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## [SVN Revision 73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-revision-73/126784)

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**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-revision-73/126784 "2008-01-22T18:21:02Z")

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I updated SVN to include Peter’s numeric and Terence’s socket patches. Please let me know if I missed any of your changes. Changes include: Many improvements to numeric classes (Bignum, Fixnum, Float, Integer, Preci…

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## [Llamada a subprogramas via system](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/llamada-a-subprogramas-via-system/126203)

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**Author:** [@skyploom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/skyploom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/llamada-a-subprogramas-via-system/126203 "2008-01-16T13:18:30Z")

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Hola, Veamos, desde el controlado ruby hago esta llamada: Controlador: param=“Hola” a = Thread.new {system(“program1.rb #{param}”) } program1.rb: auxeat=ARGV\[0\] unFichero1 = File.new(“ficherito.txt”, “w”) unFiche…

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## [\[Paris on Rails 2006\] Introduction a Ruby : notes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paris-on-rails-2006-introduction-a-ruby-notes/76678)

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**Author:** [@Jean-FranSSSSois](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jean-FranSSSSois)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/paris-on-rails-2006-introduction-a-ruby-notes/76678 "2006-11-21T18:16:05Z")

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\[Salut. Je vais essayer de poster mes notes, il y a peut-Ãªtre des erreurs de transcription ou d’interprÃ©tation (en plus des fois je ne comprends pas ce que j’ai Ã©crit :slight\_smile: ), vous pouvez commenter. Mes re…

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## [Website](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website/74820)

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**Author:** [@turnip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/turnip)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/website/74820 "2006-11-07T11:06:05Z")

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Hi, Whilst Trac is down, please can the links to the source be updated to gems, RubyForge and/or SVN? Thanks. Jon

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## [Running Commands on Local Machine In Capistrano Script](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-commands-on-local-machine-in-capistrano-script/70911)

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**Author:** [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-commands-on-local-machine-in-capistrano-script/70911 "2006-10-03T23:58:55Z")

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The ‘run’ method runs commands on the different servers you deploy to. Is their a command that runs commands on your personal box? I want to run ‘curl’ after I deploy the website. Any suggestions? Thanks …

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## [Starting over?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-over/95726)

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**Author:** [@Hal\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hal_F)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/starting-over/95726 "2006-06-11T17:55:36Z")

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I’m wondering if it might be best to just wipe out my database and start over? If I do, I can still import the backup, right? What do you think? Try to fix what I’ve got, or just Big Bang it? Hal

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## [Setting the items of anÃ?NSPopUpButton programmatically](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-the-items-of-ana-nspopupbutton-programmatically/101011)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2006, 10:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-the-items-of-ana-nspopupbutton-programmatically/101011 "2006-02-11T10:48:33Z")

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i’m starting within RubyCocoa, although i’ve been using Cocoa-Java, i want to setup the items of an NSPopUpButton programmatically. the related named ib\_outlets is called “:choixTheme” if i list all the associated met…

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## [Ruby as excel vba event handler replacement using win32ole?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-as-excel-vba-event-handler-replacement-using-win32ole/52305)

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**Author:** [@ammonc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ammonc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-as-excel-vba-event-handler-replacement-using-win32ole/52305 "2006-01-17T19:07:34Z")

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I’ve seen Ruby used as a script to save all Word doc files as rtf instead. Can ruby be used interactively to process events that would usually be handled in VBA in Excel for example?

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## [I need help with a save function for my rock paper scissors game. Please help?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-help-with-a-save-function-for-my-rock-paper-scissors-game-please-help/260791)

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**Author:** [@ayandagatsha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ayandagatsha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-help-with-a-save-function-for-my-rock-paper-scissors-game-please-help/260791 "2021-01-12T01:40:05Z")

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Hey, am having the worst time trying to figure out how to make the save function work for my rock paper scissors game using yaml, could anyone help me? link to code is below. rock paper scissors

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## [Occational methoderror started to appear AFTER runiing correctly the first time](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/occational-methoderror-started-to-appear-after-runiing-correctly-the-first-time/251916)

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**Author:** [@Faolan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Faolan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/occational-methoderror-started-to-appear-after-runiing-correctly-the-first-time/251916 "2019-02-17T11:15:12Z")

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I have an issue where some code for a program worked just fine to start out with, But now it dosent with no change to the code. \<% content\_for :title, ‘Edit methodology’ %\> \<%= simple\_form\_for \[current\_project,…

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## [Having helpers refer to the object theyre called on](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/having-helpers-refer-to-the-object-theyre-called-on/244763)

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**Author:** [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/having-helpers-refer-to-the-object-theyre-called-on/244763 "2016-06-10T00:32:21Z")

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Rails 3.0.2 Ruby 1.9.3 Im currently trying to have a view’s instance variable respond to the call ‘holiday?’ with a boolean. i cant put it in a model’s class definition, since i use several classes that contain dates…

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## [Heroku failed to push: fatal: sha1 file '\<stdout\>' write error: Invalid argument](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-failed-to-push-fatal-sha1-file-stdout-write-error-invalid-argument/211788)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-failed-to-push-fatal-sha1-file-stdout-write-error-invalid-argument/211788 "2011-09-13T19:14:21Z")

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When I try to push my app to Heroku I get this error: OCA@OCA-PC /c/rails/oca (master) $ git push heroku master Enter passphrase for key ‘/c/Users/OCA/.ssh/id\_rsa’: Counting objects: 913, done. Delta compression usi…

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## [.signal\_emit but the button is not "clicked"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/signal-emit-but-the-button-is-not-clicked/211485)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/signal-emit-but-the-button-is-not-clicked/211485 "2011-09-05T21:13:41Z")

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Hi, With: @button.signal\_emit(:clicked) We can simulate a button is clicked. But, is there a way to also simulate an on\_hover event on that button? With my mouse, when I hover over the button it changes the highligh…

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## [Max\_execution\_time per server {}](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/max-execution-time-per-server/201678)

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**Author:** [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/max-execution-time-per-server/201678 "2011-01-12T19:31:57Z")

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Hi We are trialling nginx as a httpd for drupal + civicrm. Everything is working very well. However one thing we would like to do is to set a max\_execution\_time per server {} rather than just relying on a default set…

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## [Super(foo) doesn't work correctly when subclassing Ruby classes implemented in C#](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/super-foo-doesnt-work-correctly-when-subclassing-ruby-classes-implemented-in-c/192374)

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**Author:** [@valdar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/valdar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/super-foo-doesnt-work-correctly-when-subclassing-ruby-classes-implemented-in-c/192374 "2010-07-30T16:40:51Z")

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I’ve found an odd bug. I think this is Tomas’ territory, but I could be wrong. I’ve already opened an issue on codeplex ( http://ironruby.codeplex.com/workitem/4957), but I figured I’d mention it here to generate s…

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## [Geometric Intersections (#233)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geometric-intersections-233/189344)

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**Author:** [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geometric-intersections-233/189344 "2010-06-01T01:44:57Z")

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\-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The three rules of Ruby Q.: Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until 48 hours have elapsed from the time this m…

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## [New Radiant Groups extension](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-radiant-groups-extension/161350)

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**Author:** [@vpredoehl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vpredoehl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-radiant-groups-extension/161350 "2009-02-26T17:26:39Z")

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Hello, I would like to present you my first Rails contribution, and it’s also a Radiant one : http://github.com/vincentp/radiant-groups/tree/master In some projects you need more than two groups (Admin and Developer b…

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## [Year/Month/Day verarbeitung aus URL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/year-month-day-verarbeitung-aus-url/158526)

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**Author:** [@Marco\_Scholl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marco_Scholl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/year-month-day-verarbeitung-aus-url/158526 "2009-01-24T14:43:19Z")

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Hallöchen, ich habe folgende Route map.blog\_by\_date ‘/blog/:year/:month/:day’, :controller =\> ‘blog’, :action =\> ‘show\_date’, :conditions =\> { :method =\> :get }, :requirements =\> { :year =\> /(19|20)\\d\\d/, :month =\> …

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## ["Pointer" to an object? (i.e. reflect changes to original)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pointer-to-an-object-i-e-reflect-changes-to-original/148043)

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**Author:** [@carluva](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/carluva)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pointer-to-an-object-i-e-reflect-changes-to-original/148043 "2008-09-09T01:15:37Z")

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Hi, I’ve already made a post similar to this on the Rails list, so I apologize to anyone who subscribes to both for being repetitive. From what I’ve read, it seems to be impossible to create “pointers” in Ruby, such…

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## [V1.9 -rprofile -rdebug errors](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/v1-9-rprofile-rdebug-errors/141393)

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**Author:** [@unebaguettesvp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unebaguettesvp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/v1-9-rprofile-rdebug-errors/141393 "2008-06-26T19:35:31Z")

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People, After building the latest nightly version of 1.9, when I try to use: ruby -rprofile . . or ruby -rdebug . . I get: :0:in \`require’: no such file to load – debug (LoadError) Is there a configure issue (I co…

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## [Rjs is not working in the internet explorer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-is-not-working-in-the-internet-explorer/125957)

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**Author:** [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjs-is-not-working-in-the-internet-explorer/125957 "2008-01-15T22:16:24Z")

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i have checked the DOM tree and every thing is working fine… The same works fine in mozilla firefox… I m here by pasting the screen shot taken in the internet explorer… The code i have written is render :update do |p…

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## [Spectral Shape of USRP Interpolation Filter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spectral-shape-of-usrp-interpolation-filter/92851)

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**Author:** [@ketancmaheshwari](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ketancmaheshwari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spectral-shape-of-usrp-interpolation-filter/92851 "2007-04-25T02:57:23Z")

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This is my first post to the mailing list, so please bear with me if it is a little lengthy. After running some tests on the interpolation filters for the USRP, I’ve found that the filter has a significant loss at th…

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## [RMagick: unable to open image \`big-duck.gif': No such file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-unable-to-open-image-big-duck-gif-no-such-file/91686)

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**Author:** [@jazzybuddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jazzybuddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rmagick-unable-to-open-image-big-duck-gif-no-such-file/91686 "2007-04-11T15:55:02Z")

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Hai, This is the first time I am trying RMagick. I have a little problem when trying to create a small and simple application involving RMagick. I have installed RMagick and also ImageMagick. The RMagick I have inst…

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## [Ruby Social Club Bologna](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-social-club-bologna/75822)

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**Author:** [@stb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stb)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-social-club-bologna/75822 "2006-11-14T00:43:12Z")

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Ciao, vi volevo comunicare che ho deciso di organizzare o quantomento provare ad organizzare un po il social club di Bologna. Questo primo messaggio è indirizzato a tutti quelli di Bologna e zone limitrofe per organi…

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## [Rails Authentication Choices](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-authentication-choices/73605)

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**Author:** [@bparanj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bparanj)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-authentication-choices/73605 "2006-10-26T17:50:15Z")

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I am evaluating the Yahoo Browser Based Authentication Rails plugin for use in my web app. It looks like a good idea to make the signup process easier by using this plugin. I see the following advantages for using i…

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## [Fixrbconfig on Mac OS X Tiger](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixrbconfig-on-mac-os-x-tiger/69798)

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**Author:** [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixrbconfig-on-mac-os-x-tiger/69798 "2006-09-27T21:47:59Z")

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I’m trying to get the Mac OS X Ruby fix to run – from p.24 of “Agile Web D. with Rails” I can d/l it ok with sudo gem install fixrbconfig but then when I run sudo fixrbconfig I get: ==================== /usr/lib/r…

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## [Problem with routes when I move the app to a different machi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-routes-when-i-move-the-app-to-a-different-machi/100728)

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**Author:** [@randy\_s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/randy_s)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-routes-when-i-move-the-app-to-a-different-machi/100728 "2006-08-01T17:53:14Z")

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Hi all: I have an application that runs great on my macbook pro, however, when I move the app to the production linux box, all routes fail except for the one I set up as the default: map.connect ‘:controller/:action/…

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## [Re: Mac OSX Ruby Configuration Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mac-osx-ruby-configuration-question/99106)

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**Author:** [@daveh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mac-osx-ruby-configuration-question/99106 "2006-07-22T02:21:21Z")

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On Jul 18, 2006, at 8:33, Ryan R. wrote: Two days ago, I once again had a Ruby program fail because it’s running the wrong Ruby, and I eventually had to give up on this one. My text editing program lets me run text t…

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## [Capistrano - SSH Port](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-ssh-port/58495)

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**Author:** [@Dylan\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dylan_S)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-ssh-port/58495 "2006-07-06T05:15:29Z")

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I’ve been deploying with Capistrano for a while now, and have had no problems… until now. When I try and do a “cap deploy”, cap tries to connect to my remote server via SSH on port 22… even though in my deploy.rb, I’…

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## [Rdoc under Windows: --exclude pattern](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-under-windows-exclude-pattern/63413)

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**Author:** [@Burkhard\_Boerner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Burkhard_Boerner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-under-windows-exclude-pattern/63413 "2006-01-22T14:41:10Z")

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Hello, I need a little help: under UNIX the pattern for the --exclude option works well ( --exclude /base|hidden/ ), but under Windows (Batch-File) ==\> “hidden is not a command …” Can someone me help to write a…

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## [Message port names](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/message-port-names/239394)

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**Author:** [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/message-port-names/239394 "2014-02-28T09:20:55Z")

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Quick question: can a message port name be any valid PMT type? Or does it have to be a string converted to a symbol? Thanks, Sean

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## [Green\_shoes initial woes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/green-shoes-initial-woes/245384)

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**Author:** [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/green-shoes-initial-woes/245384 "2013-05-28T16:56:59Z")

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Hi, just started with green\_shoes this morning by installing the gem. Unfortunately, my first simple program fell over with this error. I have an array of strings that I fill in as follows: do|field| items.push("#{f…

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## [Easy question on GIT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-question-on-git/229575)

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**Author:** [@cluter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cluter)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easy-question-on-git/229575 "2013-02-20T22:22:33Z")

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Hi Folks, I have a question unfortunately on the net didn’t find a simple answer to my simple question MY QUESTION if I have a commit for example commit 9da53d968e8676a9d22d9fb57v56fef45426937cf Author: Cluter remo…

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## [Web services](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-services/216063)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/web-services/216063 "2012-01-26T05:08:02Z")

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hey everyone can any one help me writing web services.i need web services in in my project. i know purpose of the web services but i have no idea how to write the web services. i refer few site but none of the sites …

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## [Confusing error for installation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confusing-error-for-installation/204494)

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**Author:** [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confusing-error-for-installation/204494 "2011-03-15T01:57:13Z")

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hi i have installed ruby before and this never happened here is a breakdown of everything downloaded and cd to ruby187\\bin ruby shell i type in gem install watir no reaction typing in $gem install watir gives syntax …

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## [Is this a good STI approach?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-this-a-good-sti-approach/195810)

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**Author:** [@zurich\_by\_night](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zurich_by_night)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-this-a-good-sti-approach/195810 "2010-09-30T21:12:46Z")

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Ive got 3 types of media. Event, photo and video. Most of these share common columns (title, description, etc). I am thinking of creating a 4th model called media. And then event, photo and video will inherit from med…

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## [Dbid from usrp2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbid-from-usrp2/173949)

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**Author:** [@Dimitris\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dimitris_S)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbid-from-usrp2/173949 "2009-08-28T19:17:50Z")

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Hi list, I’ve come across a strange bug: while the usrp correctly returns dbid() == -1 when no dboard is connected to the side you chose, the usrp2 returns dbid() == 1 (which is the id of BasicRX) when no dboard is c…

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## [How to install wxruby2 offline](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-wxruby2-offline/161090)

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**Author:** [@vaibhav\_kadian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vaibhav_kadian)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-install-wxruby2-offline/161090 "2009-02-23T12:02:54Z")

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Hi This might not be the right question to ask at such a high tech group but as i want to learn it, i have to ask it somewhere. I have ruby 1.8.6 patch 111 and gem 1.0.1 now i want wxruby2 but as the ‘gem install wxr…

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## [Explanation on some code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/explanation-on-some-code/154545)

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**Author:** [@mjand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mjand)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/explanation-on-some-code/154545 "2008-12-01T19:25:38Z")

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Hi, Today i looked at ruby for the first time. I can’t quite figure out what this code is. Could someone give me an explanation. FILES = { ‘some\_file.html’ =\> \[ ‘Some text’, ‘Some more text’ \], ‘some\_other\_file.…

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## [Create A Distributable Ruby Program With Minimal Install](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/create-a-distributable-ruby-program-with-minimal-install/133392)

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**Author:** [@wrishel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wrishel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/create-a-distributable-ruby-program-with-minimal-install/133392 "2008-04-01T02:16:17Z")

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Although I have started to use Ruby instead of Python, I very much miss one feature that I have not been able to find in Ruby. There is a Python utility that takes a python script, and creates a single installable fil…

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## [Rails 2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2/130028)

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**Author:** [@Mauricio\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mauricio_D)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2/130028 "2008-02-24T16:32:09Z")

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Hola, tengo los siguientes errores al probar un controlador MissingSourceFile in NoticiaController#index no such file to load – sqlite3 This error occurred while loading the following files: sqlite3 Request Paramet…

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## [System command is wierd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/system-command-is-wierd/127768)

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**Author:** [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/system-command-is-wierd/127768 "2008-02-02T01:15:41Z")

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Hello. this system command works from the command prompt but not from irb. when i have a space in the directory name, the irb system command cannot take it. irb(main):008:0\> system(“dir e:\\program files”) Volume in d…

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## [Organization of standard and 3rd party libraries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/organization-of-standard-and-3rd-party-libraries/123768)

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**Author:** [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/organization-of-standard-and-3rd-party-libraries/123768 "2007-12-29T17:53:11Z")

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Do you think Ruby’s standard library would be better if it was organized more categorically? Might it, in turn, encourage 3rd party library developers to categorize their libraries better as well? AFAIK net/ is the on…

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## [Locomotive e Leopard... Sono compatibili?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locomotive-e-leopard-sono-compatibili/120580)

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**Author:** [@gendag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gendag)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/locomotive-e-leopard-sono-compatibili/120580 "2007-11-18T21:14:03Z")

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Ciao a tutti! ieri ho installato Leopard e dopo aver eseguito l’aggiornamento a 10.5.1 di OsX mi sono accorto che Locomotive non parte piÃ¹ (non chidetemi a che stazione Ã¨ ferma, vi prego…:wink: ). Ho provato ad ins…

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## [Should Finds be in the controller or the model? (slimming fat controllers)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/should-finds-be-in-the-controller-or-the-model-slimming-fat-controllers/118104)

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**Author:** [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/should-finds-be-in-the-controller-or-the-model-slimming-fat-controllers/118104 "2007-10-24T15:37:42Z")

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I’m building an app that you log into, and when you are logged in you should only see your data. Therefore I have a lot of instance variables that are dependent on a session value to pull your data into a view. Of cou…

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## [Cancel Render after Ajax Response](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cancel-render-after-ajax-response/106288)

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**Author:** [@chamnap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chamnap)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cancel-render-after-ajax-response/106288 "2007-06-08T09:49:38Z")

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Hello, I have one problem related to Ajax and render :partial. I develop a small search application. When there are the results that match to the user’s search, it will render the partial views of the result search t…

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## [Users have roles now but how can they edit there own posts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-have-roles-now-but-how-can-they-edit-there-own-posts/85540)

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**Author:** [@gorter9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gorter9)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-have-roles-now-but-how-can-they-edit-there-own-posts/85540 "2007-02-14T17:07:12Z")

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Using the book Rails recipes i found out how i can set different roles for different types of users. everything works well when a user registerd himself he gets automatically the right role for user. But now i have a…

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## [Legacy database](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/legacy-database/79713)

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**Author:** [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/legacy-database/79713 "2006-12-19T12:59:15Z")

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Bonjour, Petite question sur l’utilisation de base existantes. J’ai essayÃ© de lire la prose sur ce sujet, sans vraiment trouver de reponse concluante. J’ai donc une base existante, ok, on peut donner le nom de la ta…

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## [Boolean to text?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/boolean-to-text/77035)

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**Author:** [@Kurth\_Bemis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kurth_Bemis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/boolean-to-text/77035 "2006-11-23T19:15:39Z")

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I’m new to RoR, but learning quickly (I hope) I have stored a boolean value in my database (is\_organic). How do I convert the value to something meaningful. In this case 1 = Organic. I suppose I could do it with a l…

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## [Accounting package model naming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accounting-package-model-naming/72867)

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**Author:** [@fbeausoleil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fbeausoleil)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accounting-package-model-naming/72867 "2006-10-20T11:48:03Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m a native French speaker, and I’m struggling with some model names. I’m working on the accounting package for an app. I have Accounts and TransactionRecords, and now I must relate accounts with tr…

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