Ruby

[ANN] mongrel_service 0.4.beta2 Released
mongrel_service version 0.4.beta2 has been released! * <http://github.com/fauna/mongrel_service> This plugin offer native win32 services for rails. This replace mongrel_rails_service. Since this is a pre-release gem, you can install it with: gem install mongrel_service --prerelease If no bug is found, e... 1 Jan 2010 17:22

[ANN] MountainWest RubyConf Proposal Deadline Extended
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] We decided to extend the deadline for MWRC 2010 proposals by a couple days. If you wanted to submit but didn't make it by yesterday's cutoff, then this is your second chance. Make us proud! http://bit.ly/mwrc2010cfp ~Mike http://mtnwestrub... 1 Jan 2010 15:11

Ruby & IRC
Hi I am thinking about playing around with IRC Internert Relay Chat messaging, what are some good Ruby gems? Does anyone have experience with using any? Thanks! -- Kind Regards, Rajinder Yadav | http://DevMentor.org | Do Good! - Share Freely ... 3 Jan 2010 09:24

doubts about variables in ruby
well my doubt is: I want to make a ruby program that number in a URL and checks if the url has a forum. for exemple : puts("enter an address"); endereco =gets() @forum = "/forum" system("firefox "+ endereco+ @forum); the code does not work, it opens the page with the site but the variable @ forum runs onl... 1 Jan 2010 00:09

Happy new Year
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Ralf Mueller <ralf.mueller(a)zmaw.de> wrote: to all of you from germany! And thanks to all the helpful people out there. Me second. Happy New Year to all of you from Asia. ... 2 Jan 2010 03:07

Getting Started w Ruby on MacOSX -- ri/RDoc error
Hello, I've done some poking around and haven't yet found a satisfactory answer to this problem and it's starting to be troublesome. My development machine run MacOSX and I've installed Ruby 1.9.1 via the MacPorts options. This puts everything into /opt/local and tags executables with the version number (e.g.... 14 Jan 2010 16:55

Hornetseye users?
Forgive me if this was already answered, I coudln't find it on the hornetseye website. Is there a(n active) mailing list for hornetseye users? Or perhaps other hornetseye users in ruby-talk? I've been wanting to play with some computer vision code, and after a frustrating hour of not getting camilia to work, ... 31 Dec 2009 13:12

Cant install Heroku gem in Snow Leopard
Hello, I cant seem to get Heroku gem installed in Snow Leopard. I am running Ruby 1.9.1 and RubyGems 1.3.5. Any ideas will help. Thank You Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing heroku: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/local/bin/ruby extcon... 31 Dec 2009 13:12

Uninstalling/upgrading Ruby 1.8.7
Hello, Some time ago I compiled and installed ruby 1.8.7 and left the default Snow Leopard install of ruby alone (never plan on touching it, actually). I now want to upgrade my custom install to 1.9.1, but do not know how to go about uninstalling or upgrading it. Running 'make uninstall' in the source folder d... 31 Dec 2009 00:12

Why can't I use "or" here?
(The problem is in both Ruby 1.8 and Ruby 1.9) The expression: puts(nil || 4) works as expected. It prints '4'. But this expression: puts(nil or 4) fails... it is a syntax error, for some mysterious reason. Why? I thought the only diference between "or" and "||" is the precedence. -- Posted... 1 Jan 2010 07:35