From: Kaldrenon <kaldrenon@...>
Date: 2007-08-07T23:00:01+09:00
Subject: Re: I came from Perl, and would ask for some quick start point

On Aug 7, 1:55 am, Lee NL <r...@reborn.org> wrote:
> 1. Any posting culture here ? or say, How to use this mailing list is
> most proper ? em..
> any DOs and DON'Ts ?

Well if you've been on Usenet for any extended time (especially
comp.lang.perl.misc), you already know that politeness isn't exactly a
rule, so much as a hoped-for guideline. On c.l.r, I've never seen
rudeness, and I've been reading regularly for over a month. Granted,
I've also seen that the majority of original posts are thoughtful and
intelligent, so the standard applies both ways, but the general rule
of thumb is that Ruby makes people WANT to get along.

> 2. What kind of code editor is mostly recommended for Ruby ? I know
> about JEdit,
> TextPad, Aptana, Scite and Komodo. but which one, or else would mostly
> good ?

I use emacs, but I'm not religious about it. I've heard good things so
I'm trying to learn it, and it's great for its ability to work with
multiple languages, but it's certainly not unique in that respect. Any
of the multipurpose editors are good.

> 3. Is that any dictionary like web site could quick check about the
> standard commands' "build in " methods ?

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib
http://www.whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/pickaxe/

HTH,
Andrew