From: Thomas Leitner <t_leitner@...>
Date: 2004-11-25T02:18:00+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] xmlresume2x 0.1.0

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:00:07 +0900
Mauricio Fern�ndez <batsman.geo@yahoo.com> wrote:

| [...]
|
|   description <<-EOF
| Converts an XML resume to various output formats.
| 
| xmlresume2x can convert CVs written in the XML R�sum�
| Library format (http://xmlresume.sourceforge.net), based
| on the 'standard' European Curriculum Vitae format at
| http://www.cedefop.eu.int/transparency/cv.asp, to a number
| of formats, including LaTeX markup which uses the europecv
| (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/europecv.html)
| class.
| EOF
| end
| 
| 
| Is the description OK?

It's basically okay, but the XML R�sum� Library format is not based on the European Curriculum Vitate format. The former is an XML format defined by individuals and the latter a document defined by the European Union. So the description should be:

-----------
xmlresume2x can convert CVs written in the XML R�sum�
Library format (http://xmlresume.sourceforge.net) to a number
of formats, including LaTeX markup which uses the europecv
(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/europecv.html)
class which is based on the 'standard' European Curriculum Vitae
format at http://www.cedefop.eu.int/transparency/cv.asp.
-----------

| > It seems as if RubyGems do not support data dirs (/usr/share/...),
| >therefore there is no RubyGem file for xmlresume2x available. If
| >someone could point me at the right documentation on how to install
| >files to the data directory with RubyGems, it would be great!
| 
| It is not possible to install under the standard datadir with
| RubyGems, by design. You'd have to change your code for RubyGems,
| using something like
| 
| if defined?(Gem::Cache)
| 	gempath = Gem::Cache.from_installed_gems.search("xmlresume2x",
| 			"=#{MYVERSION}").last.full_gem_path
| 	datapath = File.join(gempath, "data")
| else
| 	datapath = File.join(Config::CONFIG["datadir"], "xmlresume2x")
| end
| 
| in addition to the 'standard'
| 
| # try the one in site_lib first
| begin
|   require 'otherlibstuff'
| rescue LoadError
|   raise if $".include "rubygems.rb"
|   require 'rubygems'
|   retry
| end
| 
| or
| 
| # try the RubyGems version first.
| begin
|   require 'rubygems'
| rescue LoadError
| end
| require 'otherlibstuff'
| 

Thanks for that information, I will try to add this to xmlresume2x and I'll change the generator for the RPA'fied install.rb to include your changes!

Thomas Leitner