# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1882 [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:** 1883 --- ## [Ruby Weekly News 6th - 12th February 2006](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-weekly-news-6th-12th-february-2006/68538)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-weekly-news-6th-12th-february-2006/68538 "2006-02-15T10:49:54Z")
http://www.rubyweeklynews.org/20060212.html Ruby Weekly News 6th - 12th February 2006 Ruby Weekly News is a summary of the week’s activity on the ruby-talk mailing list / the comp.lang.ruby newsgroup / Ruby forum, bro… --- ## [Scanning a string for decimal numbers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scanning-a-string-for-decimal-numbers/101150)
**Author:** [@braas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/braas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/scanning-a-string-for-decimal-numbers/101150 "2006-02-15T10:28:46Z")
Hi all, how do you scan a string and avoid getting my decimal numbers divided into 2 numbers. Example: a = “24,4 + 55,2” a.scan! (/\\d+/) puts a my output for a will be: 24 4 55 2 But I want to keep my decimal … --- ## [Web.rb?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-rb/68224)
**Author:** [@PAPAPA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PAPAPA)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-rb/68224 "2006-02-15T10:13:40Z")
Hello, Beside the “too clever by half” Rails, is there some more straightforward Web library that anyone would recommend? Perhaps something along the lines of Web.py or such? http://webpy.org/ TIA! Cheers --- ## [Rails Recipes Beta Book now available](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-recipes-beta-book-now-available/53390)
**Author:** [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-recipes-beta-book-now-available/53390 "2006-02-15T09:34:18Z")
I’m delighted to announce that Chad F.'s new book, Rails Recipes, is now available as a Beta Book. This is a great title for folks who know Rails, and for folks who want to get the most out of Rails. It contains det… --- ## [Make test-all fails in test/drb on Mac OS X](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-test-all-fails-in-test-drb-on-mac-os-x/53839)
**Author:** [@gbulmer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gbulmer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/make-test-all-fails-in-test-drb-on-mac-os-x/53839 "2006-02-15T08:58:04Z")
Hi I’m building ruby-1.8.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.4 (Tiger) with XCode 2.1 This 'make’s and 'make install’s fine. It even 'make test’s too. ‘make test-all’ or ‘make check’ fails with: 1313 tests, 14124 assertions, 0 failur… --- ## [Writing parsers?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-parsers/53719)
**Author:** [@PaatschS\_Bernd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PaatschS_Bernd)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-parsers/53719 "2006-02-15T08:52:00Z")
Hello, I got this great task assigned to write a parser and looking at the files to parse is not very trivial. Does anybody know where to find a website that would explain steps and pitfalls to avoid writing a parse… --- ## [Ruby-mode in emacs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mode-in-emacs/101177)
**Author:** [@Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Human_D)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-mode-in-emacs/101177 "2006-02-15T06:36:00Z")
Hi, I’m new to emacs, just bought a book and started my way into it. How could I enable ruby-mode in emacs? I copied all 4 \*.el files to C:\\emacs-21.3\\lisp\\progmodes, and enabled global font lock (through the menu) … --- ## [Radius 0.0.2 -- Powerful Tag-Based Templates](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-0-0-2-powerful-tag-based-templates/53840)
**Author:** [@John\_WSLong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_WSLong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radius-0-0-2-powerful-tag-based-templates/53840 "2006-02-15T04:22:58Z")
Things have stabilized enough to release Radius 0.0.2. This release contains a couple of minor refactorings. What’s New? Refactored Parser to use Context#render\_tag instead of #send when rendering tags defined on a… --- ## [Boulder-Denver Ruby Group - February 15th](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/boulder-denver-ruby-group-february-15th/66373)
**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/boulder-denver-ruby-group-february-15th/66373 "2006-02-15T03:25:41Z")
The Boulder-Denver Ruby Group will hold its February meeting on Wednesday the 15th. We will be meeting in the Mobius building at 36 and McCaslin (directions below). David A. Black will be joining our group that nigh… --- ## [Form Filler](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-filler/67675)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-filler/67675 "2006-02-15T02:34:32Z")
Is there an equivalent in Ruby to the Perl modules which can “fill out an html/http form”? Given a hash, I’d like to either get the query string to append to the URL for GET’s, or the POST contents to append for POST’… --- ## [Simple programming q](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-programming-q/53826)
**Author:** [@grrr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-programming-q/53826 "2006-02-15T02:13:24Z")
I am a ruby newbie. I want to make a simple script that replaces certain characters in a block of text with specific other characters. I am wondering what kind of loop or algo is thought to be most effective for this … --- ## [Mongrel/webrick redirect\_to discrepancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-webrick-redirect-to-discrepancy/68036)
**Author:** [@S\_blackdog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_blackdog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-webrick-redirect-to-discrepancy/68036 "2006-02-15T02:13:24Z")
hi, i’m running mongrel behind lighttpd proxy server, i redirect /xyz URLs to port 8081so i can get dynamic content. sometimes this content redirects e.g lighttpd config. “/content/” =\> (( “host” =\>“my IP address h… --- ## [Net/sftp 1.10 errors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-sftp-1-10-errors/53780)
**Author:** [@zdennis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zdennis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-sftp-1-10-errors/53780 "2006-02-15T02:12:05Z")
I recently downloaded net/ssh 1.0.7 and net/sftp 1.1.0. But I get problems with ruby 1.8.2, 1.8.3 on either windows, debian or ubuntu boxes. require ‘rubygems’ require ‘net/sftp’ sftp\_sess = Net::SFTP.start ‘host’, … --- ## [Good crc?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-crc/68383)
**Author:** [@Nightgazer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nightgazer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/good-crc/68383 "2006-02-15T00:57:56Z")
Man, I’ve been looking all over for a good CRC16 for an assignment. Any ideas? Thanks --- ## [Ruby GUI Debugger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-debugger/66370)
**Author:** [@mitchell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mitchell)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-debugger/66370 "2006-02-14T23:54:31Z")
Hey everyone, over the last week I wrote a GUI front-end to Ruby’s bundled debugger using the Ruby/GTK2 bindings. I’ve always wanted just a simple GUI debugger and not a full blown IDE. It’s the first release, so don’… --- ## [Rails best practice](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-best-practice/53755)
**Author:** [@dkam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dkam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-best-practice/53755 "2006-02-14T23:30:20Z")
Hello, I’ve just finished reading the Pragmatic Programmer book on Rails. It demonstrates several ways to handle add/edit modes for forms. The approach similar to scaffolds and then an action that posts back to its… --- ## [Installation geocode](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-geocode/53823)
**Author:** [@misiek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/misiek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-geocode/53823 "2006-02-14T23:24:17Z")
did you try install geocode and get it works ? http://geocoder.rubyforge.org/ file geocoder-0.1.1.gem it should create library with lib/ folder but it didn’t I was trying gem install geocoder-0.1.1.gem ← this way he… --- ## [Help me with Net::HTTP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-me-with-net-http/53762)
**Author:** [@travis\_laduke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/travis_laduke)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-me-with-net-http/53762 "2006-02-14T23:21:14Z")
please? #from the api on ruby-doc.org. http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/ net/http/rdoc/classes/Net/HTTP.html require ‘net/http’ require ‘uri’ #1: Simple POST res = Net::HTTP.post\_form(URI.parse('http://www.ex… --- ## [Ruby for the nokia 770 internet tablet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-for-the-nokia-770-internet-tablet/100117)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-for-the-nokia-770-internet-tablet/100117 "2006-02-14T22:44:58Z")
Hi all, As a proud owner of the nokia 770 (http://www.nokia770.com/) and a ruby user I was curious if anyone has started porting ruby to 770’s platform (linux on arm, using maemo). I would for sure like to try if no … --- ## [Re: Installing ruby-oci8 on Mac OS X for Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-ruby-oci8-on-mac-os-x-for-rails/53793)
**Author:** [@sgware](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sgware)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-installing-ruby-oci8-on-mac-os-x-for-rails/53793 "2006-02-14T21:53:24Z")
Hi Brian, Thanks for your message about Ruby on Rails. I think you’ll find that you’re likely to get a quicker and more accurate response to your message on the Ruby on Rails specific mailing list. For subscription … --- ## [Post\_form](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/post-form/67991)
**Author:** [@fox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fox)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/post-form/67991 "2006-02-14T21:44:16Z")
Hi, I’m trying to do auto login and mail checker script to check my webmail account http://webmail.razdva.cz/index.html. So I used post\_form method for logging. res = Net::HTTP.post\_form URI.parse(‘http://webmail.ra… --- ## [Mongrel rails issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-issue/53779)
**Author:** [@S\_blackdog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_blackdog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-issue/53779 "2006-02-14T18:56:57Z")
hi there, i just installed mongrel 0.32 with my rails app and got this, -bash-3.00$ mongrel\_rails start -p 8081 Running Mongrel server in development mode at 0.0.0.0:8081 Server ready. ERROR(NoMethodError): undefine… --- ## [Re: DateTime.parse speed question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-speed-question/68110)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-datetime-parse-speed-question/68110 "2006-02-14T17:43:55Z")
I need to store dates, and then find the differences in time another example todays\_data \<\< \[DateTime.parse(time),status,task.chomp\] I know refactored versions for Integer#gcd have been proposed, although I dunno i… --- ## [Win32API, clipboard, unicode issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32api-clipboard-unicode-issue/53794)
**Author:** [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32api-clipboard-unicode-issue/53794 "2006-02-14T17:16:28Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to resolve a unicode issue that I’m having some trouble dealing with. The problem, in short, is that some unicode values contain embedded nulls (e.g. the Tibetan 0x0F00), and that’s causing data t… --- ## [Odd HTTP headers causing SOAP to fail](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-http-headers-causing-soap-to-fail/53776)
**Author:** [@Dido\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dido_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odd-http-headers-causing-soap-to-fail/53776 "2006-02-14T16:54:07Z")
I’ve been tasked to interop with a SOAP gateway provided by another company to access their service, and have tried to write a program using the soap4r that’s integrated with Ruby 1.8.4, based on some code those peopl… --- ## [Xml catalog entity resolution](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xml-catalog-entity-resolution/68034)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/xml-catalog-entity-resolution/68034 "2006-02-14T15:13:17Z")
someone knows if any xml catalog entity resolution exists in ruby ? i need to translate a dtd name to physical localisation ie : dtd=“Bookmarks.dtd” locatisation : src="#{XML\_DIR}/dtd" it isn’t possible to do that w… --- ## [Mongrel 0.3.2 Strangely Silent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-0-3-2-strangely-silent/53774)
**Author:** [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-0-3-2-strangely-silent/53774 "2006-02-14T15:13:16Z")
I wanted to check out the latest ruby craze: Mongrel. So I installed mongrel as a gem, whipped up a small example based on the docs. But no joy. Running the script shows no output on the terminal and a browser try… --- ## [Mongrel 0.3.3 -- Bug Fix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-0-3-3-bug-fix/68031)
**Author:** [@Zed\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-0-3-3-bug-fix/68031 "2006-02-14T15:13:15Z")
Hey Folks, This is a quick release that fixes a major bug. I forgot to require the timeout library properly in mongrel.rb so people using Mongrel outside of Rails would see pauses. 0.3.3 fixes this all up. The 0.3… --- ## [Installing ruby-oci8 on Mac OS X for Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-oci8-on-mac-os-x-for-rails/67289)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-oci8-on-mac-os-x-for-rails/67289 "2006-02-14T15:13:14Z")
I am trying to get Rails to work with an Oracle database running remotely. Rails will run on Mac OS X. I’m trying to follow the directions at Koalan & Surikaten, but I get stuck at step 8 (test connection to database… --- ## [Mr. Guid 0.1 (Ruby GUI Debugger)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-guid-0-1-ruby-gui-debugger/53778)
**Author:** [@mitchell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mitchell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mr-guid-0-1-ruby-gui-debugger/53778 "2006-02-14T15:13:12Z")
The second release of Mr. Guid is out! Additions include: Breakpoint persistence between debug sessions On-demand source file browsing/switching. Please help find and submit bugs! Website: http://mr-guid.rubyforge.o… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1881) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1883)