# \[ANN\] Rassmalog 7.1.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rassmalog-7-1-0/118143>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rassmalog-7-1-0/118143 "2007-10-24T07:11:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snk)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rassmalog-7-1-0/118143/1 "2007-10-24T07:11:33Z")

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                  Rassmalog

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A static blog engine based on YAML, eRuby, and Rake.  
It transforms blog entries written in Textile or other  
formatting systems into valid XHTML files that you can  
view on your computer or upload to your website.

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        http://rassmalog.rubyforge.org

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Version 7.1.0

Contents

• Features  
• Repairs  
• Updates

This release improves localization, updates the  
documentation, and adds better error reporting.

1 Features #

• Added a “locale” parameter to the main blog entry  
configuration file.

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This parameter allows you to translate dates, times,
and currencies into any language of your choice. The
translation is performed by your operating system and
is NOT related to Rassmalog’s translation files in any
way.

Thanks to Dieter Zinke for requesting this feature.

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2 Repairs #

• The German translation file has been corrected by Josef  
‘Jupp’ Schugt. Thanks!

• The stylesheets have been reformatted for easier  
editing, thanks to Josef ‘Jupp’ Schugt.

• The API reference documentation now documents the  
various parameters and attributes of blog entries (the  
Entry object).

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Thanks to Dieter Zinke for reminding me to do this.

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3 Updates #

• Added better error detection and reporting when parsing  
the blog configuration file and general blog entry  
parameters. This makes it easier to distinguish between  
problems in a blog entry vs. problems in Rassmalog.

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**Author:** ![snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@snk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snk)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rassmalog-7-1-0/118143/2 "2007-10-24T21:09:53Z")

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Hello,

I’ve made some slight improvements – which, for some reason, always  
come to mind just after I make a release – on the error reporting  
logic, hence the “error monger” name for this release. See the change  
log below.

Cheers.

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Version 7.1.1

Contents

• Caution  
• Repairs

This release updates the documentation and improves error  
reporting.

1 Caution #

• In the config/format.rb file, the String.coderay and  
String.redcloth have been renamed to  
String.thru\_coderay and String.thru\_redcloth for  
consistency with the String.thru\_erb method.

2 Repairs #

• The stack trace of an error now shows the blog entry  
file and/or the ERB template file(s) involved, instead  
of always showing the ambiguous ‘(erb)’ identifier. As  
a result, you can better trace the source of a problem.

• The CSS styles corressponding to the search form and  
search results/error box have been moved into input/  
styles/screen.css as requested by Josef ‘Jupp’ Schugt.

• Added documentation for more attributes in the API  
reference documentation.