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method_missing crazyness 7 19 (7/28/2005 12:01:34 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, Any reason why syntax like this: def prefix_/(a-zA-Z0-9_)/(suffix, *args) do something with suffix end Would be worse than doing manual dispatching in method_missing? Seems like it could be a nifty ha... leon

Defining a method vs aliasing it 7 13 (6/25/2005 11:33:55 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, I'm not exactly sure why defining a method with "def methodname" versus aliasing it would behave differently. My example code: ------ module O1 def self.append_features(base) super base.e... leon

[ANN] DBus/Ruby 0.1.10 0 24 (1/24/2005 9:30:29 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, This is a bugfix release, it removes an unnecessary build-time dependency on Ruby-GNOME2. Changes: 0.1.10 * ext/ruby-dbus-connection.c: add DBusConnection#has_messages_to_send. will only... leon

RDoc enhancement proposal 4 14 (1/23/2005 10:48:00 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi again :) I have some proposals for updates to RDoc which may make life easier for people wanting to document C extensions. These aren't just requests, I'm quite willing to go ahead and implement them myself... leon

RDoc and preprocessor generated functions 1 15 (1/23/2005 5:22:40 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, An extension I'm documenting has several functions and Ruby classes that are generated by the preprocessor. Is there any way to generate RDoc for a C function, without it trying to validate that the funct... leon

rdoc mistakenly picking up C functions 1 17 (1/22/2005 8:04:08 AM) comp.lang.ruby hi, i have some C functions in an extension i'm documenting that are commented out (disabled) with C comments, but rdoc still generates rdoc for them. the rb_define_method calls are also commented out. i.e. ... leon

OpenSSL::PKey::RSA accepts empty constructor (BUG?) 3 17 (1/22/2005 5:10:25 AM) comp.lang.ruby It doesn't seem like you can do much with an empty RSA object (no #new parameters), so I'm not sure why its exposed to Ruby? It does not seem possible to set public/private key values after the fact on an RSA i... leon

[ANN] Flash/Ruby 0.1.0 3 20 (1/16/2005 9:11:22 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hello, I'm happy to announce the first public release of Flash/Ruby. Flash/Ruby is a Ruby extension wrapping a library I wrote called "libflash" [1]. The "libflash" library provides a way to embed Macromedia ... leon

[ANN] DBus/Ruby 0.1.9 1 20 (12/28/2004 1:35:38 AM) comp.lang.ruby hi, this is a feature release, the main change is support for service activation (DBus::Bus#activate_service), using the same semantics as the Python bindings currently in D-BUS CVS. also, if your message cal... leon

[ANN] DBus/Ruby 0.1.8 0 30 (12/12/2004 5:33:16 AM) comp.lang.ruby hi! another bug fix release, this fixes an incorrect Ruby GC usage which had the possibility to cause a crash. changes: * ext/ruby-dbus-connection.c: don't use rb_gc_register_address, but use a mark functi... leon

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[ANN] Revolution - a Ruby binding to Evolution 8 21 (3/21/2005 2:54:54 PM) comp.lang.ruby I've just released v0.1 of Revolution, a Ruby binding to the excellent Evolution personal information management (PIM) application. Here's how you can use it to get to contact/calendar/task information: ===... tom845 (629)

SOAP Server WSDL generation 1 24 (3/29/2005 2:56:15 PM) comp.lang.ruby I have successfully (not that it was at all difficult) setup a ruby SOAP client and server, but in both cases I had to "prime the pump" with the methods and their parameters. So I have two questions: Using rub... phurley (236)

Getting process status 4 25 (3/30/2005 1:51:59 AM) comp.lang.ruby If I have the id of a process, how can I get a Process::Status object for it? Thanks, Joe ... joevandyk (643)

NTLM 1 35 (3/31/2005 8:30:43 AM) comp.lang.ruby Is there a way to write web apps that support Microsoft's NTLM authentication in Ruby? I'm writing an app for our intranet and I'd like it to /just know/ who the user is. -- ----------------------------------... robert.hulme (4)

Getting Ruby approved 46 27 (4/1/2005 2:45:41 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, I'm trying to get Ruby added to one of the "supported" OSS tools at Boeing. I was asked this question: "The question is, is Ruby bringing something extra to the table, that we can't do with Perl, Pytho... joevandyk (643)

Ruby script to post to a typo blog? 4 22 (8/2/2005 9:15:18 PM) comp.lang.ruby Has anyone written a small script/library to post to a typo blog? I really like to edit posts with Emacs, so if I could have a tool I could just plug into Emacs, that would make me a very happy blogger! ... vfoley (90)

Threads in Rails 2 27 (4/12/2005 6:37:07 PM) comp.lang.ruby In my Rails application, I have a function perform some background calculations inside of a thread. The problem is that the said thread gets no computation time unless something else runs in parallel. If the u... Tony.Targonski (13)

Web spider 2 30 (5/4/2005 7:26:40 AM) comp.lang.ruby Does anyone know of a web spider built in Ruby? ... lucas1 (23)

Defining a method vs aliasing it 7 13 (6/25/2005 11:33:55 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, I'm not exactly sure why defining a method with "def methodname" versus aliasing it would behave differently. My example code: ------ module O1 def self.append_features(base) super base.e... bitserf (77)

SOAP / WSDL 8 26 (7/25/2005 5:55:32 PM) comp.lang.ruby Are there any examples of a Ruby program that publishes a WSDL and runs a SOAP server and another Ruby program that is a client of that server? My search-fu fails me. Thanks, Joe ... joevandyk (643)