ‘I like Ruby’” b = eval(a) puts b after running above code, it gives output I like Ruby nil the above code prints b a nil, I want output of eval into a string! How to do that? Please help! Regard… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1686) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1688)