# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1698 [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:** 1699 --- ## [Open4-0.6.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open4-0-6-0/67113)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/open4-0-6-0/67113 "2006-08-31T19:02:39Z")
URIS http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/ http://www.codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/ SYNOPSIS open child process with handles on pid, stdin, stdout, and stderr: manage child processes and their io handles easil… --- ## [Textile / RedCloth to PDF converter?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textile-redcloth-to-pdf-converter/67069)
**Author:** [@justbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justbe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/textile-redcloth-to-pdf-converter/67069 "2006-08-31T16:14:03Z")
Hey there, I am currently looking for a good / stable way to create .pdf-files out of a textile formated text. Does anyone know whether someone already wrote a textile =\> e.g. PDF::Writer library? Or is there any othe… --- ## [Exerb exception handling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exerb-exception-handling/67093)
**Author:** [@Shannon\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shannon_F)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exerb-exception-handling/67093 "2006-08-31T16:10:02Z")
Dear All, I have a question about exerb: how can I suppress the exerb exception popup, instead, let it record all exceptions into a log file? Thanks, Shannon --- ## [Pairs tournament algorithm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pairs-tournament-algorithm/66927)
**Author:** [@eyp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eyp)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pairs-tournament-algorithm/66927 "2006-08-31T15:49:59Z")
Hi all, anybody knows or could point me in the right direction to an algorithm to get tournament pairs like a football tournament or so? Is there any Ruby Q. that solves this problem? --- ## [RailsConf Europe is almost sold out!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/railsconf-europe-is-almost-sold-out/67084)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/railsconf-europe-is-almost-sold-out/67084 "2006-08-31T15:09:51Z")
Hi – RailsConf Europe is almost sold out – registration is going to close on Friday, September 1. So if you still want to go, go to http://europe.railsconf.org, and if there’s still room you can register. See you in… --- ## [GemSpecification format detail where?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gemspecification-format-detail-where/66839)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gemspecification-format-detail-where/66839 "2006-08-31T15:07:51Z")
i’m looking for GemSpecification format detail the page http://rubygems.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?DeveloperGuide giving a “dead” (?) link… --- ## [Exerb exception handling](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exerb-exception-handling/67074)
**Author:** [@Shannon\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shannon_F)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exerb-exception-handling/67074 "2006-08-31T13:45:37Z")
Hi All, I have a question about exerb: how can I let exerb to LOG all exceptions in a file, instead of popping up a window at runtime? Thanks! Shannon --- ## [MusicBrainz-Ruby 0.3.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/musicbrainz-ruby-0-3-0/67073)
**Author:** [@dangermoose](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dangermoose)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/musicbrainz-ruby-0-3-0/67073 "2006-08-31T13:43:37Z")
Hi Everyone, I just posted version 0.3.0 of MusicBrains-Ruby, my Ruby bindings for MusicBrainz (http://musicbrainz.org/). MusicBrainz is a community music metadatabase. Changes Since 0.2.1 Cleaned up several examp… --- ## [Weird string problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-string-problem/66618)
**Author:** [@Peter\_CSVerhage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Peter_CSVerhage)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-string-problem/66618 "2006-08-31T12:51:28Z")
Hi, I’ve got some weird string problem that in the end causes an error in SOAP4R / ActionWebService. I have a simple (SOAP) structure with some string attributes. The value assigned to this structure are read from a … --- ## [Inheriting test classes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheriting-test-classes/67063)
**Author:** [@aidy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aidy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheriting-test-classes/67063 "2006-08-31T12:09:25Z")
Hi, All my GUI test classes contain this code within the constructor. class ST\_MSE\_33 def initialize start\_browser login … rescue =\> e p "test failed: #{e.message}" p e.backtrace ensure log\_out close\_window e… --- ## [Collections of structured-data objects: what approach?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/collections-of-structured-data-objects-what-approach/66399)
**Author:** [@graham\_w](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/graham_w)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/collections-of-structured-data-objects-what-approach/66399 "2006-08-31T09:57:12Z")
Folks: I’m new to Ruby, though not to programming in general. So I’m looking around for some of the mechanisms I’m used to finding, and one of them is an apparatus for Collections (as for example used in C++, OP, VB … --- ## [Array.step](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/array-step/66980)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/array-step/66980 "2006-08-31T06:26:58Z")
harp:~ \> cat a.rb class Array def self.step i, \*a, &b j, s, ignored = \*a i, j = 0, i if j.nil? s ||= (j \< i ? -1 : 1) list = new i.step(j,s){|k| list \<\< k} list.map! &b if b list end end require ‘irb/xmp’ xm… --- ## [Piston 1.1.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piston-1-1-1/67039)
**Author:** [@fbeausoleil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fbeausoleil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/piston-1-1-1/67039 "2006-08-31T05:32:56Z")
Hello all ! A new release of Piston is upon us. = What is it ? Piston eases vendor branch management when using Subversion by copying the remote repository’s content to your own. = ChangeLog Added contrib/piston (… --- ## [Mandatory options with optparse](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mandatory-options-with-optparse/66834)
**Author:** [@Imobach\_SSiso-8859](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Imobach_SSiso-8859)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mandatory-options-with-optparse/66834 "2006-08-31T04:06:45Z")
Hi all, I was playing with optparse (great stuff ;)) and I didn’t see how to check if a mandatory option have been supplied (note that I say mandatory option, not mandatory argument). So, if I got the next chunk of… --- ## [$SAFE =4 safe enough?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/safe-4-safe-enough/66873)
**Author:** [@Farrel\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Farrel_L)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/safe-4-safe-enough/66873 "2006-08-31T02:22:39Z")
I’m implementing a system where users will be able to execute short snippets of ruby code and It’ll be executing in a thread with $SAFE set to 4. From my reading it seems like there have been some vulnerabilities wher… --- ## [Drb and mystery ports (and Queue question)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-and-mystery-ports-and-queue-question/66998)
**Author:** [@philthompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philthompson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-and-mystery-ports-and-queue-question/66998 "2006-08-31T02:20:39Z")
I’m trying to make a simple message queue. Messages can be added to the queue by drb clients and the main queue class just sits in a different thread and goes through the queue trying to send them out. I figured I’d u… --- ## [Regarding memcache client](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regarding-memcache-client/66940)
**Author:** [@hemant\_kumar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hemant_kumar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regarding-memcache-client/66940 "2006-08-31T02:10:38Z")
Hi, I am using memcache-client written by beloved :slight\_smile: eric hodel for session caching in rails, and but I would like to use this for some in-memory caching in my other programs. I am not able to use it outs… --- ## [Unsubcribe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unsubcribe/67033)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Constans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Constans)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unsubcribe/67033 "2006-08-31T01:52:37Z")
unsubcribe --- ## [Rinda and ruby numbers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rinda-and-ruby-numbers/66648)
**Author:** [@xaea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xaea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rinda-and-ruby-numbers/66648 "2006-08-31T01:48:37Z")
is there any way to pre-allocate memory used by tuplespace, or is the memory used automatically set depending on the machine’s free memory? it is said that ruby numbers’ sizes aren’t fixed, and depend on system’s … --- ## [Fwd: DayRange(#92) - My solution](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-dayrange-92-my-solution/67026)
**Author:** [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-dayrange-92-my-solution/67026 "2006-08-31T01:40:36Z")
Brian pointed out that I’d missed the spec and was hypenating two day runs instead of the minimum run called for. So, I’ve updated my solution to fix this, and keeping with the spirit of options, I added a :min\_span o… --- ## [Lighter-weight ActiveMQ-like thingy in Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighter-weight-activemq-like-thingy-in-ruby/67022)
**Author:** [@philthompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philthompson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighter-weight-activemq-like-thingy-in-ruby/67022 "2006-08-31T01:12:33Z")
Has anyone worked on an ActiveMQ (http://activemq.org ) like messaging broker in pure Ruby? Or if now has anyone thought about it? Any thoughts on what it would take? ActiveMQ is a beast (especially if you’re not fa… --- ## [Workshop for Getting Started with Ruby on Rails in Vancouver](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/workshop-for-getting-started-with-ruby-on-rails-in-vancouver/67028)
**Author:** [@nshb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nshb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/workshop-for-getting-started-with-ruby-on-rails-in-vancouver/67028 "2006-08-31T00:54:31Z")
Rails Workshops presents Getting Started with Ruby on Rails, to be hosted by Nathaniel B. on September 8th in the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada. This workshop will cover the core basics of Ruby including: arrays… --- ## [Prototype-0.3.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prototype-0-3-0/67027)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prototype-0-3-0/67027 "2006-08-31T00:48:30Z")
NAME prototype.rb URIS http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/ http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/ SYNOPSIS prototype.rb facilitates a prototype based coding style http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype-based… --- ## [Re: One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-one-click-ruby-installer-for-windows-1-8-5-21-released/67018)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-one-click-ruby-installer-for-windows-1-8-5-21-released/67018 "2006-08-30T23:34:20Z")
On 8/30/06, Berger, Daniel removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: Do you think you are allowed to distribute MS compiler (and the other tools needed)? (cause I don’t think so). No, you can’t redistribute MS … --- ## [Checking for Network Connection](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checking-for-network-connection/66989)
**Author:** [@maraby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/maraby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checking-for-network-connection/66989 "2006-08-30T22:46:12Z")
OK, so, I quickly googled and was not able to find anything specific, but what I’m trying to do is find an elegant way to check for a network/internet connection. (I specifically need the internet, but a network conn… --- ## [Encryption library](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encryption-library/66899)
**Author:** [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encryption-library/66899 "2006-08-30T22:12:07Z")
I could’ve sworn that I saw some Ruby library for encrypting stuff like credit cards. But my google fu fails me. Any ideas? Joe --- ## [Separation of Variables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/separation-of-variables/67001)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/separation-of-variables/67001 "2006-08-30T21:56:05Z")
I have a few variables for a program I am attempting to write that I need to be able to read into my script. However, certain ones take on a different scope than others, so I would like to separate them out into group… --- ## [Ruby/ManageSieve 0.3.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-managesieve-0-3-0/67002)
**Author:** [@reflex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reflex)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-managesieve-0-3-0/67002 "2006-08-30T20:51:58Z")
Hello. This a new release of Ruby/ManageSieve with changes which were on CVS HEAD for some time now. Ruby/ManageSieve is a pure-ruby library for the MANAGESIEVE protocol. It also includes the command-line \`\`sievectl’… --- ## [DayRange(#92) - My solution](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dayrange-92-my-solution/66994)
**Author:** [@rykkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rykkers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dayrange-92-my-solution/66994 "2006-08-30T20:25:56Z")
I sent this before with a big zipfile attachment including rdoc, and I think that the mailing list rejected it due to the size of the attachment. So I’m sending it again with just the source files. After solving the b… --- ## [The Old Switcharoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-old-switcharoo/66992)
**Author:** [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-old-switcharoo/66992 "2006-08-30T20:21:56Z")
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