Ruby

Ruby/DL problem
Hello, I have very little experience with dl. But I want to use it to call SetEnvironmentVariable() from Win32. I could use FFI but cannot, since this script will be supplied to a customer where it is difficult to install. SetEnvironmentVariable on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686206(v=VS.85).asp... 3 Jul 2010 12:21

Pb install Ruby 1.9.1
Hi! I tried to delete Ruby 1.8.7 and then install the 1.9.1 but something is apparently wrong. I tried: - http://programblings.com/2008/11/18/installing-ruby-19preview1-on-os-x-leopard/ - http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/getting-started/installation/linux Few ideas would be great... . Screenshot attached. Th... 2 Jul 2010 12:24

web service client?
Just been handed a project to use a 3rd party web service API, but all its examples are in C# Can anyone point me to a Ruby Web Clients for Dummies or its equivalent? ... 3 Jul 2010 03:41

[ANN][Security] Ruby 1.9.1-p429 is out
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Ruby 1.9.1-p429 has just been released. This is a patchlevel release for Ruby 1.9.1. This fixes many bugs and includes the fix for a security vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary code. See http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_... 2 Jul 2010 07:59

Requiring files in a module context
Hi! I want to replace "default definee" when I require ruby file. A short example: http://gist.github.com/461094 Of course, it says that One::Configuration is an uninitialized constant. So, here is my question: how to require configN.rb so that all definitions are done inside the module? Thanks in advance,... 4 Jul 2010 00:25

FasterCSV - Merge CSV
I have 3 CSVs with the same content with say 10 rows. There is a slight variation to 1 column in the data it contains. csv1 - 20 lines 10 cols csv2 - 52 lines 10 cols csv3 - 24 lines 10 cols How can I merge all 3 csvs into 1 csv using fastercsv so I have csv4 96 lines 10 cols Thanks! Seed -- Posted... 2 Jul 2010 16:51

Problem with Mail gem: bounced and error_status return nil
Hi there! I must be missing something about Mail gem, bounced? and error_status don't work for me. I have just one message on the server, and it is a bounced e-mail. So I tried the following: Mail.defaults do retriever_method :pop3, { :address => "pop.gmail.com", :po... 1 Jul 2010 21:09

SmartImage 0.0.3 - simple yet powerful cross-platformthumbnail generation and image manipulation in Ruby
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Mea culpa, forgot to include a link. SmartImage is available via RubyGems.org: gem install smartimage or on Github: http://github.com/tarcieri/SmartImage -- Tony Arcieri Medioh! A Kudelski Brand ... 1 Jul 2010 20:04

[ANN] SmartImage 0.0.3 - simple yet powerful cross-platformthumbnail generation and image manipulation in Ruby
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] "It's like a Swiss Army Knife for images, but one of those tiny ones you can keep on your keychain" SmartImage is an image processing/compositing/thumbnailing Ruby with the following design goals: - Completely seamless installation and u... 1 Jul 2010 20:04

synchronize a "mocked" clock in a distributed system
On 01.07.2010 23:10, Chuck Remes wrote: My problem is mocking out the time source so that I can run simulations in faster than real-time. For example, I may send a request for a data record and give it a 5 second timeout. This works fine when the clock source is the actual operating system, but if I want... 6 Jul 2010 21:08