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Plugin best practices 5 66 (6/15/2011 9:36:38 AM) comp.lang.ruby If your making a plugin/extension for another project, do you create a hyphenated lib file or do you put the library file in a subdirectory, e.g. say it's a plugin for rdoc, lib/rdoc-foo.rb Or lib/rd... Intransition

commit message conventions 13 51 (6/13/2011 11:38:44 AM) comp.lang.ruby When I write commit messages I add a "team" prefix to the message, generally `admin`, 'doc` or `test` followed by a colon, space, and then message. e.g. admin: Updated README to explain new config options... Intransition

RDoc-style Labelled Lists in Markdown? 2 55 (6/11/2011 7:45:27 PM) comp.lang.ruby Any way to get RDoc style labelled lists in Markdown? e.g. in RDoc: Author:: John Joe License:: MIT In Markdown? ... Intransition

a little challenge - reproduce this error 21 41 (6/8/2011 12:30:51 PM) comp.lang.ruby Want to see a really amazing error I got this week? Okay... but to make it more interesting I am going to the change some names to protect the innocent, and offer up a little challenge: How can reproduce it? T... Intransition

gem require_paths required? 2 46 (6/5/2011 1:16:15 PM) comp.lang.ruby I'm wondering if a gems `require_path` field is really necessary. To what extent is require_paths used by others? I know I use it one of my projects, and for a long time I thought I could not do without it, but... Intransition

Encoding Problem (I think) 2 74 (5/30/2011 4:02:59 AM) comp.lang.ruby I've been trying to figure out why gash won't work under Ruby 1.9. I posted this issue: https://github.com/judofyr/gash/issues/4 In brief, it looks like strings contain "\x00" where as under Ruby 1.8 those ... Intransition

Better RAML 0 66 (5/28/2011 1:54:53 AM) comp.lang.ruby Looking for code sharks to help me make this little gist more concise, precise, robust and just generally more awesome. https://gist.github.com/996507 I can tell you it took me some time to get the it to ru... Intransition

ClassMethods vs append_features/extend self 1 44 (5/1/2011 3:24:41 AM) comp.lang.ruby Thoughts on this: module Foo def self.append_features(base) base.extend self end def foo # ... end end I have done the above at times, as opposed to the alte... Intransition

On the Capitalization of Project Files 6 41 (4/20/2011 11:26:03 PM) comp.lang.ruby I have noticed a trend with regards to the case of project files. In the old days these "information files" where all caps --files like COPYING, CHANGELOG and README. More recently, with the uptake of GitHub, t... Intransition

[ANN] Executable 1.0 0 53 (4/15/2011 4:44:18 PM) comp.lang.ruby Just released Executable v1.0. Executable lets you turn any class into an command-line tool just by mixing in the Executable module. Executable is very simple, and is on purpose. Its intent is less about provid... Intransition

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Why is top-level an object rather than just Object? 12 123 (10/22/2010 9:51:53 AM) comp.lang.ruby Why is it that top-level isn't just the Object class itself? what's the rationale behind the 'main' object? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... John

On the Capitalization of Project Files 6 41 (4/20/2011 11:26:03 PM) comp.lang.ruby I have noticed a trend with regards to the case of project files. In the old days these "information files" where all caps --files like COPYING, CHANGELOG and README. More recently, with the uptake of GitHub, t... transfire (2969)

update variables based on own value - critique please? 5 51 (5/1/2011 8:44:48 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hey! First, some background. The goal here is an experiment to make the best code that I can. My challenge is with returning JSON in an ajax request. In a standard http request, rails view templates would h... crazedcougar (13)

Wrap external source file in a module 5 60 (5/1/2011 5:55:18 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hello, i have another question. I have a strange situation which i have not resolved yet where for some reason i have to wrap several classes in a module, otherwise the program doesn't work as expected (by me ... muranov (4)

canonical/syntax-diagrams representation. 18 50 (5/16/2011 10:37:48 AM) comp.lang.ruby I started investigating ruby. It's very informal, which is NOT suitable for computing. The chatty syntax introduction that: IF can come before or after, as you like, and arguments can be bracketed or not, as yo... no.top.post (346)

gem require_paths required? 2 46 (6/5/2011 1:16:15 PM) comp.lang.ruby I'm wondering if a gems `require_path` field is really necessary. To what extent is require_paths used by others? I know I use it one of my projects, and for a long time I thought I could not do without it, but... transfire (2969)

a little challenge - reproduce this error 21 41 (6/8/2011 12:30:51 PM) comp.lang.ruby Want to see a really amazing error I got this week? Okay... but to make it more interesting I am going to the change some names to protect the innocent, and offer up a little challenge: How can reproduce it? T... transfire (2969)

RFC - One word alias for require_relative 132 71 (6/11/2011 5:35:01 PM) comp.lang.ruby This is a simple Request for Comments. Scenario: require_relative 'lib/alter' require 'alibrary' Some project manager complains about "require_relative", and asks you to find a one-word alias. Which name wo... ilias (783)

commit message conventions 13 51 (6/13/2011 11:38:44 AM) comp.lang.ruby When I write commit messages I add a "team" prefix to the message, generally `admin`, 'doc` or `test` followed by a colon, space, and then message. e.g. admin: Updated README to explain new config options... transfire (2969)

Plugin best practices 5 66 (6/15/2011 9:36:38 AM) comp.lang.ruby If your making a plugin/extension for another project, do you create a hyphenated lib file or do you put the library file in a subdirectory, e.g. say it's a plugin for rdoc, lib/rdoc-foo.rb Or lib/rd... transfire (2969)