Ruby

parse error, unexpected $, expecting kEND instantrails
I have come to this "parse error, unexpected $, expecting kEND" error while attempting to implement the Heatmap (ruby and javascript) on one of my project. I did my lots of tried using different versions of ruby/instantrails package but could not overcome this error. Please suggest me anyone how can i implement ... 29 Oct 2006 07:03

`gem_original_require': no such file to load
i get a cyclic prob using ruby gems , each time i upgrade Ruby and/or rubygems i get odd errors. my setup : Mac OS X 10.4.8 ~%> ruby --version ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [powerpc-darwin8.8.0] ~%> gem --version 0.9.0 the first error message i got i s when testing Gruff following advices found in "Cocoa Magic... 21 Oct 2006 02:32

XMLBuilder: no such file to load -- builder
I'm trying to use the XML builder package, but the require is not working. I have a hunch that I don't have all the requisite dependencies installed, but what, I can't figure out. Note, I'm a Ruby newbie. I've tried the following on Fedora and CygWin after doing a "gem install builder" on both systems: require... 1 Aug 2006 11:26

installing gems
I have had a similar error installing several gems. I have been unable to locate mkmf as a file or gem. The error is: $ sudo gem install ./rubygame-1.1.0-i586-linux.gem Attempting local installation of './rubygame-1.1.0-i586-linux.gem' Building native extensions. This could take a while... extconf.rb:3:in `re... 31 Jul 2006 14:37

ruby threads? the point?
Saw an archived message yesterday that said, "when one thread blocks, they all block". That matches my experience. I had a timer thread and an interactive-controller thread. But no display updates occur in the timer thread until the user takes an action in the controller thread. What is the point of the hav... 31 Jul 2006 23:42

Installing libxml-ruby on Windows: zlib
I tried installing with gems, and got: checking for inflate() in z.lib... no extconf failure: need zlib Ok, fetched zlib (http://www.zlatkovic.com/pub/libxml/), extracted it to C:\Programme\winlib, changed to ext/xml and tried: ruby extconf.rb --with-zlib-dir=C:\Programme\winlib and got: checking for infl... 13 Jun 2006 06:15

VIM 7 Ruby
Hi, I have installed the VIM 7 editor on Win32 and typed ':help ruby'. I receive this message 'The Ruby interface only works when Vim was compiled with the |+ruby| feature.' I have looked on Ruby.org (http://vim-ruby.rubyforge.org/) and I am told that the Ruby configuration files should be pre-packed with V... 19 May 2006 15:27

gem + libxml
Hi Wat is wrong here ?? Do I need ruby source? linux:~ # linux:~ # ruby -v ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i586-linux] linux:~ # gem -v 0.8.11 linux:~ # gem install libxml-ruby Attempting local installation of 'libxml-ruby' Local gem file not found: libxml-ruby*.gem Attempting remote installation of 'libxml-ruby... 11 Mar 2006 05:20

RGSS
hello everyone, i would like to use the RGSS (Ruby Game Scripting System) to create games and stuff like that.. but the current examples i've seen call on classes (or maybe modules) like Sound and Graphics, does anybody know the complete underlying system, so i could take full advantage of it? greetings, Dirk.... 9 Sep 2005 02:32

Squeak like environment for Ruby
Lately I've been playing around with Squeak (http://www.squeak.org/), and I was wondering wouldn't be cool if ruby could have a similiar environment. Would anyone else be interested in something like this? ... 14 Feb 2005 19:26