# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1851 [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:** 1852 --- ## [How to compile Ruby on Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-compile-ruby-on-windows/54959)
**Author:** [@AlphaBeta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AlphaBeta)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-compile-ruby-on-windows/54959 "2006-03-19T03:30:23Z")
Does anybody have a kind of “step by step” instructions on how to compile Ruby on Windows? (I don’t need the one click installer). I have VC+ 2003 toolkit and .net 1.1 sdk but I’m not really sure how to get the .exe r… --- ## [Incremental rebuild with Rake](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/incremental-rebuild-with-rake/55184)
**Author:** [@simonsaid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/simonsaid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/incremental-rebuild-with-rake/55184 "2006-03-19T02:17:57Z")
I am using Rake for testing c++ code. Incremental rebuild does not work for .h files, Any ideas? – Simon S. require ‘rake/clean’ APPLICATION = ‘test\_code.exe’ CC = ‘g++’ LD = CC CFLAGS = \[ ‘-pedantic’, ‘-fprof… --- ## [Aspectr and rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aspectr-and-rails/55203)
**Author:** [@bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodikp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/aspectr-and-rails/55203 "2006-03-19T01:35:33Z")
Has anybody successfully used AspectR with Rails? I would like to profile some parts of my Rails app such as accesses to DB, helper methods, and rendering of views. I’d like to do this in the live production version o… --- ## [Auto Selecting ports](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-selecting-ports/83766)
**Author:** [@aaronpowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aaronpowell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-selecting-ports/83766 "2006-03-19T01:35:31Z")
Hi, I’m trying to start up a WEBrick server on an unused port on my system. On linux, I just tell it to use port 0, and I’m assigned an open port. This doesn’t work on OS X for some reason. Does anyone have a bette… --- ## [Mr. Guid 0.3.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-guid-0-3-1/83761)
**Author:** [@mitchell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mitchell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-guid-0-3-1/83761 "2006-03-18T23:10:42Z")
Mr. Guid 0.3.1 includes two new features: self is displayed in the variables view and instance variables are displayed on separate lines for easier reading. Note: Windows instability is still a possibility. Website: h… --- ## [Is the key delaying interpretation of a variable?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-key-delaying-interpretation-of-a-variable/77802)
**Author:** [@anne001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anne001)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-key-delaying-interpretation-of-a-variable/77802 "2006-03-18T21:27:11Z")
I am modifying robot.rb in opengl’s sample directory, the original robot turns, mine does not! snif… The original example goes something like this A display proc display = Proc.new { … GL.Rotate($shoulder, 0.0, 0.0… --- ## [How to write a Ruby service(?)?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-write-a-ruby-service/55245)
**Author:** [@randy\_k](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/randy_k)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-write-a-ruby-service/55245 "2006-03-18T21:24:08Z")
I need to write what might be called a Ruby service or server(?)–a Ruby program that: runs only one instance even if “invoked” multiple times can be sent additional “commands” via CLI commands, e.g., if the name of … --- ## [Obscure ruby bug tracker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obscure-ruby-bug-tracker/55270)
**Author:** [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obscure-ruby-bug-tracker/55270 "2006-03-18T20:59:46Z")
I found a minor bug in rdoc and went to report it. I was eventually successful in finding the report a bug link on rubyforge.org but… A quick google found rdoc.sourceforge.net which had a nice prominent bug fix lin… --- ## [TeensyMud 2.9.0 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/teensymud-2-9-0-released/83641)
**Author:** [@Jon\_ASLambert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jon_ASLambert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/teensymud-2-9-0-released/83641 "2006-03-18T19:28:36Z")
TeensyMUD 2.9.0 released TeensyMUD is a mud server written in Ruby. This is startup mud system with most of the low-level infrastructure already in place. All you have to do is write a game for it. Get it at http://… --- ## [Writing long-running daemons without memory leaks?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-long-running-daemons-without-memory-leaks/83195)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-long-running-daemons-without-memory-leaks/83195 "2006-03-18T18:47:55Z")
Hi all, I am in the middle of writing some code that will exist as a long-running process on a number of machines. I am having trouble keeping memory utilization down, which is important in this case, because other p… --- ## [Cant install RMagick from gems](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-rmagick-from-gems/55218)
**Author:** [@Ryutaro\_Amano](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ryutaro_Amano)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-install-rmagick-from-gems/55218 "2006-03-18T18:05:11Z")
I tried install Rmagick from gems, but didn’t it. ruby -v ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) \[i386-mswin32\] gem -v 0.8.11 I have downloaded RMagick-1.9.2-IM-6.2.4-6-win32.zip from http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=12&release… --- ## [Rapid Prototyping Perl In Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rapid-prototyping-perl-in-ruby/83118)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rapid-prototyping-perl-in-ruby/83118 "2006-03-18T16:57:33Z")
Hello Again Good Folk of Rubydom, I was searching for a library in Ruby which I wasn’t sure existed, and sometimes I’ll go looking to see if Perl has something. (And when doesn’t it?) When I find that something in P… --- ## [Arabic PDF Reports](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/arabic-pdf-reports/55246)
**Author:** [@Tobes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tobes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/arabic-pdf-reports/55246 "2006-03-18T16:43:48Z")
Hi there, I need to be able to generate PDF reports in Arabic using Ruby, does anyone know of any reporting libraries or tools that will let me do this? Some background… My RubyOnRails application currently generate… --- ## [Re: Arabic PDF Reports](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-arabic-pdf-reports/83614)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-arabic-pdf-reports/83614 "2006-03-18T16:40:29Z")
Austin Z. has written pdf-writer, a tool to produce PDFs in Ruby. Maybe you can use say, his file hello.rb, to adjust it’s output to Arabic, provided you have an Arabic font available. Maybe you also need to adjust… --- ## [Instiki on shared host?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instiki-on-shared-host/54766)
**Author:** [@grrr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grrr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instiki-on-shared-host/54766 "2006-03-18T15:31:45Z")
Anyone ever attempted this? My host is shared \*nix style with ruby 1.8.2. Is it possible to get it running under my public\_html folder? --- ## [Ruby modules for HTTP clienting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-modules-for-http-clienting/55244)
**Author:** [@eliben](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eliben)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-modules-for-http-clienting/55244 "2006-03-18T15:16:13Z")
Hello, I’m a Perl programmer in transition to Ruby. One of the biggest problems with such a transition is the relative lack of modules in the Ruby world. CPAN has made us Perl hackers lazy and over-confident :slight\_s… --- ## [Ruby ported to Windows CE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ported-to-windows-ce/55225)
**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ported-to-windows-ce/55225 "2006-03-18T10:16:28Z")
Hi Guys. Has Ruby been ported to Windows CE/ tablet PCs? I’ve searched and found nothing current. Sorry if this has been asked before. --- ## [Re: validation of form whoch is a image](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-validation-of-form-whoch-is-a-image/83517)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-validation-of-form-whoch-is-a-image/83517 "2006-03-18T09:36:26Z")
Dear Michael, You can check the file properties a user submits using the free external software Imagemagick, which has a method ‘identify’ to it, \_http://www.imagemagick.org/script/identify.php\_ (ImageMagick – Comma… --- ## [Named fixtures and automatic instance variables; newbie prob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/named-fixtures-and-automatic-instance-variables-newbie-prob/55182)
**Author:** [@asplake](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/asplake)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/named-fixtures-and-automatic-instance-variables-newbie-prob/55182 "2006-03-18T08:31:44Z")
According to Agile Web D. with Rails (pg 148), a fixture like version\_control\_book: id: 1 title: Pragmatic Version Control … loaded as “fixtures: products” can be accessed as @products\[“version\_control\_book”\] or @… --- ## [Win32API struct member help](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32api-struct-member-help/55228)
**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32api-struct-member-help/55228 "2006-03-18T07:14:16Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to figure out how to get the acl attributes of a simple text file, and I need a little help getting data out of a struct. Specifically, I need to get the AceCount from an access control list (ACL s… --- ## [Vim autoindenting broken?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vim-autoindenting-broken/81791)
**Author:** [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vim-autoindenting-broken/81791 "2006-03-18T07:03:55Z")
Does anyone else find gVim 6.4 a bit unstable on Windows XP? It’s become my editor of choice since learning it recently but I’m noticing some peculiar behavior. Last night I spontaneously lost the “Edit in vim” cont… --- ## [Ruby Quiz Vol 1 at bookstore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-quiz-vol-1-at-bookstore/83484)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-quiz-vol-1-at-bookstore/83484 "2006-03-18T06:56:04Z")
Saw today (F 3/17/06) the book Ruby Q. Vol1 at Barnes & Knobles in Washington, DC, right next to Programming Ruby (which were on the shelves 2 months ago). Look out Perl, Python, PHP! --- ## [Using Ruby to read outlook message stores](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-to-read-outlook-message-stores/55224)
**Author:** [@ksader](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ksader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-to-read-outlook-message-stores/55224 "2006-03-18T03:11:43Z")
Does anyone know of a way to use Ruby to look at Outlook email stores? I’ve google’d for this and found no useful links. thanks, --- ## [Tk on windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tk-on-windows/79924)
**Author:** [@braas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/braas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tk-on-windows/79924 "2006-03-18T02:23:25Z")
Hi there, I’m about to try my first toolkit tutorial, with tk. So, to check that I had it installed I wrote: require “tk” in my rb file, but I get an error loading tk84.dll. How do I fix this? --- ## [Newbie: Reflection question(?)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-reflection-question/55129)
**Author:** [@gaudimila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gaudimila)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-reflection-question/55129 "2006-03-18T01:47:18Z")
At runtime I have the name of a class in a string, and I want to call a method on the class having that name. How do I do that? E.g., let’s say that we have several classes that all have a method called address(). At… --- ## [Double Quotes in XML](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/double-quotes-in-xml/55205)
**Author:** [@gparsons](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gparsons)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/double-quotes-in-xml/55205 "2006-03-18T01:23:08Z")
I’m trying to do something similar to the following: \ Foo must equal "bar". Foo = "bar" I’m reading the actual rules and descriptions in from a giant file and when … --- ## [ActiveRecord dynamic finder methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-dynamic-finder-methods/55214)
**Author:** [@markcasio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markcasio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-dynamic-finder-methods/55214 "2006-03-18T00:04:29Z")
I’ve received conflicting answers to this question and I’d like to confirm the correct answer. When an ActiveRecord dynamic finder method is invoked, does it create a new method and save it so the method actually exis… --- ## [No to\_d in BigDecimal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-to-d-in-bigdecimal/54946)
**Author:** [@Ashley\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ashley_M)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-to-d-in-bigdecimal/54946 "2006-03-17T23:49:24Z")
Hi everyone I’m new to the Ruby bandwagon. To get warmed up I’ve took on the gentle task of modifiying the PostgreSQL Rails adapter to read and write decimals as BigDecimals. Oops bad choice :slight\_smile: I’m sti… --- ## [Selective runtime provision of instance methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selective-runtime-provision-of-instance-methods/55217)
**Author:** [@Julian\_ISKamil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Julian_ISKamil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/selective-runtime-provision-of-instance-methods/55217 "2006-03-17T23:46:20Z")
I’d like to get some comments and suggestions from anyone who may have an opinion on this or know of a better way to accomplish this. I have an object with a lot of methods and variables some of which (but not all) I’… --- ## [RMagick Image Optimize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-image-optimize/83193)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-image-optimize/83193 "2006-03-17T23:34:10Z")
I’m new to RMagick and am looking for how you can set the optimization on a jpeg image. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Tom [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1850) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1852)