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New Version 0 45 (2/14/2011 10:08:38 PM) comp.lang.ruby Announcing ri_cal version 0.8.8 a new implementation of RFC2445 in Ruby A new Ruby implementation of RFC2445 iCalendar. The existing Ruby iCalendar libraries (e.g. icalendar, vpim) provide for parsing and gen... Rick

SVG generation gem? 6 181 (7/30/2010 3:59:31 PM) comp.lang.ruby I've recently started playing with an Epilog laser cutter, and I find myself wanting to programmatically generate SVG files. I googled for ruby and svg this morning and although there seem to be a few old ... Rick

[ANN] Announcing ad_agency version 0.1.0 0 48 (4/17/2010 9:20:48 PM) comp.lang.ruby Announcing ad_agency version 0.1.0 An extension to Jeweler for generating announcements One of the facilities I missed in moving from hoe to jeweler was the ability to easily announce new versions of gems. a... Rick

[ANN] ri_cal 0.8.5 Released 0 50 (9/28/2009 9:41:48 PM) comp.lang.ruby ri_cal version 0.8.5 has been released! NOTE: Due to githubs migration to RackSpace this past weekend, and the fact that github gem generation is temporarily disabled, the 0.8.5 gem is only available via ruby... Rick

[ANN] ri_cal 0.8.4 Released 0 58 (9/18/2009 9:35:29 PM) comp.lang.ruby ri_cal version 0.8.4 has been released! * * A new Ruby implementation of RFC2445 iCalendar. The existing Ruby iCalendar libraries (e.g. icalendar, vpim) provide for parsing and generating icalendar files, ... Rick

[ANN] ri_cal 0.8.2 Released 0 46 (9/11/2009 2:55:04 PM) comp.lang.ruby NOTE: This version was released on github some days ago. I'd held off releasing it on RubyForge because right now the gitosis server on RubyForge is broken. I was waiting for TC to fix it because I didn't wa... Rick

Using both the new rvm Ruby Version Manager, AND multiruby from ZenTest 1 56 (9/2/2009 10:41:56 PM) comp.lang.ruby The new Ruby Version Manager http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/ seems great for having multiple ruby installations to USE, while the multiruby feature in the ZenTest gem is great for running tests/specs under a bun... Rick

Snow Leopard advice for Ruby/Rails developers 0 38 (8/30/2009 12:20:37 PM) comp.lang.ruby Lots of ruby/rails developers are Mac users so I thought this might be of interest here. Here are some bumps I've had in the upgrade. 1) If you are using any macport installed software, get a list before you ... Rick

Having problems with Gem version on Snow Leopard 6 36 (8/29/2009 11:01:51 PM) comp.lang.ruby So, the migration to Snow Leopard has gone well, except that it's totally bollixed up my ruby/rails development environment. It looks like Snow Leopard shipped with gem version 1.2.0 is this right? $ which g... Rick

[ANN] ri_cal 0.8.1 Released 0 61 (8/18/2009 1:45:47 PM) comp.lang.ruby ri_cal version 0.8.1 has been released! * * A new Ruby implementation of RFC2445 iCalendar. The existing Ruby iCalendar libraries (e.g. icalendar, vpim) provide for parsing and generating icalendar files, ... Rick

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Seeking sponsors to fly me to RubyConf 6 98 (9/29/2010 11:19:02 AM) comp.lang.ruby UK-based full-time open source developer = (http://golightly.games-with-brains.net) on a very restricted budget is = booked to speak at RubyConf about this: = http://www.rubyconf.org/presentations/34. Urgent... Eleanor

how can we make a ruby compiler 48 130 (10/1/2010 4:39:32 AM) comp.lang.ruby how can we make a thing that compiles ruby into c++ source code? does anyone want to help me make one.... -r r@thevoid1.net ... r (41)

New to Ruby, Looking for Help With Basic Program 10 103 (10/1/2010 6:05:20 PM) comp.lang.ruby I am teaching myself Ruby and am trying to figure out why this program is doing what it is doing: puts 'Year 1?' year1 = gets.chomp puts 'Year 2?' year2 = gets.chomp while (year1.to_i <= year2.to_i)... monkeymica (2)

Pass by reference and copy on write 22 137 (10/2/2010 11:41:12 PM) comp.lang.ruby [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] I see http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/41160 which has a fairly long explanation of passing stuff by reference and copy on write(cow)... ralphs (104)

Object.object.method() 5 164 (10/3/2010 3:29:44 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hello, obviously it's a time for a noobie question. What the following statement means? Object.object.method() Sample code: window = Gtk::Window.new(Gtk::Window::TOPLEVEL) area = Gtk::DrawingArea.new... Johan

[ANN] 2011 Fukuoka Ruby Award Competition 2 136 (10/7/2010 1:43:45 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi all, Fukuoka prefecture sponsors the thrid Fukuoka Ruby Award as past years. Although sponsored by the Japanese local government, Fukuoka Ruby Award is fully open to non-Japanese, In fact, last two awa... Yukihiro

if the variable is set. 5 42 (10/12/2010 4:57:09 PM) comp.lang.ruby How can I create an if statement to check if a variable contains a value? If it does contain a value, I want to send an email. I'm doing the following but it doesn't work... -----------------------------------... leonelsantos.me (3)

Re-naming a block 2 165 (10/23/2010 5:43:59 PM) comp.lang.ruby [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Hi all. I'm writing a method which takes a block and returns a lambda which will execute that block when called. Here's the code: d... Andrew

why "::", not "." 2 64 (10/26/2010 8:48:05 AM) comp.lang.ruby Why does the method of modules use a dot, and the constants a double colon? e.g. Math::PI and Math.cos -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... graycardinalster (10)

How does this line of code work? (it's simple) 1 61 (2/13/2011 5:16:46 PM) comp.lang.ruby x = "This is a test".match(/(\w+) (\w+)/) Why does puts x[0] give you "THis is" and puts x[1] give you "This" etc? Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... friedoysterlover (12)