# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1758 [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:** 1759 --- ## [Compressed Ruby for Embedded Devices](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compressed-ruby-for-embedded-devices/96951)
**Author:** [@simonsaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simonsaid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compressed-ruby-for-embedded-devices/96951 "2006-07-06T13:36:32Z")
Hello, Let me give you some background, We have embedded devices such as FOX VHDL (FOX VHDL a FPGA development board for the FOX Board). It runs fully functional linux kernel on which we have the ruby interpretor and … --- ## [non-ASCII characters into equivalent ASCII](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/non-ascii-characters-into-equivalent-ascii/97330)
**Author:** [@Dmitrii\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dmitrii_D)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/non-ascii-characters-into-equivalent-ascii/97330 "2006-07-06T13:08:35Z")
What is the correctr Ruby-way to transform non-ASCII characters into their sort-of equivalent ASCII characters? That is, how do I transform, say, Turkish characters ýðüþöçÝÐÜÞÖÇ into corresponding igusocIGUSOC? For Ru… --- ## [Ruby/AGG?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-agg/97332)
**Author:** [@Victor\_SZverokS\_She](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Victor_SZverokS_She)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-agg/97332 "2006-07-06T12:16:03Z")
Hi all. There was the message in ruby-talk at Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:16:15 \[1\] Saying: … 2. Ruby/AGG and Ruby/View (Andrey Melnik) This will be a wrapper library for AGG (http://antigrain.com) allowing users to draw hi… --- ## [Bug in Process.times?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-process-times/97279)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Joseph\_Sheeh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Robert_Joseph_Sheeh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-in-process-times/97279 "2006-07-06T10:39:48Z")
After repeatedly getting user+system times that are longer than real time by a constant factor (on a single, non hyper-threading processor), I thought I would inspect the code for Process.times at ruby-doc.org. It sho… --- ## [Munich.rb (Munich, Germany) meets on Saturday 15th July](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/munich-rb-munich-germany-meets-on-saturday-15th-july/97309)
**Author:** [@Urban\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Urban_H)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/munich-rb-munich-germany-meets-on-saturday-15th-july/97309 "2006-07-06T09:51:09Z")
\-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hej! The Munich Ruby U. Group meets on Saturday 15th July at 7PM at Ristorante Michelangelo\[1\]. If all goes according to plan Austin Ziegler will be in Munich at that ti… --- ## [Camping install](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/camping-install/97277)
**Author:** [@Alexandru\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alexandru_P)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/camping-install/97277 "2006-07-06T07:55:13Z")
Hi! I have installed camping latest version using gem install camping. Here is the output (and as you notice there are some problems). I am wondering if these are serious: Install required dependency markaby? \[Yn\] y… --- ## [Question about Epoch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-epoch/97115)
**Author:** [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-epoch/97115 "2006-07-06T07:27:45Z")
I’m under the impression at Epoch is January 1, 1970 00:00:00 yet in irb I do Time.at(0) and it returns: =\> Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 Mountain Standard Time 1969 Is the five hour difference MST -\> GMT ? TIA Stuart --- ## [\[correction\] Ruby Reports Roundtable on Freenode (2006.07.09](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correction-ruby-reports-roundtable-on-freenode-2006-07-09/97293)
**Author:** [@naething](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/naething)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/correction-ruby-reports-roundtable-on-freenode-2006-07-09/97293 "2006-07-06T06:02:33Z")
On 7/5/06, Gregory B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: I will be holding a roundtable discussion about Ruport this sunday(2006.07.08) from 19:30 → 20:30 EST on the Freenode channel #ruport This is 2006.… --- ## [Sd.rb meeting (San Diego, CA): Thursday July 6th, 2006](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sd-rb-meeting-san-diego-ca-thursday-july-6th-2006/97275)
**Author:** [@sgware](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sd-rb-meeting-san-diego-ca-thursday-july-6th-2006/97275 "2006-07-06T01:41:28Z")
Agenda, location, mailing list info, etc. here: http://davie.textdrive.com/pipermail/sdrug/2006-July/000517.html –Steve --- ## [Wanting to use open-uri and Net::HTTP under windows with pro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wanting-to-use-open-uri-and-net-http-under-windows-with-pro/97262)
**Author:** [@vtphysguy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vtphysguy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wanting-to-use-open-uri-and-net-http-under-windows-with-pro/97262 "2006-07-06T00:39:06Z")
Our IT department decided to install Windows ISA server to proxy all of our internet traffic. This server requires that any client authenticate via Kerberos or NTLM. That works fine for IE or Firefox but it broke all … --- ## [\- background color problem for FXCombobox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/background-color-problem-for-fxcombobox/97250)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/background-color-problem-for-fxcombobox/97250 "2006-07-05T23:39:21Z")
Dear all, this is a cross-post from FXRuby-users’ mailing list. Since an earlier post from somebody else today got a response on the Ruby mailing list, which hadn’t got a response on a more restricted list, I felt … --- ## [Automatic Ruby to JavaScript conversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automatic-ruby-to-javascript-conversion/97209)
**Author:** [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/automatic-ruby-to-javascript-conversion/97209 "2006-07-05T23:16:57Z")
Here’s something for the hungry mob to tear apart: automatic Ruby to JavaScript conversion. It seems somehow wrong, like grafting a pretty girl’s head onto a donkey, but I’ve done it anyway! It converts Ruby code like… --- ## [\[JOB\] Job at UC Berkeley](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/job-job-at-uc-berkeley/97249)
**Author:** [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/job-job-at-uc-berkeley/97249 "2006-07-05T22:52:17Z")
We’re hiring one or maybe two entry-level to mid-level programmers at California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways to support research on mobile wireless communication, advanced safety and control systems, tr… --- ## [Find Position of text](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-position-of-text/97223)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/find-position-of-text/97223 "2006-07-05T22:03:20Z")
Im trying to recreate a function I had in Delphi for ruby, but cannot figure out how to search for a string withn a string Here is the Delphi code function ReplaceString(str, value, replacer: String): String; var aP… --- ## [Re: DateTime.parse error on win32 (long timezone names)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97237)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97237 "2006-07-05T21:07:16Z")
This is a critical issue for me because it is causing crashes in a production Rails application during XML serialization in ActionWebService. This is a well known bug. Please see Dealing with TZ parsing (on Window… --- ## [DateTime.parse error on win32 (long timezone names)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97228)
**Author:** [@wjrogers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wjrogers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datetime-parse-error-on-win32-long-timezone-names/97228 "2006-07-05T20:47:15Z")
NOTE: this is a cross-post from comp.lang.ruby, because I don’t think anyone read that message, which I posted about two months ago. The date parsing code in the Ruby stdlib (date/format.rb) does not parse strings wit… --- ## [Eiffel's ability to selectively export class methods in Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eiffels-ability-to-selectively-export-class-methods-in-ruby/96863)
**Author:** [@kevinkusf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kevinkusf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eiffels-ability-to-selectively-export-class-methods-in-ruby/96863 "2006-07-05T20:08:07Z")
I am trying to simulate Eiffel’s ability to make methods in a class only available to specific other classes. I know it is probably impossible to make methods only visible to certain other classes, but is there a way … --- ## [Facets 1.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/facets-1-4/97224)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/facets-1-4/97224 "2006-07-05T19:36:29Z")
A N N O U N C I N G Facets 1.4 ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO RUBY! = ABSTRACT Facets is a large collection of core extension methods and module additions for the Ruby programming l… --- ## [Progress on "Automated Wrapper Generation for Information Ex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-on-automated-wrapper-generation-for-information-ex/97096)
**Author:** [@ASSSBradbury](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ASSSBradbury)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-on-automated-wrapper-generation-for-information-ex/97096 "2006-07-05T18:46:38Z")
As you may or may not be aware, I am currently working on one of the 10 Google Summer of Code projects\[1\] mentored by Ruby Central. I am being mentored by Austin Z… Wrapper generators allow the extraction of informati… --- ## [Parallel Array](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parallel-array/97121)
**Author:** [@Nasir\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nasir_K)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parallel-array/97121 "2006-07-05T18:21:37Z")
If I have two arrays a=\[1,1,1,1\] and b=\[2,2,2,2\] and I want to add each element up, something like - c = a plus b =\> \[3,3,3,3\] One way I could think up is - irb(main):010:0\> (0…a.length).collect{|k| a\[k\]+b\[k\]} =\> \[… --- ## [Re: \[ruby-cvs:17075\] ruby: \* eval.c (rb\_call): should not se](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-cvs-17075-ruby-eval-c-rb-call-should-not-se/97214)
**Author:** [@URABE\_Shyouhei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/URABE_Shyouhei)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-cvs-17075-ruby-eval-c-rb-call-should-not-se/97214 "2006-07-05T17:56:24Z")
e$BKNIt$G$9!#e(B \* eval.c (rb\_call): should not set prot\_tag-\>blkid since it would never catch breaks at this level. \[ruby-dev:28922\] e$B$3$NJQ99$Ge(Bautobuilde$B$,\<:GT$7$F$$$^$9!#e(B http://mput.dip.jp/autobuild… --- ## [C-Style Ints (#85)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c-style-ints-85/96653)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/c-style-ints-85/96653 "2006-07-05T16:47:13Z")
The three rules of Ruby Q.: Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until 48 hours have passed from the time on this message. Support Ruby Q. by submitting ideas as often as you can: … --- ## [Module methods acting like instance methods in extension mod](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-methods-acting-like-instance-methods-in-extension-mod/97147)
**Author:** [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-methods-acting-like-instance-methods-in-extension-mod/97147 "2006-07-05T16:46:59Z")
I’m working with an extension module (written in C) that is a wrapper of another C library. The extension module makes one big Ruby module with a bunch of module methods. That is, the calls in the extension module C c… --- ## [Pickaxe code error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pickaxe-code-error/97170)
**Author:** [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pickaxe-code-error/97170 "2006-07-05T16:26:44Z")
Not sure what’s going on with some code in Programming Ruby, it’s early on where a SongList container is being created and test units are run. I’m receiving this error: Error: test\_delete(TestSongList): NameError:… --- ## [JRuby 0.9.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-0-9-0-released/97192)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_E\_Enebo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thomas_E_Enebo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-0-9-0-released/97192 "2006-07-05T16:00:59Z")
We are pleased to announce JRuby 0.9.0. This release has had so much activity and progress that we decided to bump things up to a 0.9.0 release. Many many bugs have been fixed to the point that: RubyGems 0.9.0 i… --- ## [Getting arp table via snmp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-arp-table-via-snmp/97154)
**Author:** [@pinar\_y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pinar_y)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-arp-table-via-snmp/97154 "2006-07-05T15:07:33Z")
Hi to the list, I’m trying to get the ARP table from a switch via SNMP. Everything works fine while reading IP addresses; but there’s a problem about reading MAC addresses… Unknown characters and empty lines appear in… --- ## ['gem up' hangs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-up-hangs/97157)
**Author:** [@Gyoung-Yoon\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gyoung-Yoon_N)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-up-hangs/97157 "2006-07-05T13:41:55Z")
Hi, I found ‘gem up’ command hangs on one of the machines. $ sudo gem up Updating installed gems… (hangs here…) ERROR: While executing gem … (Errno::ETIMEDOUT) Connection timed out - connect(2) Strange, so I tried… --- ## [ANN: RubyGems 0.9.0 Release](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-0-release/96394)
**Author:** [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-0-release/96394 "2006-07-05T12:36:42Z")
= Announce: RubyGems Release 0.9.0 Finally, the much anticipated RubyGems version 0.9.0 is now available. This release includes a number of new features and bug fixes. The number one change is that we can now downloa… --- ## [Can I alias foo --\> LongModuleName.foo?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-alias-foo-longmodulename-foo/97133)
**Author:** [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-alias-foo-longmodulename-foo/97133 "2006-07-05T07:49:21Z")
I’d like to save some typing and do: --------- code --------- module LongModuleName def LongModuleName.foo puts “…” end end I don’t want to have to keep typing out LongModuleName.foo, so let’s make a shortcut. ali… --- ## [Ruby and windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-windows/60331)
**Author:** [@Tim\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tim_U)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-windows/60331 "2006-07-05T06:20:00Z")
I want to convert a series of VB DLLs to ruby. Is it possible to write activex controls and DLLs in ruby? There might be a snag in that the controls need to send events to the calling program. Also is it possible to… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1757) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1759)