# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1830 [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:** 1831 --- ## [Very nice article](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-nice-article/57255)
**Author:** [@splattael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/splattael)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-nice-article/57255 "2006-04-09T20:57:20Z")
Hello, I am not sure if this is a good place to post links to interesting articles/blog entries (shout if not really), but i realy liked this article: http://www.slash7.com/articles/2006/03/22/s-o-s-save-our-sanity a… --- ## [Bug: power! does not work then works in irb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-power-does-not-work-then-works-in-irb/57306)
**Author:** [@solsTiCe\_dSHiver](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/solsTiCe_dSHiver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-power-does-not-work-then-works-in-irb/57306 "2006-04-09T18:45:24Z")
hi. here is a session in irb: irb(main):001:0\> 10.power!(200) NoMethodError: undefined method \`power!’ for 10:Fixnum from (irb):1 irb(main):002:0\> help Fixnum =\> nil irb(main):003:0\> 10.power!(200) =\> 1000000000… --- ## [:Ruby and Rails Workshop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-workshop/57317)
**Author:** [@dibya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dibya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-workshop/57317 "2006-04-09T17:53:08Z")
PuneRuby in association with Reevik Technologies Pvt.Ltd is pleased to announce the “Ruby and Rails Worskhop” on 15th April 2006. Venue: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, 7th Floor, Atur Centre, Go… --- ## [Ruby-doc mailing list?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-doc-mailing-list/57285)
**Author:** [@sumwutdum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sumwutdum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-doc-mailing-list/57285 "2006-04-09T16:45:25Z")
Is anyone successfully using the ruby-doc mailing list? In the last couple weeks I have received a single message from it, an unsubscribe request, and my own post to it did not come back to me (unlike my posts to rub… --- ## [Yield, binding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yield-binding/93767)
**Author:** [@Gokhan\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gokhan_E)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/yield-binding/93767 "2006-04-09T10:58:43Z")
Hi, I’m experimenting with Ruby by writing some kind of DSL. I wonder if It is possible calling given block to a proc with different binding What I’m trying to achieve is something like this class Table attr\_access… --- ## [Ruby based text summarizer available?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-based-text-summarizer-available/57292)
**Author:** [@erikgj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/erikgj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-based-text-summarizer-available/57292 "2006-04-09T08:07:43Z")
I am looking for a ruby based version of the open text summarizer (libots) If there are any wrappers in ruby or a ruby based alternative please send my a link. I searched through the usual ruby code sites and did no… --- ## [Anybody know of a ruby BEEP project that has code?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anybody-know-of-a-ruby-beep-project-that-has-code/57296)
**Author:** [@samrus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/samrus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anybody-know-of-a-ruby-beep-project-that-has-code/57296 "2006-04-09T06:52:25Z")
I have found three projects, I think they are distinct, but none of them have released files, and I get 404s and other errors when trying to look at their code repositories. If anybody has looked at BEEP libs recently… --- ## [Finer Command Line Control?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finer-command-line-control/57236)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Barrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_Barrett)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finer-command-line-control/57236 "2006-04-09T06:16:08Z")
Is there any way to gain greater control of the command line in ruby? I know it’s usually possible to send special characters to send the output to a specific location, but I can’t seem to work it out. Forgive me if I… --- ## [Console width?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-width/93754)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Barrett](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_Barrett)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-width/93754 "2006-04-09T04:23:49Z")
Is there a variable I can access somewhere to tell me the width of the command line? It defaults to 80, which I’ve put in a global; but it would be better if it did it by itself. Even better if it updated itself as we… --- ## [Apache with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700)
**Author:** [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700 "2006-04-09T03:41:30Z")
I am really new to Ruby. I have just installed Ruby on my Linux box and it works fine. I need Apache to recognize Ruby scripts and interpret them. Is mod\_ruby the only way to do it? --- ## [Ruby string](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-string/93748)
**Author:** [@peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peter)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-string/93748 "2006-04-09T03:10:25Z")
string = “this is a String” string.capitalize = “This is a string” That works but changes my capital “a String” to lowercase. I only want to capitalize first letter. So I try" string\[0…0\].capitalize irb =\> “T” OK … --- ## [HTMLEntities 3.0.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htmlentities-3-0-1/57290)
**Author:** [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htmlentities-3-0-1/57290 "2006-04-09T01:46:37Z")
Version 3.0.1 of HTMLEntities is now available. HTMLEntities is a simple library to facilitate encoding and decoding of named (ý and so on) or numerical ({ or Ī) entities in HTML and XML documents. Changes since vers… --- ## [Future::Enumerator: Ruby 1.9's enumerators backported to Rub](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-1-9s-enumerators-backported-to-rub/57284)
**Author:** [@Florian\_GroSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Florian_GroSSS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-1-9s-enumerators-backported-to-rub/57284 "2006-04-09T00:46:09Z")
Moin. I couldn’t wait to try out the new enumerator returning no-block semantics of .each\_with\_index, .each\_byte and so on so I backported it to Ruby 1.8. Nothing too spectacular. I’ve attached the (very small) libra… --- ## [Ruby: shift right operator (\>\>) does not work correctly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-shift-right-operator-does-not-work-correctly/57272)
**Author:** [@Vitalie\_Lazu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Vitalie_Lazu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-shift-right-operator-does-not-work-correctly/57272 "2006-04-09T00:09:39Z")
It seems to be a bug with \>\> operator: 4653896912 \>\> 13 should be 43814 like it is in java or php, but not 568102. Tested with ruby 1.8.2 in windows xp and freebsd. any related issues to this subject? Best regards, … --- ## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/93764)
**Author:** [@Hardy\_Henneberg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardy_Henneberg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/93764 "2006-04-08T23:29:59Z")
unsubscribe --- ## [Is GUI a weak point?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-gui-a-weak-point/93579)
**Author:** [@greg.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg.rb)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-gui-a-weak-point/93579 "2006-04-08T23:11:35Z")
Ruby seems pretty eash to code and understand. However, as a non-professional programmer, I find GUI the hardest part so far. GTK didn’t work out of the box on windows. It is too bad because it looked like it would be… --- ## [Mongrel Web Server 0.3.12.1 -- Iron Mongrel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-1-iron-mongrel/93511)
**Author:** [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-web-server-0-3-12-1-iron-mongrel/93511 "2006-04-08T21:18:44Z")
Hello All Mongrel Users, For the unintiated, Mongrel is a web server that runs Ruby web applications really fast. Read http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/ to get find out more about it. This is the Iron Mongrel release.… --- ## [Gateway Outage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gateway-outage/93665)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Oelkers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dennis_Oelkers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gateway-outage/93665 "2006-04-08T18:02:54Z")
Hello list, due to the fact that I have to move the comp.lang.ruby \<-\> ruby-talk gateway once again, I had to shut it down for a short while. Everything will be normal tomorrow (Thursday) evening, and all messages w… --- ## [Simple Question About Deleting Instances](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-question-about-deleting-instances/57172)
**Author:** [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-question-about-deleting-instances/57172 "2006-04-08T08:17:53Z")
I have a case where I’d like to delete an instance of a class I made myself. How do I do that? The problem I’m having is that while iterating through a loop, I’m constantly trying to reassign the same variable name to… --- ## [Odd diagnostics when I installed 'rake' like on page 217 PAB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-diagnostics-when-i-installed-rake-like-on-page-217-pab/57222)
**Author:** [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-diagnostics-when-i-installed-rake-like-on-page-217-pab/57222 "2006-04-08T04:22:42Z")
root@baldwin:~# gem install -r rake Attempting remote installation of ‘rake’ Successfully installed rake-0.7.1 /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in require\_\_': no such file to load -- rdoc/rd… --- ## [My apologies: Net::HTTP was actually there and working all](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-apologies-net-http-was-actually-there-and-working-all/93743)
**Author:** [@Xeno\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_C)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-apologies-net-http-was-actually-there-and-working-all/93743 "2006-04-08T03:31:49Z")
I just was feeding the prefix “http://” to it when I should not have. xc --- ## [Anyone know of/working on Ruby + OWL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-know-of-working-on-ruby-owl/57206)
**Author:** [@john\_peter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_peter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anyone-know-of-working-on-ruby-owl/57206 "2006-04-08T03:04:39Z")
is there a Ruby library for OWL (Web Ontology Language) for doing Semantic Web stuff? --- ## [Separation of gui from "real work"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/separation-of-gui-from-real-work/57139)
**Author:** [@tashirosgt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashirosgt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/separation-of-gui-from-real-work/57139 "2006-04-08T01:33:41Z")
This is not a ruby specific topic but since there were some definite opinions expressed about systems of writing GUIs in a recent thread, let me ask it here. Is there a practical program architecture for separating th… --- ## [Ruby Black Belt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-black-belt/89528)
**Author:** [@kmeaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kmeaw)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-black-belt/89528 "2006-04-08T00:33:24Z")
Hello Ruby community! Do You want to take part in the creation process of exam series, covering Ruby itself and RoR framework? Those who are familiar with Java may have noticed the place on the web called JavaBlackBe… --- ## [What are sympbols?!?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-sympbols/56908)
**Author:** [@alain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alain)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-are-sympbols/56908 "2006-04-08T00:12:03Z")
Hi, simple question here but I cant figure it out after reading the Ruby book. How symbols work? I come from a Java background and I cant understand what symbols are and how to work with them. I cant figure out when I… --- ## [Can Anyone Recommend A Good DSL Book?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-dsl-book/75233)
**Author:** [@seanmctex](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanmctex)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-dsl-book/75233 "2006-04-07T23:29:22Z")
I apologize if this has been asked on this list before (I did a quick search using Namazu and didn’t find any specific books; perhaps that’s because they don’t exist): Are there any good books on domain specific langu… --- ## [Re: Markov Chains (#74)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markov-chains-74/57157)
**Author:** [@KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KroegerS_Simon_Sext)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markov-chains-74/57157 "2006-04-07T22:40:36Z")
“moby dick - but it was that inscrutable ahab said to have two harpoons and lances, and feel thus intolerably old? close! stand by for it. it is a witchery of social czarship which there was a wilderness of ropes and … --- ## [Windows application automation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-application-automation/57198)
**Author:** [@wolfgang](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wolfgang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-application-automation/57198 "2006-04-07T22:13:15Z")
Hi all, I wan’t to automate some applications which are running on mswin. Is it somehow possible to “send” key prints to that application? For example like “control s” for save. Any suggestions? Wolfgang --- ## [Require gem within c extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-gem-within-c-extension/57205)
**Author:** [@paradise](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paradise)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/require-gem-within-c-extension/57205 "2006-04-07T22:13:10Z")
Hi, I have an Init\_extension() function which includes the following line: rb\_funcall(rb\_mKernel, rb\_intern(“require”), 1, rb\_str\_new2(“arrayfields”)); The reason for not using rb\_require() in this case is because it… --- ## [Error when recursively doing hash digests](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-recursively-doing-hash-digests/57203)
**Author:** [@brad7a0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brad7a0)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-when-recursively-doing-hash-digests/57203 "2006-04-07T21:52:30Z")
I get the following error sometimes: ruby(11294) malloc: \*\*\* vm\_allocate(size=20484096) failed (error code=3) ruby(11294) malloc: \*\*\* error: can’t allocate region ruby(11294) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_erro… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1829) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1831)