# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1922 [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:** 1923 --- ## [Rails didn't install correctly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-didnt-install-correctly/78948)
**Author:** [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-didnt-install-correctly/78948 "2005-12-28T20:04:48Z")
Hi all, I already sent this to the Rails list, but I figure someone here might know how to troubleshoot this. Apparently rails didn’t install correctly on my Mandrake 10.0 system. \[slitt@mydesk work\]$ rails demo /… --- ## [Rails didn't install correctly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-didnt-install-correctly/54577)
**Author:** [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-didnt-install-correctly/54577 "2005-12-28T19:28:35Z")
Hi all, I already sent this to the Rails list, but I figure someone here might know how to troubleshoot this. Apparently rails didn’t install correctly on my Mandrake 10.0 system. \[slitt@mydesk work\]$ rails demo /… --- ## [WIN32OLE seems to be broken?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32ole-seems-to-be-broken/79112)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/win32ole-seems-to-be-broken/79112 "2005-12-28T19:13:28Z")
On my current install of ruby (ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) \[i386-mswin32\]) whenever I try to use the win32ole module I can instantiate a com object, but when I try to call any method on the object it says ‘method missing’… --- ## [Looking for advice on IMAP/NTLM support](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-imap-ntlm-support/79113)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-imap-ntlm-support/79113 "2005-12-28T18:55:11Z")
Hey all. I’m somewhat new to Ruby, and need to login to an IMAP server that uses NTLM authentication. It doesn’t look like RIT supports this method of authentication. Does anyone have any advice as far as adding suppo… --- ## [Any TextMate Editor equivelent for Windows?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-textmate-editor-equivelent-for-windows/71963)
**Author:** [@jules](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jules)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/any-textmate-editor-equivelent-for-windows/71963 "2005-12-28T17:50:59Z")
Hello I am looking for a decent Ruby and RAILs editor. (JEdit is not really working out for me on Windows) I notice that on the Ruby on Rails Demos (Weblog and Flicker) the guys are using TextMate ( on MAC OS ?) I… --- ## [Dl/loader ptr issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dl-loader-ptr-issue/51204)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Caswell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Caswell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dl-loader-ptr-issue/51204 "2005-12-28T17:35:41Z")
I’m having fits with passing pointers to a function I’ve imported via DL::Importable. I’m wrapping a simple opaque blob library (part of libdnet). However, the function I’m wrapping doesn’t seem to work as I expect … --- ## [Multithreaded file access](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multithreaded-file-access/50995)
**Author:** [@Matias\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matias_S)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multithreaded-file-access/50995 "2005-12-28T14:55:27Z")
Hi… I’ve a class which is run by many threads at the same time… this class has to append a line to a text file eventually. I do this with: File.new(‘filename’,‘a’).puts(“this is the string”) Is this already thread s… --- ## [For cms based website](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-cms-based-website/51219)
**Author:** [@sid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/for-cms-based-website/51219 "2005-12-28T14:49:26Z")
can anybody know whether ruby scripts can be used for cms based website testing?? like performance and stress testing,and navigation too --- ## [Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bruce-eckel-wouldnt-know-why-to-switch-from-python-to-ruby/50732)
**Author:** [@cyberco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyberco)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bruce-eckel-wouldnt-know-why-to-switch-from-python-to-ruby/50732 "2005-12-28T14:01:12Z")
Bruce Eckel (author of amongst other popular books ‘Thinking in Java’) has doubts why anybody would switch from Python to Ruby. An interesting read: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=141312 To quote h… --- ## [Ruby Weekly News 19th - 25th December 2005](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-weekly-news-19th-25th-december-2005/78806)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-weekly-news-19th-25th-december-2005/78806 "2005-12-28T11:30:42Z")
http://www.rubyweeklynews.org/20051225.html Ruby Weekly News 19th - 25th December 2005 Ruby Weekly News is a summary of the week’s activity on the ruby-talk mailing list / the comp.lang.ruby newsgroup / Ruby forum, br… --- ## [Gem and ruby extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-and-ruby-extension/51193)
**Author:** [@giom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-and-ruby-extension/51193 "2005-12-28T08:54:08Z")
I created a gem for a ruby C extension. Compiling the gem and installation goes find. When I try to run the test I get the following error: \[gus@comp ~\]$ sudo ruby /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/Rulog-0.1.0/test/rulog.r… --- ## [Is there an easy way to extend an object?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-extend-an-object/51209)
**Author:** [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-extend-an-object/51209 "2005-12-28T08:18:04Z")
Given an object, is there a clean way of creating a new object that wraps the original and then adds a new method? It doesn’t have to wrap the old object if there’s a way to directly add a new method to the object (I’… --- ## [How to upgrade Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upgrade-ruby/78541)
**Author:** [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-upgrade-ruby/78541 "2005-12-28T07:51:02Z")
Hi all, My Mandrake 10.0 (don’t laugh, I’ve been slow to upgrade) has Ruby 1.8.1. I need at least 1.8.2 in order to use Rails, according to the book I dissed and now am fervently reading. Is there a simple way of u… --- ## [BigDecimal#sqrt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bigdecimal-sqrt/50933)
**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bigdecimal-sqrt/50933 "2005-12-28T05:29:30Z")
I’m trying to understand the argument to BigDecimal#sqrt. I figured it was for precision and it does seem to affect it, but I can’t understand the exactly relationship. Can anyone tell me what the argument controls … --- ## [Can't figure out what's wrong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-figure-out-whats-wrong/76894)
**Author:** [@dust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dust)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-figure-out-whats-wrong/76894 "2005-12-28T03:59:23Z")
I’m reading the why’s ruby guide, and i’ve retyped a class in the guide to use through the metaprogramming chapter. when i try to use it with irb i get this error: nomethoderror: undefined method '\[\]=\] for nil:class … --- ## [Variable Dump](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variable-dump/77959)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Smorey\_Jr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dan_Smorey_Jr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/variable-dump/77959 "2005-12-28T00:58:57Z")
I’d like to know how to grab a dump of all variable associated with a script. Here is a test script I am using… #!/usr/bin/env ruby class Binding def info\_locals() vars = eval(“local\_variables”, self) vars.each { … --- ## [Rails syslogger extremly slow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-syslogger-extremly-slow/74447)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-syslogger-extremly-slow/74447 "2005-12-28T00:19:50Z")
I’m using sysloglogger from here… http://rails-analyzer.rubyforge.org/hacks/classes/SyslogLogger.html but it causes my website to run 10x slower. It looks like there’s heavy IO wait. Does anyone know why this may be? … --- ## [Embed ruby inside rubycocoa app?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embed-ruby-inside-rubycocoa-app/51197)
**Author:** [@ezra\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ezra_z)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/embed-ruby-inside-rubycocoa-app/51197 "2005-12-27T23:01:14Z")
Hey there list- I was wondering if someone could help me with a little rubycocoa question. How would i go about embedding the ruby interpreter binary inside the .app bundle that gets generated by xcode when I build my … --- ## [Thread synchronization: Mutex or Monitor?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thread-synchronization-mutex-or-monitor/54365)
**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/thread-synchronization-mutex-or-monitor/54365 "2005-12-27T22:40:10Z")
Hi Rubyists!! Ruby contains two seemingly equivalents tools for thread synchronization: Mutex (defined in thread.rb) and Monitor (defined in monitor.rb). They both implement classic mutex and conditional variable fun… --- ## [Ruby-dipus 0.1.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-dipus-0-1-2/77044)
**Author:** [@Ilmari\_H](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ilmari_H)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-dipus-0-1-2/77044 "2005-12-27T21:03:41Z")
DIPUS - Distributed IPC by Proxying UNIX Sockets Sockets with user authentication, file permissions, encryption, service discovery and network transparent addressing. Using services: host1$ dcat lame-svc foo.wav | dc… --- ## [Solution to quiz #59, since my post to the NG does not seem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-to-quiz-59-since-my-post-to-the-ng-does-not-seem/51185)
**Author:** [@Stefan\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stefan_W)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-to-quiz-59-since-my-post-to-the-ng-does-not-seem/51185 "2005-12-27T20:45:40Z")
Hi, i posted my solution to the NG comp.lang.ruby and CC’ed Simon, but it seems it did not get through… anyways, here is it, i hope my cc’ing simon means i was still within the deadline. RubberDuckLinear is a linear … --- ## [Ruby 1.8.4 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-released/51041)
**Author:** [@Yukihiro\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yukihiro_M)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-4-released/51041 "2005-12-27T20:12:34Z")
Merry Christmas! Ruby 1.8.4 has been released. ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz md5sum bd8c2e593e1fa4b01fd98eaf016329bb ChangeLogs can be found at ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ChangeLog-1.8… --- ## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/77744)
**Author:** [@Stewart\_Chen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Stewart_Chen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/77744 "2005-12-27T20:03:32Z")
unsubscribe --- ## [How do I sign up for the rails list?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-sign-up-for-the-rails-list/51180)
**Author:** [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-sign-up-for-the-rails-list/51180 "2005-12-27T19:39:28Z")
Hi all, How do I sign up for the rails list? Thanks SteveT Steve L. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid --- ## [Merry Christmas!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merry-christmas/51039)
**Author:** [@cneuhaus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cneuhaus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/merry-christmas/51039 "2005-12-27T19:06:23Z")
Trying to top last year (ruby-talk:124391)… s=“IyBUaGFua3MgZm9yIGxvb2tpbmcgYXQgbXkgY29kZS4KIwojIENvcHlyaWdodCAoQykgMjAwM iwgMjAwNCAgQ2hyaXN0aWFuIE5ldWtpcmNoZW4gPGNobmV1a2lyY2hlbkBnbWFpbC5jb20+CiMKI yBUaGlzIHByb2dyYW0g… --- ## [\[SOLUTION\] RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-rrobots-59/51175)
**Author:** [@warren\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/warren_b)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/solution-rrobots-59/51175 "2005-12-27T19:03:21Z")
I thought I’d try to knock out a robot real quick, but I ran out of time. There seems to be a fairly large flaw somewhere in my predictive aiming logic. But the rest of the robot is pretty nice, so I thought I’d sub… --- ## [Setting the mouse position](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-the-mouse-position/51167)
**Author:** [@Gues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gues)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-the-mouse-position/51167 "2005-12-27T18:57:20Z")
Hi, How can I set the mouse position? So change the mouse to a specified (x,y) on the screen? Also, How can I get the location of a window on the screen of which I know the title? Thanks. --- ## [Fwd: RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rrobots-59/77572)
**Author:** [@Jannis\_Harder](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jannis_Harder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-rrobots-59/77572 "2005-12-27T18:57:18Z")
I’m sorry if this is my 2nd email but my first didn’t appeared on the list. --- ## [Found a neat trick for doing recursive one-liners](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/found-a-neat-trick-for-doing-recursive-one-liners/51136)
**Author:** [@pfharlock](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pfharlock)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/found-a-neat-trick-for-doing-recursive-one-liners/51136 "2005-12-27T18:51:16Z")
This is probably something everyone in here already knows about, but I thought it was cool enough that I wanted to post about it. If you want to create a one liner to say search all the \*.txt files in and under the cu… --- ## [Translate from Python to Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translate-from-python-to-ruby/74697)
**Author:** [@ssk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ssk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/translate-from-python-to-ruby/74697 "2005-12-27T18:45:13Z")
Hi! I am trying to get a powerset (all subsets) of a set. I couldn’t find a code in Ruby, but I found a code in Python. I’m trying to convert it to Ruby but it’s not done easily. def powset(seq): if seq: head, tail… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1921) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1923)