[#227503] open-uril ECONNREFUSED problem — Cyrus Ghalambor <cyrusg@...>

I'm working on a simple scraping tool and the open() method has suddenly

12 messages 2006/12/01

[#227527] Gateway is malfunctioning — "Trans" <transfire@...>

Someone recently mentioned missing posts. I just did a comparsion of

31 messages 2006/12/01

[#227574] Turtle Graphics (#104) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

37 messages 2006/12/01
[#227598] Re: [QUIZ] Turtle Graphics (#104) — "Harold Hausman" <hhausman@...> 2006/12/01

On 12/1/06, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#227606] Re: [QUIZ] Turtle Graphics (#104) — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2006/12/01

On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Harold Hausman wrote:

[#227620] Re: [QUIZ] Turtle Graphics (#104) — "Harold Hausman" <hhausman@...> 2006/12/01

On 12/2/06, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#227661] Re: [QUIZ] Turtle Graphics (#104) — Daniel Martin <martin@...> 2006/12/01

"Harold Hausman" <hhausman@gmail.com> writes:

[#227670] Re: [QUIZ] Turtle Graphics (#104) — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2006/12/01

On Dec 1, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Martin wrote:

[#227682] Re: tk.rb warning in Turtle Graphics (#104) — Edwin Fine <efine145-nospam01@...> 2006/12/02

/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/tk.rb:1187: warning: instance variable

[#227713] Re: tk.rb warning in Turtle Graphics (#104) — Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...> 2006/12/02

On Dec 1, 2006, at 7:22 PM, Edwin Fine wrote:

[#227630] Simple iteration in a function problem — Blake Miller <blakeage@...>

i'm trying to do this, and I'm stuck

34 messages 2006/12/01

[#227702] calculations on lists of numbers — ara.t.howard@...

38 messages 2006/12/02

[#227739] openssl error - ubuntu — "Chad" <carimura@...>

Help!

27 messages 2006/12/02
[#227741] Re: openssl error - ubuntu — Jose francisco Gonzalez carmona <pgonzalez@...> 2006/12/02

[#227787] Re: openssl error - ubuntu — "Chad" <carimura@...> 2006/12/02

Absolutely... I'm not a linux expert though, but I have a feeling

[#227822] Re: openssl error - ubuntu — "Chad" <carimura@...> 2006/12/02

I finally figured it out.

[#305614] Re: openssl error - ubuntu — James George <james@...> 2008/06/19

Thanks a lot pal, it worked perfectly for me too. I had the same openssl

[#305645] Re: openssl error - ubuntu — Marc Heiler <shevegen@...> 2008/06/19

So much for distribution's package managers making your life easier,

[#227801] comma separating output from array.to_s — "jansenh" <henning.jansen@...>

hi comp.lang.ruby

18 messages 2006/12/02

[#227819] Factory pattern, abstract base class — "Daniel Berger" <djberg96@...>

Hi all,

16 messages 2006/12/02

[#227839] Why does a test fail when I predicted it's exception class? — "Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>

Hi,

10 messages 2006/12/03

[#227857] File.size() returning negative for large files ???? — "Greg Hauptmann" <greg.hauptmann.ruby@...>

Hi,

13 messages 2006/12/03
[#227859] Re: File.size() returning negative for large files ???? — Damjan Rems <d_rems@...> 2006/12/03

Greg Hauptmann wrote:

[#227860] I'm a new member — "Quỳnh Trần" <quynh_khanh2002@...>

Hi evrybody!

16 messages 2006/12/03

[#227873] Simple and stuppid bug (can anyone find it?) — "paul" <pjvleeuwen@...>

Hi all,

13 messages 2006/12/03

[#227979] method overloading like Java? — Daniel Finnie <danfinnie@...>

In Java, you could write the following code:

12 messages 2006/12/04

[#228031] Question about Ruby philosophy — Zouplaz <user@...>

Hello, when I compare Ruby to Java there is something I don't understand .

46 messages 2006/12/04
[#228134] Re: Question about Ruby philosophy — "Max Muermann" <ruby@...> 2006/12/05

On 12/4/06, Zouplaz <user@domain.invalid> wrote:

[#228047] replace delimiter in unicode encdoded file — "ciapecki" <ciapecki@...>

Is there a way in ruby to:

20 messages 2006/12/04

[#228127] How do I catch a missing method on a passed block? — "J2M" <james2mccarthy@...>

I would like to invoke method_missing on baz in this code;

34 messages 2006/12/04
[#228211] Re: How do I catch a missing method on a passed block? — Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...> 2006/12/05

On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 08:04 +0900, J2M wrote:

[#228213] Re: How do I catch a missing method on a passed block? — Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...> 2006/12/05

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:54:06PM +0900, Daniel Schierbeck wrote:

[#228266] md5 function in Ruby — Denys Yakhnenko <dyakhnenko@...>

Hello all:

14 messages 2006/12/05

[#228273] Lisp comprehensions => SQL — "Victor \"Zverok\" Shepelev" <vshepelev@...>

Hi all.

24 messages 2006/12/05

[#228352] Newbie: working with a text file and converting to xml — Adam Teale <ateale@...>

hi Guys,

12 messages 2006/12/06

[#228379] Calling super in overwritten methods — Joerg Diekmann <joergd@...>

Hi - not sure if this is possible - but it feels like it could be with

12 messages 2006/12/06

[#228380] join_with — "Martin DeMello" <martindemello@...>

While golfing with the hex_ip thread, I realised that map takes no

33 messages 2006/12/06
[#229469] map taking an argument (was: Re: join_with) — dblack@... 2006/12/13

Hi --

[#228422] invasive parameters as method mode variables — "Trans" <transfire@...>

Working on a method where I would like one part of it's operations to

15 messages 2006/12/06

[#228605] Show your support for Rubinius! — "Sam Smoot" <ssmoot@...>

(I hope you don't mind a bit of cross-posting, but seeing as how the

17 messages 2006/12/07
[#228613] Re: Show your support for Rubinius! — "Tim Pease" <tim.pease@...> 2006/12/07

On 12/7/06, Sam Smoot <ssmoot@gmail.com> wrote:

[#228618] Re: Show your support for Rubinius! — "Brian Mitchell" <binary42@...> 2006/12/07

On 12/7/06, Tim Pease <tim.pease@gmail.com> wrote:

[#228620] Re: Show your support for Rubinius! — "Wilson Bilkovich" <wilsonb@...> 2006/12/07

On 12/7/06, Brian Mitchell <binary42@gmail.com> wrote:

[#228622] Re: Show your support for Rubinius! — benjohn@... 2006/12/07

I'd like to know more about Rubinius, but all the info I've got on it

[#228628] Array changing after concat function — WKC CCC <wai-kee.chung@...>

Can someone shed some light on this problem. In the example, I am

17 messages 2006/12/07

[#228716] Am I missing something about BER-compressed integer? — "Francis Cianfrocca" <garbagecat10@...>

All:

12 messages 2006/12/08

[#228738] Tournament Matchups (#105) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

23 messages 2006/12/08

[#228875] Ruby Core + Php FrontEnd (open) — Flaab Mrlinux <flaab_mrlinux@...>

Good afternoon everyone.

13 messages 2006/12/09

[#228945] format problem — chen li <chen_li3@...>

Hi all,

23 messages 2006/12/10

[#229119] else inside rescue is useless? — "cap" <capitain@...>

http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0672328844&rl=1

20 messages 2006/12/11

[#229122] Newbie questions — Dav Jones <kakaze@...21.com>

Hello, I'm quite new to this whole Ruby malarky and I'm having some real

15 messages 2006/12/11

[#229244] Re: Ruby for Kids? — "Jeff_M" <JeffMcGrath@...>

18 messages 2006/12/12

[#229350] C => Ruby plus TCP serialization using Marshal.dump/load — "Nathan Baker" <nathanb@...>

Hey,

12 messages 2006/12/12

[#229351] - Bible 1.0.1 - A bible reference parsing and text retrieval tool — "Justin Bailey" <jgbailey@...>

All,

13 messages 2006/12/12

[#229397] Restricted capture in Regexp — benjohn@...

Is there a regexp feature that lets me require something to be present

16 messages 2006/12/13

[#229398] How to improve my Ruby skills ? — Zouplaz <user@...>

Hello there... Like many others I've discovered Ruby when I started

11 messages 2006/12/13

[#229467] Net::Ldap question — Eduardo Y瘻ez Parareda <eduardo.yanezNOSPAM@...>

Hello, I'm trying this plugin in a rails app and think I need some help.

13 messages 2006/12/13
[#229486] Re: Net::Ldap question — Eduardo Y瘻ez Parareda <eduardo.yanezNOSPAM@...> 2006/12/13

Hehe, sorry again. I've reading documentation of this library and already know

[#229514] Re: Net::Ldap question — "Francis Cianfrocca" <garbagecat10@...> 2006/12/13

On 12/13/06, Eduardo Y瘻ez Parareda <eduardo.yanezNOSPAM@nospamgmail.com> wrote:

[#229511] Random idea - private, blocks, constants — "Daniel Berger" <djberg96@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2006/12/13

[#229598] CTI Corporativo auto responses — "Daniel Berger" <djberg96@...>

All,

14 messages 2006/12/14

[#229600] Swap contents in two files — Christopher Latif <christopherl@...>

I have two files, I want to swap the contents of the files in my

17 messages 2006/12/14

[#229763] Chess960 (#106) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

33 messages 2006/12/15

[#229883] ZenTest autotest problems — Zouplaz <user@...>

Hello, I have big troubles using the latest autotest version (3.4.2)

11 messages 2006/12/16
[#229985] Re: ZenTest autotest problems — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2006/12/17

On Dec 16, 2006, at 01:40, Zouplaz wrote:

[#229990] Re: ZenTest autotest problems — Zouplaz <user@...> 2006/12/17

le 17/12/2006 07:43, Eric Hodel nous a dit:

[#230118] Re: ZenTest autotest problems — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2006/12/18

On Dec 17, 2006, at 24:55, Zouplaz wrote:

[#229906] Just some Ruby language ideas, comments wanted. — Daniel Finnie <danfinnie@...>

My first Ruby language idea is simple. Instead of having every method

13 messages 2006/12/16

[#229917] does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — "Ken Laninga" <personal@...>

I just heard about Ruby and it looks fascinating. I see lots of code being

60 messages 2006/12/16
[#229922] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — David Vallner <david@...> 2006/12/16

Ken Laninga wrote:

[#229939] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...> 2006/12/16

David Vallner wrote:

[#229961] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — Suraj Kurapati <snk@...> 2006/12/17

Joel VanderWerf wrote:

[#229967] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — "Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...> 2006/12/17

[#229968] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — David Vallner <david@...> 2006/12/17

Richard wrote:

[#229973] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — "Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...> 2006/12/17

[#230007] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — David Vallner <david@...> 2006/12/17

Richard wrote:

[#230065] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — "Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...> 2006/12/17

> Odds are it Just Won't unless you only

[#230073] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — David Vallner <david@...> 2006/12/17

Richard wrote:

[#230127] Re: does Ruby generate WINDOWS and dialog boxes? — "Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...> 2006/12/18

Disclaimer: All my assertions about Ruby, Rails, WEBrick and MySQL are

[#230008] Grabbing data off a webpage — Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>

OK, so I haven't done this in years.

12 messages 2006/12/17

[#230011] Ruby IDE — <adaworks@...>

I am new to Ruby, but I have used a lot of other

24 messages 2006/12/17

[#230089] Question regarding threads and I/O — "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>

I am a veteran programmer but still am trying to learn Ruby. In the

14 messages 2006/12/17
[#230094] Re: Question regarding threads and I/O — Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...> 2006/12/18

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 08:55:10AM +0900, Michael W. Ryder wrote:

[#230147] Problem installing Ruby/Tk — Christopher Latif <christopherl@...>

Installed Linux

14 messages 2006/12/18

[#230256] where have all the experienced users gone? — "Trans" <transfire@...>

seems like there's been a steady drop off in experienced ruby users on

63 messages 2006/12/19
[#230284] Re: [OT] where have all the experienced users gone? — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2006/12/19

On Dec 18, 2006, at 18:50, Trans wrote:

[#230327] Re: [OT] where have all the experienced users gone? — Jeremy Wells <jwells@...> 2006/12/19

Eric Hodel wrote:

[#230332] Re: [OT] where have all the experienced users gone? — "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@...> 2006/12/19

On 12/19/06, Jeremy Wells <jwells@servalsystems.co.uk> wrote:

[#230350] Re: [OT] where have all the experienced users gone? — "Jeremy McAnally" <jeremymcanally@...> 2006/12/19

I think it's also important that we all realize that we use mailing

[#230423] Re: [OT] where have all the experienced users gone? — James Edward Gray II <james@...> 2006/12/19

On Dec 19, 2006, at 7:52 AM, Jeremy McAnally wrote:

[#230322] Re: where have all the experienced users gone? — "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@...> 2006/12/19

On 12/19/06, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

[#230507] Re: where have all the experienced users gone? — "Simon Strandgaard" <neoneye@...> 2006/12/20

On 12/19/06, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:

[#230514] Re: where have all the experienced users gone? — "Robert Dober" <robert.dober@...> 2006/12/20

On 12/20/06, Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@gmail.com> wrote:

[#230295] string of strings... — Josselin <josselin@...>

I got an array of id's :

13 messages 2006/12/19

[#230328] compare two objects without take its ID in consideration — Lobosque Lucas <floyd_u2@...>

Is there a way to compare two objects without take its ID in

17 messages 2006/12/19

[#230450] ruby gotchas — Mark Guzman <segfault@...>

I've written up some ruby gotchas that have come up while using ruby.

16 messages 2006/12/19

[#230548] tricky sort for happy visitors of Paris — Josselin <josselin@...>

all happy visitors of Paris know about the 'arrondissement', an

20 messages 2006/12/20

[#230588] openssl on Red Hat not installed — Hueen Hueen <hueen@...>

So I'm one of the unlucky ones that don't have openssl properly

17 messages 2006/12/20

[#230602] Regexp Question: Checking for [joe][/joe] pairs — Joe Peck <joe@...>

Hey, I've got some text in @x and want there to be at least 1 and at

21 messages 2006/12/20

[#230648] Who's maintaining log4r? — jeffz_2002@...

Does anyone know who's maintaining the log4r project? The website at

29 messages 2006/12/20

[#230650] Searching Stings with Arrays? — Phil Cooperking <phil@...>

Hi, I've been having a little problem with this. most of my ruby is from

14 messages 2006/12/20

[#230755] Remove Ruby 1.8.5? — Christopher Latif <christopherl@...>

How do I remove Ruby 1.8.5 from linux? I have built it from source.

20 messages 2006/12/21
[#230874] Re: Remove Ruby 1.8.5? — David Vallner <david@...> 2006/12/21

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

[#230879] Re: Remove Ruby 1.8.5? — Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond@9online.fr> 2006/12/21

David Vallner wrote:

[#230792] Method named ***(other) — Julien Gaugaz <gaugaz@...3s.de>

Hi!

15 messages 2006/12/21
[#230799] Re: Method named ***(other) — "Vidar Hokstad" <vidar.hokstad@...> 2006/12/21

[#230829] Ruby's Trac Alternative — Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>

So I'm trying to use Trac for our FUN3D development,

27 messages 2006/12/21

[#230853] External Ruby Script in HTML — Naked Sushi <runfaster@...>

This probably has a simple answer, but I don't know it.

17 messages 2006/12/21

[#230869] Ruby replacement for ab? — Mat Schaffer <schapht@...>

So I've been hunting for a way to stress test a web application and

17 messages 2006/12/21

[#230983] Merry (slightly early) Christmas! Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book is free! — "Jeremy McAnally" <jeremymcanally@...>

Hello all,

15 messages 2006/12/22

[#231056] Question: Downloading files with open(-uri)? — Mariano Kamp <mariano.kamp@...>

Hi,

16 messages 2006/12/23

[#231072] Help with a ruby idiom — Tim Waters <timgwaters@...>

From the O'Reilly Cookbook there is code that keeps call functions in a

16 messages 2006/12/23

[#231181] Hpricot ri and rdoc documentation — "bbiker" <renard@...>

I have gem installed Hpricot-0.4 (mswin32) but no ri documentation or

15 messages 2006/12/24

[#231198] A problem about replacing a string in a template. — Kuang Dong <kuangdong@...>

File 1: test.tpl

13 messages 2006/12/25

[#231277] Newby - how to round up floating point number? — Dermot Moynihan <der_moyn@...>

Hi guys

14 messages 2006/12/26

[#231303] Hash with two identical keys? — "Trans" <transfire@...>

>From Facets' multiton.rb (which is primarily Floran Franks' work), I'm

15 messages 2006/12/26

[#231341] Peculiar Behavior for a Newby to Undertstand — Charles A Gray <smgspices@...>

I created a class for prime numbers as so:

14 messages 2006/12/27

[#231377] How to do TDD in Ruby? — mekondelta <Chris.Melikian@...>

15 messages 2006/12/27

[#231385] newbie with a weird technical problem (@ least I think it's weird) — "will" <will.graduate@...>

Yep, as the post title implies, I'm a newbie. Being a pragmatic newbie

10 messages 2006/12/27

[#231436] Handling of arbitrary length arrays in arguments to printf builtin — Nick Pavey <nick@...>

Hi Folks,

13 messages 2006/12/27
[#231437] Re: Handling of arbitrary length arrays in arguments to printf builtin — Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...> 2006/12/27

Nick Pavey wrote:

[#231462] Higher-Order Procedures Tutorial (long) — "Nate Murray" <jashmenn@...>

Hey Guys,

16 messages 2006/12/28

[#231494] Strip is not stripping trailing whitespace — Taylor Strait <taylorstrait@...>

I have files with city names which have one or two trailing whitespaces:

14 messages 2006/12/28

[#231595] What we have here is a retard pretending to be a computer scientist — atbusbook@...

http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Archive/Papers/Scha04bOOEncapsulation.pdf

14 messages 2006/12/29
[#231602] Paper on strong Object Oriented Encapsulation (Was: some subject with needless insults) — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net> 2006/12/29

On Dec 28, 2006, at 16:05, atbusbook@aol.com wrote:

[#231610] Re: Paper on strong Object Oriented Encapsulation (Was: some subject with needless insults) — "Jeff" <cohen.jeff@...> 2006/12/29

Eric Hodel wrote:

[#231686] how to properly format data when using TCPSocket.send() — Nathan Taylor <onebitcipher@...>

It would be greatly appreciated if someone would clue me in to what I am

12 messages 2006/12/29

[#231726] Methods validating their arguments: good or bad? — Michael Judge <mjudge@...>

15 messages 2006/12/29

[#231763] how to lex javascript for an assert_js system? — Phlip <phlip2005@...>

Ruboids:

14 messages 2006/12/30

[#231785] Proposal to create a new mailing list — Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>

Hello fellow Rubyphilics!

31 messages 2006/12/30

[#231801] Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...>

I was a bit surprised about Matz mention of the little things in his

164 messages 2006/12/30
[#231848] Re: Little Things — Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...> 2006/12/30

I mostly agree, with some of the additions of course being more

[#231882] Re: Little Things — dblack@... 2006/12/31

Hi --

[#231888] Re: Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2006/12/31

[#231893] Re: Little Things — Devin Mullins <twifkak@...> 2006/12/31

Trans wrote:

[#231898] Re: Little Things — "Rob Sanheim" <rsanheim@...> 2006/12/31

On 12/31/06, Devin Mullins <twifkak@comcast.net> wrote:

[#232438] Re: Little Things — Paulo Kh <paulo.koch@...> 2007/01/03

On 2006/12/31, at 07:38, Rob Sanheim wrote:

[#232439] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/03

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, [ISO-8859-1] Paulo Kh wrote:

[#232449] Re: Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/03

[#232451] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/03

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Trans wrote:

[#232496] Re: Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/04

[#232501] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Trans wrote:

[#232502] Re: Little Things — dblack@... 2007/01/04

Hi --

[#232503] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

[#232544] Re: Little Things — Devin Mullins <twifkak@...> 2007/01/04

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:

[#232547] Re: Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/04

[#232571] Re: Little Things — Devin Mullins <twifkak@...> 2007/01/04

Trans wrote:

[#232587] Re: Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/04

[#232602] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Trans wrote:

[#232615] Re: Little Things — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/04

[#232616] Re: Little Things — dblack@... 2007/01/04

Hi --

[#232619] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

[#232626] Re: Little Things — dblack@... 2007/01/04

Hi --

[#232631] Re: Little Things — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

[#232638] Re: Little Things — "Chris Carter" <cdcarter@...> 2007/01/04

On 1/4/07, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:

[#232650] Pervasive Methods [was: Little Things] — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/04

[#232652] Re: Pervasive Methods [was: Little Things] — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Trans wrote:

[#232653] Re: Pervasive Methods [was: Little Things] — "Tim Pease" <tim.pease@...> 2007/01/04

On 1/4/07, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:

[#232656] Re: Pervasive Methods [was: Little Things] — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Tim Pease wrote:

[#232657] Re: Pervasive Methods [was: Little Things] — "Trans" <transfire@...> 2007/01/04

[#232659] Re: Pervasive Methods [was: Little Things] — ara.t.howard@... 2007/01/04

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Trans wrote:

[#231932] Re: Little Things — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2006/12/31

Hi,

[#231821] Newbie: It works, how can I make it better? — Jay Bornhoft <jbornhoft@...>

I wrote this little prog giving the user two choices.

13 messages 2006/12/30

[#231938] Re: Status of Cardinal (was Re: Proposal to create a new mailing list) — "Francis Cianfrocca" <garbagecat10@...>

I'm not jumping back into this in a big way, since it's obvious

11 messages 2006/12/31

[#231941] Mini-RCR: Extra Argument for Array#join — James Edward Gray II <james@...>

I've been looking at the to_sentence() method in Rails. It's

17 messages 2006/12/31

[#231946] Open source credit card processing in ruby — snacktime <snacktime@...>

Just recently I have the option to open source a credit card

12 messages 2006/12/31
[#231956] Re: Open source credit card processing in ruby — "Francis Cianfrocca" <garbagecat10@...> 2006/12/31

On 12/31/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:

[#231951] Re: Status of Cardinal (was Re: Proposal to create a new mailing list) — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>

Robert Dober wrote:

9 messages 2006/12/31

Re: Turtle Graphics (#104) - Java/Swing Viewer using JRuby

From: "Dema" <demetriusnunes@...>
Date: 2006-12-06 04:00:09 UTC
List: ruby-talk #228332
Hi folks,

Just for fun I implemented a quick and dirty version of
turtle_viewer.rb using Java/Swing. It must be run using JRuby 0.9.1.

Just put the file alongside turtle_viewer.rb and call:
jruby jturtle_viewer.rb

Here it is:
#  jturtle_viewer.rb

require 'java'
require "lib/turtle"

class TurtleView
   DEFAULT_FRAME = [[-200.0, 200.0], [200.0, -200.0]]

   attr_accessor :frame

   def initialize(turtle, canvas, frame=DEFAULT_FRAME)
      @turtle = turtle
      @canvas = canvas
      @frame = frame
      @turtles = []
   end

   def handle_map_event(w, h)
      top_lf, btm_rt = frame
      x0, y0 = top_lf
      x1, y1 = btm_rt
      @x_xform = make_xform(x0, x1, w)
      @y_xform = make_xform(y0, y1, h)
   end

   def draw
      g = @canvas.graphics
      @turtle.track.each do |seqment|
         if seqment.size > 1
            pts = seqment.collect { |pt| transform(pt) }
            g.drawLine(pts[0][0], pts[0][1], pts[1][0], pts[1][1])
         end
      end
   end

   def transform(turtle_pt)
      x, y = turtle_pt
      [@x_xform.call(x), @y_xform.call(y)]
   end

private

   def make_xform(u_min, u_max, v_max)
      lambda { |u| v_max * (u - u_min) / (u_max - u_min) }
   end

end

JFrame = javax.swing.JFrame
JPanel = javax.swing.JPanel
Dimension = java.awt.Dimension
BorderLayout = java.awt.BorderLayout

class TurtleViewer
   def initialize(code)
      @code = code

      root = JFrame.new "Turtle Graphics Viewer"
      @canvas = JPanel.new
      root.get_content_pane.add @canvas, BorderLayout::CENTER
      root.set_default_close_operation(JFrame::EXIT_ON_CLOSE)
      root.set_preferred_size Dimension.new(440, 440)
      root.set_resizable false
      root.pack
      root.set_visible true
      run_code
   end

   def run_code
      turtle = Turtle.new
      view = TurtleView.new(turtle, @canvas)
      view.handle_map_event(@canvas.width,
                            @canvas.height)
      turtle.run(@code)
      view.draw
   end
end

# Commands to be run if no command line argument is given.
CIRCLE_DESIGN = <<CODE
def circle
   pd; 90.times { fd 6; rt 4 }; pu
end
18.times { circle; rt 20 }
CODE

if ARGV.size > 0
   code = open(ARGV[0]) { |f| f.read }
else
   code = CIRCLE_DESIGN
end
TurtleViewer.new(code)


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>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> by Morton Goldberg
>
> [Editor's Note:  You can download the files for this quiz at:
>
> 	http://rubyquiz.com/turtle.zip
>
> --JEG2]
>
> 	Turtle Graphics
> 	===============
>
> Turtle graphics is a form of computer graphics based on the ideas of turtle
> geometry, a formulation of local (coordinate-free) geometry. As a brief
> introduction to turtle graphics, I quote from [1]:
>
> 	Imagine that you have control of a little creature called a turtle
> 	that exists in a mathematical plane or, better yet, on a computer
> 	display screen. The turtle can respond to a few simple commands:
> 	FORWARD moves the turtle in the direction it is facing some
> 	number of units. RIGHT rotates it clockwise in its place some
> 	number of degrees. BACK and LEFT cause the opposite movements. ...
> 	The turtle can leave a trace of the places it has been: [its
> 	movements] can cause lines to appear on the screen. This is
> 	controlled by the commands PENUP and PENDOWN. When the pen is
> 	down, the turtle draws lines.
>
> For example, the turtle commands to draw a square, 100 units on a side, can be
> written (in a Ruby-ized form) as:
>
> 	pen_down
> 	4.times { forward 100; right 90 }
>
> For more information, see [2] and [3].
>
> This quiz is a bit different from most. If the usual Ruby quiz can be likened to
> an essay exam, this one is a fill-in-the-blanks test. I'm supplying you with a
> complete turtle graphics package, except -- to give you something to do -- I've
> removed the method bodies from the key file, lib/turtle.rb. Your job is to
> repair the damage I've done and make the package work again.
>
> 	Turtle Commands
> 	===============
>
> There are quite a few turtle commands, but that doesn't mean you have to write a
> lot of code to solve this quiz. Most of the commands can be implemented in a
> couple of lines. It took me a lot longer to write a description of the commands
> than it did for me to implement and test all of them.
>
> I use the following format to describe turtle commands:
>
> 	long_name | short_name <arg>
> 	   description ...
> 	   Example: ...
>
> All turtle commands take either one argument or none, and not all turtle
> commands have both a long name and a short name.
>
> 	Required Commands
> 	-----------------
>
> These commands are required in the sense that they are needed to reproduce the
> sample designs. Actually, you could get away without implementing 'back' and
> 'left', but implementing them is far easier than trying to write turtle code
> without them.
>
> 	pen_up | pu
> 	   Raises the turtle's pen. The turtle doesn't draw (lay down a visible
> 	   track) when its pen is up.
>
> 	pen_down | pd
> 	   Lowers the turtle's pen. The turtle draws (lays down a visible track)
> 	   when its pen is down.
>
> 	forward | fd <distance>
> 	   Moves the turtle forwards in the direction it is facing.
> 	   Example: forward(100) advances the turtle by 100 steps.
>
> 	back | bk <distance>
> 	   Moves the turtle backwards along its line of motion.
> 	   back <distance> == forward -<distance>
> 	   Example: back(100) backs up the turtle by 100 steps.
>
> 	right | rt <angle>
> 	   Turns the turtle clockwise by <angle> degrees.
> 	   Example: right(90) turns the turtle clockwise by a right angle.
>
> 	left | lt <angle>
> 	   Turns the turtle counterclockwise by <angle> degrees.
> 	   left  <angle> == right -<angle>
> 	   Example: left(45) turns the turtle counterclockwise by 45 degrees.
>
> 	Traditional Commands
> 	--------------------
>
> These commands are not needed to reproduce any of the sample designs, but they
> are found in all implementations of turtle graphics that I know of.
>
> 	home
> 	   Places the turtle at the origin, facing north, with its pen up. The
> 	   turtle does not draw when it goes home.
>
> 	clear
> 	   Homes the turtle and empties out it's track. Sending a turtle a clear
> 	   message essentially reinitializes it.
>
> 	xy
> 	   Reports the turtle's location.
> 	   Example: Suppose the turtle is 10 turtle steps north and 15 turtle steps
> 	   west of the origin, then xy will return [-15.0, 10.0].
>
> 	set_xy | xy= <point>
> 	   Places the turtle at <point>. The turtle does not draw when this command
> 	   is executed, not even if its pen is down. Returns <point>.
> 	   Example: Suppose the turtle is at [10.0, 20.0], then self.xy = [50, 80]
> 	   moves the turtle to [50.0, 80.0], but no line will drawn between the [10,
> 	   20] and [50, 80].
>
> 	heading
> 	   Reports the direction in which the turtle is facing. Heading is measured
> 	   in degrees, clockwise from north.
> 	   Example: Suppose the turtle is at the origin facing the point [100, 200],
> 	   then heading will return 26.565 (approximately).
>
> 	heading= | set_h <angle>
> 	   Sets the turtle's heading to <angle>. <angle> should be given in degrees,
> 	   measured clockwise from north. Returns <angle>.
> 	   Example: After self.heading = 135 (or set_h(135) which is easier to
> 	   write), the turtle will be facing southeast.
>
> 	pen_up? | pu?
> 	   Reports true if the turtle's pen is up and false otherwise.
>
> 	pen_down? | pd?
> 	   Reports true if the turtle's pen is down and false otherwise.
>
> 	Optional Commands
> 	-----------------
>
> These commands are only found in some implementations of turtle graphics. When
> they are implemented, they make the turtle capable of doing global (coordinate)
> geometry in addition to local (coordinate-free) geometry.
>
> I used one of these commands, go, to draw the mandala design (see
> designs/mandala.tiff and samples/mandala.rb). If you choose not to implement the
> optional commands, you might try writing a turtle program for drawing the
> mandala design without using go. But, believe me, it is much easier to implement
> go than to write such a program.
>
> 	go <point>
> 	   Moves the turtle to <point>.
> 	   Example: Suppose the turtle is home (at the origin facing north). After
> 	   go([100, 200]), the turtle will be located at [100.0, 200.0] but will
> 	   still be facing north. If its pen was down, it will have drawn a line
> 	   from [0, 0] to [100, 200].
>
> 	toward | face <point>
> 	   Turns the turtle to face <point>.
> 	   Example: Suppose the turtle is at the origin. After toward([100, 200]),
> 	   its heading will be 26.565 (approximately).
>
> 	distance | dist <point>
> 	   Reports the distance between the turtle and <point>.
> 	   Example: Suppose the turtle is at the origin, then distance([400, 300])
> 	   will return 500.0 (approximately).
>
> 	Interfacing to the Turtle Graphics Viewer
> 	=========================================
>
> Implementing turtle graphics without being able to view what the turtle draws
> isn't much fun, so I'm providing a simple turtle graphics viewer. To interface
> with the viewer, turtle instances must respond to the message track by returning
> an array which the viewer can use to generate a line drawing.
>
> The viewer expects the array returned by track to take the following form:
>
> 	track   ::= [segment, segment, ...]  # drawing data
> 	segment ::= [point, point, ...]      # points to be joined by line segments
> 	point   ::= [x, y]                   # pair of floats
>
> 	Example: [[[0.0, 0.0], [200.0, 200.0]], [[200.0, 0.0], [0.0, 200.0]]]
>
> This represents an X located in the upper-right quadrant of the viewer; i.e.,
> two line segments, one running from the center of the viewer up to its
> upper-right corner and the other running from the center of the top edge down to
> the center of the right edge.
>
> [Editor's Note:  I added a script to dump your turtle graphics output to PPM
> image files, for those that don't have TK up and running.  It works identically
> to Morton's turtle_viewer.rb, save that it writes output to a PPM image file in
> the current directory.  For example, to output the included tree image, use
> `ruby turtle_ppm_writer.rb samples/tree.rb`.  --JEG2]
>
> 	Unit Tests
> 	==========
>
> I'm including the unit tests which I developed to test turtle commands. For the
> purposes of the quiz, you can ignore tests/turtle_view_test.rb. But I hope you
> will find the other test suite, tests/turtle_test.rb, helpful. It tests every
> one of the turtle commands described above as well as argument checking by the
> commands. Don't hesitate to modify any of the unit tests to meet the needs of
> your quiz solution.
>
> 	References
> 	==========
>
> 	[1] Abelson, H. & A. diSessa, "Turtle Geometry", MIT Press, 1981.
> 	[2] Harvey, B., "Computer Science Logo Style", Chapter 10.
> 	    http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/pdf/v1ch10.pdf
> 	[3] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOGO_programming_language


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