From: Ken Bloom <kbloom@...>
Date: 2008-04-25T09:10:24+09:00
Subject: Re: works thro irb  but not on commandline

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:23:28 -0700, Junkone wrote:

> i have a strange prob. when i run this code under irb, the buddy can
> recieve the message. when i run it under the ruby commandline, the buddy
> does not recive the message. i am not sure what the difference is.
> any pointers is appreciated.
> 
> 
>  require 'net/toc'
> client = Net::TOC.new("userid","password") client.connect
> client.wait(10)
>  friend = client.buddy_list.buddy_named("mybuddy1") client.on_im do |
>  message, buddy |
>    puts "#{buddy.screen_name}: #{message}"
>  end
>  client.on_error do | error |
>    puts "!! #{error}"
>  end
> 
>   friend.send_im(" hi how going") # not sure why this is not being
> sent.
>  puts client.buddy_list.to_s
> 
>  client.disconnect()

Try sleeping for a second after sending the message, but before 
disconnecting, and see if that fixes it. (Maybe it's some kind of 
asynchronous communication issue in net/toc.)

--Ken

-- 
Ken (Chanoch) Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory.
Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/