[#368826] ANN: home_run 0.9.1 Released — Jeremy Evans <code@...>

= home_run

14 messages 2010/09/01

[#368894] uninitialized constant NArray (Name Error) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

Following section (2) here:

12 messages 2010/09/02

[#368914] p vs. print — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

I wrote the following scripts from section (2) here:

24 messages 2010/09/02
[#368915] Re: p vs. print — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com> 2010/09/02

Ruby uses "puts", not "print". "p" is short for "puts".

[#368977] Read cookie — Pål Bergström <pal@...>

How can I get the value of a browser cookie with Ruby?

29 messages 2010/09/03
[#368978] Re: Read cookie — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/09/03

P奪l Bergstr旦m wrote:

[#368984] Re: Read cookie — Pål Bergström <pal@...> 2010/09/03

Brian Candler wrote:

[#369036] ruby_archive 0.1.0 released — Jonathan Nielsen <jonathan@...>

After a summer of working on various ways to implement it, I'm happy to

10 messages 2010/09/03

[#369106] A better idiomatic way of doing this?! — Tim Romberg <tim.jakobsson@...>

Hi Im new at Ruby and been struggling with this lab I have for a course

12 messages 2010/09/05

[#369113] unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...>

I have written a Ruby script "dicom_info.rb", and when I try running

16 messages 2010/09/06
[#369119] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Brian Candler <B.Candler@...> 2010/09/06

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 12:42:11PM +0900, Abder-Rahman Ali wrote:

[#369132] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...> 2010/09/06

Thanks a lot Brian.

[#369139] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Brian Candler <B.Candler@...> 2010/09/06

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:55:32PM +0900, Abder-Rahman Ali wrote:

[#369140] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Abder-Rahman Ali <abder.rahman.ali@...> 2010/09/06

So, do you suggest installing "cygwin"?

[#369159] Re: unable to open X server `' (Magick::ImageMagickError) — Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...> 2010/09/06

> you suggest installing "cygwin"?

[#369124] Odd functional programming question — Peter Hickman <peterhickman386@...>

Ok this is probably not really functional programming but I was just

10 messages 2010/09/06

[#369169] How do I request a HTTPS page? — Samuel Sternhagen <samatoms@...>

I would like to access a https page from irb

14 messages 2010/09/06

[#369226] What OS do you use for Ruby development? — Nick Hird <nrhird@...>

I don't want to start any OS wars. I was just curious as to what OS

67 messages 2010/09/07

[#369301] Nokogiri and LibXML — unbewusst.sein@... (Une B騅ue)

Each time i launch a script using Nokogiri i get :

12 messages 2010/09/08

[#369302] Receiving array naturally? — Terry Michaels <spare@...>

As I learn Ruby, I find a lot of flexibility in the syntax. I was

14 messages 2010/09/08

[#369389] Key Associated w/ Maximum Value in Hash — Timothy Baron <timothy.baron@...>

Simple question: what's the cleanest way to retrieve a key associated

11 messages 2010/09/09

[#369477] How to do foo.chomp!.rstrip!.downcase! ? — Geometric Patterns <geometric.patterns@...>

15 messages 2010/09/10

[#369623] Ruby packaging in Debian and Ubuntu: Mythbusting and FAQ — Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2010/09/12

[#369638] Declarative relations between object attributes — Knut Franke <knut.franke@...>

Some time ago I stumbled over Cells[1], a Common Lisp extension allowing

16 messages 2010/09/12

[#369710] Encoding error while installing rails on ruby 1.9.2 — Bek Bek <bekis3@...>

Hello everybody,

11 messages 2010/09/14

[#369796] Ruby Multi-threading? — Terry Michaels <spare@...>

I read a Ruby e-book recently that indicated that although Ruby has

12 messages 2010/09/15

[#369952] Developing for Ruby on Windows? — Tom Wardrop <tom@...>

I've heard a lot of criticism about developing for Ruby on Windows, but

11 messages 2010/09/17

[#370039] Ruby-based data language — Intransition <transfire@...>

Has anyone ever endeavored to create a data/configuration file format

14 messages 2010/09/19

[#370053] Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Markus Fischer <markus@...>

Hi,

23 messages 2010/09/19
[#370054] Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Markus Fischer <markus@...> 2010/09/19

On 20.09.2010 01:14, Markus Fischer wrote:

[#370116] Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Quintus <sutniuq@...> 2010/09/20

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[#370164] Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)? — Ryan Melton <ryanmelt@...> 2010/09/21

qt does have a new gem I put together:

[#370205] QT works! (was: Re: Getting GUI for ruby for Linux running (QT or wxWidget)) — Markus Fischer <markus@...> 2010/09/21

Hi,

[#370127] An elegant way... — "F. Senault" <fred@...>

Hello everybody.

23 messages 2010/09/20

[#370210] The Great Ruby GUI Toolkit Roundup — Ed Howland <ed.howland@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2010/09/21

[#370257] having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Tim Uckun <timuckun@...>

I am running a batch process which uses the wkhtmltoimage-i386 binary

13 messages 2010/09/22
[#370268] Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/09/22

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com> wrote:

[#370294] Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Tim Uckun <timuckun@...> 2010/09/22

> What do you mean by that? =C2=A0Goes the timeout undetected? =C2=A0Can't =

[#370309] Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/09/23

On 23.09.2010 01:59, Tim Uckun wrote:

[#370289] Sorting problem with an Array of Arrays — Paul <tester.paul@...>

Hi there, I have an array of arrays that looks like the following:

15 messages 2010/09/22

[#370296] Ruby Installation Error — Tridib Bandopadhyay <tridib04@...>

I am trying this command to build the ruby interpreter

20 messages 2010/09/23
[#370689] Re: Ruby Installation Error — Brian Candler <b.candler@...> 2010/09/29

Tridib Bandopadhyay wrote:

[#370319] to make dot method dot method work? — Pen Ttt <myocean135@...>

here is the class

14 messages 2010/09/23

[#370373] how do i force ruby to release memory — Amit Tomar <amittomer25@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2010/09/24
[#370374] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2010/09/24

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#370379] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Amit Tomar <amittomer25@...> 2010/09/24

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#370380] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Jes俍 Gabriel y Gal疣 <jgabrielygalan@...> 2010/09/24

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Amit Tomar <amittomer25@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#370383] Re: how do i force ruby to release memory — Amit Tomar <amittomer25@...> 2010/09/24

Jes炭s Gabriel y Gal叩n wrote:

[#370388] How to delete the browser cache through ruby — Arihan Sinha <arihan_sinha@...>

Hi All,

11 messages 2010/09/24

[#370590] Point me to help w/ multithreading in 1.9.2-p0 — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com>

Hi Folks - A week or two ago, I pinged this list for recommendations on

11 messages 2010/09/28
[#370593] Re: Point me to help w/ multithreading in 1.9.2-p0 — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com> 2010/09/28

Nevermind... figured it out.

[#370640] puts and return — Jim Haungs <jhaungs@...>

10.times do |i|

14 messages 2010/09/28

[#370661] Color sequences in ri on Windows — Eric Christopherson <echristopherson@...>

After installing some gems, the system recommended that I refresh ri

11 messages 2010/09/28

[#370721] The beauty of Ruby through examples — Adriano Ferreira <adrfer@...>

Hey all,

33 messages 2010/09/29

[#370740] Can't upgrade ruby on Snow Leopard — Ast Jay <azzzz@...>

I've followed the instructions here:

13 messages 2010/09/29

[#370796] How to prevent overwriting methods by accident? — Stefan Salewski <mail@...>

In Ruby we can add new methods to existing classes.

13 messages 2010/09/30
[#370797] Re: How to prevent overwriting methods by accident? — Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...> 2010/09/30

On 9/30/2010 2:15 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote:

[#370800] Re: How to prevent overwriting methods by accident? — Alex Stahl <astahl@...5.com> 2010/09/30

But is there a way to call the original method instead of just quitting

Re: Developing for Ruby on Windows?

From: Charles Roper <reachme@...>
Date: 2010-09-17 11:43:54 UTC
List: ruby-talk #369963
Much of the criticism, I believe, comes from cultural rather than
technical concerns. Most of the movers-and-shakers in the Ruby
community are using either *nix or OS X and therefore most of the
blogs, articles, tutorials and books come written through that prism
(actually, earlier works were much better in this regard). This can
make it tricky for newcomers to learn Ruby if they're on Windows and
it cements a perception that Ruby on Windows is harder than it should
be, or doesn't work as well. Take the Rails Tutorial for example -
it's very POSIX centric and even advises using Cygwin rather than
native Windows. It's an awesome tutorial, but it would leave the
curious Windows-using dabbler with a sense that Rails, Ruby, Git and
the rest are really designed for Unix and unsatisfactory, hacky
afterthoughts on Windows. The result: people either switch, or turn
away. I know Rails !=3D Ruby, but many (perhaps most) newcomers are
introduced to Ruby through Rails, so I believe this is a good example.

The thing is, Ruby on Windows needn't be a poor experience - with the
right tools and advice, and good quality, disciplined cross-platform
programming on the part of Ruby developers, the beauty of Ruby can be
enjoyed just as well on Windows as it can on OS X or *nix. The Python
community seems to be ahead of Ruby on this point. I believe what we
need are more developers dedicated to improving the experience on
Windows (the RubyInstaller team being a fantastic example) and also a
more concious welcoming of Windows users into the community (as in,
less of the mocking of Windows and Windows users in general - yeah, I
know, boo-hoo, violins, etc. - but for a newcomer, it's not the best
experience to feel like you're some sort of pariah) Now, we all need
to have a sense of humour and have to be able to take a bit of
ribbing, but the joke is kind of old and stale now, and things have
improved tremendously in recent months on Windows, and, well, we're
all just trying to get some work done, no? Can't we all just be
friends, dammit? ;-) But if we can continue this trend of making
Windows feel less of a hostile environment for Ruby, then I'm sure
more Windows developers will be attracted and therefore will pour more
resources into improving Ruby on Windows. So, keep up the good work
and less of the negative stuff, in other words. :-)

(btw, this particular community is actually very welcoming and always
has been; my mild critique is more aimed at the high-profile bloggers,
developers and pundits, particularly in the Rails community.)

Charles
--
Charles Roper
http://twitter.com/charlesroper

On 17 September 2010 11:12, Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@onghu.com> wrote:
> =C2=A0On 17/9/2010 6:02 PM, Quintus wrote:
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>> Am 17.09.2010 10:53, schrieb Tom Wardrop:
>>>
>>> I've heard a lot of criticism about developing for Ruby on Windows, but
>>> am yet to see anyone elaborate on this. Can someone enlighten me on why
>>> developing for Ruby on Windows is considered to be painful?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> My personal opinion about this is that developing on Windows is not as
>> hard as it used to be since the Ruby Installer + DevKit have been
>> released. However, Windows stays Windows, and the thing I personally
>> most miss in Windows is the #fork method and the ability to create
>> multi-process programs easily. When Ruby gets rid of the GIL sometime
>> and Ruby's threads will run truly concurrent, I may not miss it anymore
>> (Ruby 2.0, maybe?).
>> Apart from that, I just dislike non-free (free as in freedom) operating
>> systems ;-)
>
> Barring ideology, there are, in my opinion, two main annoyances in workin=
g
> with Windows..
>
> 1. Some times, it can take a while to start the Ruby interpreter - and Ru=
by
> runs slowly. =C2=A0While an annoyance, most people don't deploy on Window=
s and a
> bit of extra time in starting a long(er) running program is fine for me.
>
> 2. Some native gems fail to build and you need to find a way around it.
> =C2=A0Luis' work and the DevKit, etc. are changing this situation on a da=
ily
> basis.. so, we will get there.
>
> Barring that, I haven't found any reason to avoid working on Windows usin=
g
> Ruby. =C2=A0Some of the things that I do require Windows - for example, I=
 use
> Win32Ole to parse Word documents to put into a Radiant CMS site... so, I'=
m
> happy enough working there.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mohit.
> 17/9/2010 | 6:11 PM.
>
>
>

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