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I cannot get "lambda {}.must_be_silent" to work in minitest 2 54 (4/19/2012 9:55:25 PM) comp.lang.ruby I'm successfully using lambda {}.must_raise(ArgumentError), for instance, so largely I think I'm on the right track, but when I try must_be_silent in the same context, I get: 1) Error: test_0003_mycfg_new_must... xeno

I want to turn off backslashing of quotes and such from the shell 4 26 (6/11/2007 2:47:01 AM) comp.lang.ruby I do something like: result=`cat mess.html` p result and all my quotes in my html file are suddenly backslashed. Is there any way to turn that off? xc ... xeno

Re: net/https.rb not available on Ubuntu Server??? 0 31 (6/10/2007 11:05:13 PM) comp.lang.ruby Looks like I just didn't have universe in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe Once I inserted the above, then apt-get update, and I could apt-get install the libope... xeno

net/https.rb not available on Ubuntu Server??? 0 34 (6/10/2007 10:28:13 PM) comp.lang.ruby I'm just starting with a simple require to net/https that fails: xeno@joehill:~$ cat try02.rb #!/usr/bin/ruby # # try02.rb # require 'net/https' # # end of try02.rb xeno@joehill:~$ ./try02.rb /try02.rb:5... xeno

Trying to do cvs updates inside back accent environments 2 31 (3/7/2006 10:57:32 PM) comp.lang.ruby I am unable to do: `cd somewhere ; cvs update` because it doesn't like the cd, and possibly not the ;. I also get a strange blowup when I do: `cvs update somewhere` where it says: Protocol error: ' Pr... Xeno

Carriage Return added during return of large string from class method 0 34 (2/13/2006 8:39:45 PM) comp.lang.ruby Say, this is a doosey: I'm constructing a string of markup for a CGI script, and I'm deciding to convert to print as I go rather than all at once, so I code, then start debugging, and to debug I dump markup. ... Xeno

bad String blows up world using length method!!!!!!!!! 7 29 (10/18/2005 10:49:36 PM) comp.lang.ruby Yeah, I'm pissed. This kind of thing shouldn't happen. You read in a file. It's empty. You get an empty file in what you'd think was a string, so you take the length, and it blows up the world in other part... Xeno

I cannot figure out how to set my signature on thunderbird... 3 31 (9/10/2005 5:35:09 PM) comp.lang.ruby I actually had it working with thunderbird on SuSE, but the "signature" field on this version is readonly for some reason. I didn't find anything obvious looking through .mozilla-thunderbird either, but I d... Xeno

white out on pulldown options when mouse is over said option 0 45 (9/10/2005 4:44:27 PM) comp.lang.ruby I've got this problem that my mouse options turn completely white (no text) when the mouse goes over them. Can somebody tell me how to fix this? Is it considered a bug, or just a default option in Debian? ... Xeno

No Keys, nor other hash methods on multidimensional hash 16 43 (8/22/2005 7:14:16 PM) comp.lang.ruby Okay, I'm taking the example I got last week for multi-dimensional hashes, and I don't have access to any Hash methods: pHash = lambda { Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = pHash.call } pHash['1']['a'] = "one" p pHash.keys... Xeno

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[ANN] AllInOneRuby 0.2.3 6 40 (6/3/2005 12:10:09 PM) comp.lang.ruby I just released version 0.2.3 of AllInOneRuby. AllInOneRuby creates a compressed executable for Windows, Linux or Mac OS X (Darwin) that includes both the Ruby interpreter and the runtime libraries. Why? Beca... pan7519 (136)

Building a business case for Ruby 28 33 (6/3/2005 8:33:07 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi, I asked this question a little bit ago, but wanted to bring it back up. I work for . We have "computing standards" that define what's allowable for usage internally and externally. Technology evaluation... joevandyk (643)

I cannot get rescue to work 5 31 (6/7/2005 11:02:22 PM) comp.lang.ruby The example on page 108 of pickaxe gives me the following syntax error, for instance: ../try4.rb:11: syntax error rescue SystemCallError ^ xeno@linux:~/study/data> Presumably there is something simple ... xeno7579 (39)

RMagick on Win 3 54 (6/23/2005 5:34:13 AM) comp.lang.ruby Hi How can I install RMagic 1.8 on WinXP? The latest win-gem available is 1.7. I do not have compilers installed and never used them. Thus I wouldnot like to stick with "compile" installation of ImageMagick. ... pavel.s.sokolov (7)

Yet Another useless Ruby 2 Idea 67 56 (7/31/2005 7:20:22 PM) comp.lang.ruby Hi gurus and nubys, Hearing about ocaml in the last weeks and having noticed matz' hack about using ;; as a block terminator (side by side with "end"), I realized that it could be nice if ruby could work the s... surrender_it4751 (231)

I cannot figure out how to set my signature on thunderbird... 3 31 (9/10/2005 5:35:09 PM) comp.lang.ruby I actually had it working with thunderbird on SuSE, but the "signature" field on this version is readonly for some reason. I didn't find anything obvious looking through .mozilla-thunderbird either, but I d... xeno7579 (39)

bad String blows up world using length method!!!!!!!!! 7 29 (10/18/2005 10:49:36 PM) comp.lang.ruby Yeah, I'm pissed. This kind of thing shouldn't happen. You read in a file. It's empty. You get an empty file in what you'd think was a string, so you take the length, and it blows up the world in other part... xeno7579 (39)

Bit of fun II 1 38 (10/24/2005 4:29:37 AM) comp.lang.ruby More idle coding :-) A simple Compiler/Assembler/VM for a ( very basic ) RPN (dc) style language. I suspect its quite amenable to golfing, but at a cost to readability. def compile(pgm) outs =3D [] lines ... lyndon.samson (223)

Teaching Ruby to COBOL programmers 19 88 (3/1/2006 1:44:45 AM) comp.lang.ruby This isn't a troll, I promise. I'm actually going to be doing this tomorro= w. My normal Ruby spiel is geared more toward the differences between dynamic and static langugages, and the power of blocks. In oth... wilsonb (377)

LOOKING FOR RUBY PROGRAMMER 2 42 (5/11/2007 3:42:36 PM) comp.lang.ruby My Business Partner and I are looking for a programmer who is proficient in RUBY. We are looking for a partner in our business or are willing to work on contract… If there is any interest in learning more abo... shawnstuben (1)