Ruby

PRE DETERMINE THE SIZE OF A STRING
Hi all, please, is there a way to pre-determine the size (or capacity) of a string in ruby? i.e if a have a string "str" , i will set it to contain characters not more than 10. ... 2 Jun 2010 17:35

mod_ruby and 1.9
It says it is supported experimentally on 1.9. Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it usable? ... 2 Jun 2010 16:28

Ruby TK
I use a Ruby 1.8.7 on Ubuntu, I have made up a Ruby application to which I plan to add some GUI with TK and afterwards make it work also for Windows people as a GUI. Has anyone tested RubyScript2Exe in creating an executable for Windows from the initial Ruby application embedded with widgets of TK? How is ... 2 Jun 2010 12:01

installation issue with Ruby gems on Ubuntu 8.04
Hi I am installing ruby gems on ubuntu 8.04 .. while installing i got the following error. $wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/38646/rubygems-1.2.0.tgz Error : Name or service could not be resolved Could you any one help on this ... Thanks in advance. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/... 3 Jun 2010 04:33

Parsing geonames
A Ruby newbie having trouble getting results back from geonames #!/usr/bin/env ruby require "rubygems" require 'geonames' places_nearby = Geonames::WebService.find_nearby_place_name 41.505928,-81.594582 p places_nearby # --> [#<Geonames::Toponym:0x1021042f0 @country_code="US", @feature_code_name=nil, @elevat... 5 Jun 2010 02:47

RForum
Where I download de RForum? The oficial link is broken. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 2 Jun 2010 08:42

Ruby File class
Hi all, am working on a platform that uses ruby but has not all the File class of ruby implemented. For instance, File.read is not implemented. Can anyone help me with the link or how to get the ruby file class (i mean the file that contains ruby file class). so i can add it to my application or the framewo... 1 Jun 2010 17:29

Class extension
[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Hello all, newcomer to Ruby here and have a quick question a shorthand version of extend. below is the folder structure I have. track | | - folderA | | - temp.rb | | - track | | - temp.rb in the temp.rb loca... 1 Jun 2010 11:57

Error with Gem Outdated command
(realized this should have been posted here, not the Rails group...) Trying to run 'gem outdated' on OS X (10.6.3) and I'm getting: sudo gem outdated ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError) undefined method `first' for nil:NilClass Here's my info: john$ gem env RubyGems Environment: - RUB... 1 Jun 2010 09:44

replacement method for 'mysql_escape_string
Hi All, Can any one suggest, what is the new method for replacement of "mysql_escape_string" in ruby. Thanks, Rak -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. ... 1 Jun 2010 05:23