From fatcatt316 at yahoo.com  Tue May  1 11:57:58 2007
From: fatcatt316 at yahoo.com (Joe Peck)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 08:57:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
In-Reply-To: <C9C0D96A-863E-474B-8253-A03835112F7D@tonyspencer.com>
Message-ID: <370671.99179.qm@web61212.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey everyone,

I'm developing on Windows and would like to use BackgrounDRb; the bad thing is, the newest version doesn't work with Windows.  So I have two questions:

1) Where can I get an older version that works with Windows?
2) Anyone know when the 0.3 version will be out, and will it work with Windows?

Joe

Tony Spencer <nospam at tonyspencer.com> wrote: Happy Friday!
Has anyone here tried out Substruct for a shopping cart that has an  
opinion they'd like to share?  It would be nice to not have to  
reinvent the wheel but given the amount of hacking I've had to do in  
the past on prebuilt ecommerce systems I'm inclined to build my own.

http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct


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From jonathan.johnson at motricity.com  Tue May  1 12:19:56 2007
From: jonathan.johnson at motricity.com (Jonathan Johnson)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:19:56 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
In-Reply-To: <370671.99179.qm@web61212.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <00DF24D6B0149846B3B41565C05EE27D42DD8E@rtpxch01.na.internal.motricity.local>

Hey Joe <insert Hendrix reference here>,
 
Just curious why you don't want to use the widows scheduled tasks?
 
~jonathan
 
-----Original Message-----
From: raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Joe Peck
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:58 AM
To: The mailing list of raleigh.rb
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
 
Hey everyone,

I'm developing on Windows and would like to use BackgrounDRb; the bad
thing is, the newest version doesn't work with Windows.  So I have two
questions:

1) Where can I get an older version that works with Windows?
2) Anyone know when the 0.3 version will be out, and will it work with
Windows?

Joe

Tony Spencer <nospam at tonyspencer.com> wrote:
Happy Friday!
Has anyone here tried out Substruct for a shopping cart that has an 
opinion they'd like to share? It would be nice to not have to 
reinvent the wheel but given the amount of hacking I've had to do in 
the past on prebuilt ecommerce systems I'm inclined to build my own.

http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct


Tony
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From fatcatt316 at yahoo.com  Tue May  1 13:18:32 2007
From: fatcatt316 at yahoo.com (Joe Peck)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:18:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
In-Reply-To: <00DF24D6B0149846B3B41565C05EE27D42DD8E@rtpxch01.na.internal.motricity.local>
Message-ID: <967335.22857.qm@web61221.mail.yahoo.com>

Haha, I've heard that Hendrix song muchas veces.

I'm not going to deploy on a Windows machine... but maybe just for testing I will try the Windows scheduled tasks.  I'd like to be able to use the BackgrounDRb plugin since it'll work while developing and after deployment.

Joe

Jonathan Johnson <jonathan.johnson at motricity.com> wrote:          
 
   v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}               Clean   Clean   DocumentEmail      MicrosoftInternetExplorer4          /* Style Definitions */   table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";}       Hey Joe <insert Hendrix reference here>,
   
  Just curious why you don?t want to use the widows scheduled tasks?
   
  ~jonathan
   
  -----Original Message-----
 From: raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Joe Peck
 Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:58 AM
 To: The mailing list of raleigh.rb
 Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
   
  Hey everyone,
 
 I'm developing on Windows and would like to use BackgrounDRb; the bad thing is, the newest version doesn't work with Windows.  So I have two questions:
 
 1) Where can I get an older version that works with Windows?
 2) Anyone know when the 0.3 version will be out, and will it work with Windows?
 
 Joe
 
 Tony Spencer <nospam at tonyspencer.com> wrote:
  Happy Friday!
 Has anyone here tried out Substruct for a shopping cart that has an 
 opinion they'd like to share? It would be nice to not have to 
 reinvent the wheel but given the amount of hacking I've had to do in 
 the past on prebuilt ecommerce systems I'm inclined to build my own.
 
 http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct
 
 
 Tony
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 raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
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From skmetz at gmail.com  Tue May  1 12:42:01 2007
From: skmetz at gmail.com (Sandi Metz)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 12:42:01 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
In-Reply-To: <00DF24D6B0149846B3B41565C05EE27D42DD8E@rtpxch01.na.internal.motricity.local>
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From fatcatt316 at yahoo.com  Tue May  1 16:09:18 2007
From: fatcatt316 at yahoo.com (Joe Peck)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:09:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
In-Reply-To: <46376DD9.3060808@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <121608.54829.qm@web61221.mail.yahoo.com>


Sure, send it on over.
I did find the old version, too.

"The old version that is win compatible is here:

svn checkout svn+ssh://developername at rubyforge.org/var/svn/backgroundrb

  I am not opposed to having 0.3.x work on windows but someone is
going to have to step up and make it work as I don't use windows at
all. I have tried to make the new version work but windows lack of
fork is a dealbreaker.

Cheers
-- Ezra Zygmuntowicz"
Sandi Metz <skmetz at gmail.com> wrote:        Jonathon,
 
 I've hacked the slave.rb code to run on windows, but just well enough to do windows development (we develop under windows but actually deploy our app on linux).
 
 The windows version works well enough for development but occasionally causes a memory fault and kills Ruby :-), so it's definitely not ready for prime time.  I've made no effort to fix this problem... it's possible that's it's possible.
 
 Want the code?
 
 Sandi
 
 Jonathan Johnson wrote:                
   
   v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}               Clean   Clean   DocumentEmail      MicrosoftInternetExplorer4             /* Style Definitions */   table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";}        Hey Joe <insert Hendrix reference here>,
    
   Just curious why you don?t want to use the widows scheduled tasks?
    
   ~jonathan
    
   -----Original Message-----
   From: raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Joe Peck
   Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:58 AM
   To: The mailing list of raleigh.rb
   Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
    
   Hey everyone,
   
 I'm developing on Windows and would like to use BackgrounDRb; the bad thing is, the newest version doesn't work with Windows.  So I have two questions:
   
 1) Where can I get an older version that works with Windows?
 2) Anyone know when the 0.3 version will be out, and will it work with Windows?
   
 Joe
   
   Tony Spencer <nospam at tonyspencer.com> wrote:
   Happy Friday!
 Has anyone here tried out Substruct for a shopping cart that has an 
 opinion they'd like to share? It would be nice to not have to 
 reinvent the wheel but given the amount of hacking I've had to do in 
 the past on prebuilt ecommerce systems I'm inclined to build my own.
   
 http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct
   
   
 Tony
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From lists-jared at nc.rr.com  Tue May  1 16:33:10 2007
From: lists-jared at nc.rr.com (Jared Richardson)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:33:10 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
In-Reply-To: <121608.54829.qm@web61221.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <121608.54829.qm@web61221.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <551C0CC0-497D-43E0-8806-805A8BC994E9@nc.rr.com>

Just a thought....

Have you considered running VMWare or Parallels on your Windows box?  
Then you could your favorite Windows IDE but deploy and test in Linux.

Jared
http://JaredRichardson.net


On May 1, 2007, at 4:09 PM |May/1, Joe Peck wrote:

> Sure, send it on over.
> I did find the old version, too.
>
> "The old version that is win compatible is here:
>
> svn checkout svn+ssh://developername at rubyforge.org/var/svn/ 
> backgroundrb
>
>   I am not opposed to having 0.3.x work on windows but someone is
> going to have to step up and make it work as I don't use windows at
> all. I have tried to make the new version work but windows lack of
> fork is a dealbreaker.
>
> Cheers
> -- Ezra Zygmuntowicz"
> Sandi Metz <skmetz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jonathon,
>
> I've hacked the slave.rb code to run on windows, but just well  
> enough to do windows development (we develop under windows but  
> actually deploy our app on linux).
>
> The windows version works well enough for development but  
> occasionally causes a memory fault and kills Ruby :-), so it's  
> definitely not ready for prime time.  I've made no effort to fix  
> this problem... it's possible that's it's possible.
>
> Want the code?
>
> Sandi
>
> Jonathan Johnson wrote:
>> Hey Joe <insert Hendrix reference here>,
>>
>> Just curious why you don?t want to use the widows scheduled tasks?
>>
>> ~jonathan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:raleigh-rb- 
>> members-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Joe Peck
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:58 AM
>> To: The mailing list of raleigh.rb
>> Subject: [raleigh.rb] BackgrounDRb on Windows...
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I'm developing on Windows and would like to use BackgrounDRb; the  
>> bad thing is, the newest version doesn't work with Windows.  So I  
>> have two questions:
>>
>> 1) Where can I get an older version that works with Windows?
>> 2) Anyone know when the 0.3 version will be out, and will it work  
>> with Windows?
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> Tony Spencer <nospam at tonyspencer.com> wrote:
>> Happy Friday!
>> Has anyone here tried out Substruct for a shopping cart that has an
>> opinion they'd like to share? It would be nice to not have to
>> reinvent the wheel but given the amount of hacking I've had to do in
>> the past on prebuilt ecommerce systems I'm inclined to build my own.
>>
>> http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct
>>
>>
>> Tony
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>>
>>
>> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
>> Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.
>> NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended  
>> recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged  
>> information of Motricity. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure  
>> or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended  
>> recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy  
>> all copies of the original message.
>>  _______________________________________________ raleigh-rb- 
>> members mailing list raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org http:// 
>> rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> _______________________________________________
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>
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From lists-jared at nc.rr.com  Wed May  2 12:34:10 2007
From: lists-jared at nc.rr.com (Jared Richardson)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 12:34:10 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] RubyConf 2007 in Charlotte
In-Reply-To: <551C0CC0-497D-43E0-8806-805A8BC994E9@nc.rr.com>
References: <121608.54829.qm@web61221.mail.yahoo.com>
	<551C0CC0-497D-43E0-8806-805A8BC994E9@nc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <8A53BE9E-F401-41C8-B019-9C6440B94FCD@nc.rr.com>

Excellent news! Not as good as Raleigh, but closer... :)

http://www.chadfowler.com/2007/5/2/rubyconf-2007-the-when-and-the-where

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From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Wed May  2 16:32:25 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:32:25 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
Message-ID: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>

Hi all--

Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot  
of googling hasn't turned up much.

Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by  
Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the  
robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic  
regex.

Geoff

From mikehale at gmail.com  Wed May  2 16:39:33 2007
From: mikehale at gmail.com (Michael Hale)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:39:33 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <5b7455190705021339x20e13120lb09a298de4bfb03a@mail.gmail.com>

I found a non-free solution here: http://www.jafsoft.com/detagger/

On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
> Hi all--
>
> Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> of googling hasn't turned up much.
>
> Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> regex.
>
> Geoff
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
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From z at zworkbench.com  Wed May  2 16:42:44 2007
From: z at zworkbench.com (Chris Garrett)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:42:44 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <82883b650705021342o251d8833sbf46877042267f47@mail.gmail.com>

I've been converting Claris-created HTML to  Textile format for a Radiant
client.  Unfortunately, Claris, like Word, generates horribly malformed HTML
so most parsers puke on it or take a long time to figure it out.  Plus, most
of the HTML is related to scripts or page layout and I don't need to parse
it anyway.

I ended rolling my own with regular expressions.  That's not as painful as
it sounds if your HTML follows reasonable patterns, and this is a one-time
task.

My code is here as a starting point:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'open-uri'

class String
  def replace_element element, replacement
    self.gsub(Regexp.compile('\<' + element + '.*?\>(.*?)\<\/' + element +
'\>', Regexp::MULTILINE), replacement)
  end
end

data = nil

out_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)


pages = ["http://www.biochem.duke.edu/courses/courses3.html",
         "http://www.biochem.duke.edu/program/program3.html"]
url = pages[1]
# We'll assume the base is everything up to and including the last   slash
base = /.*\//.match(url)[0]
open(pages[1]) {|f| data = f.read}


puts "Retrieved #{data.split.size} lines, #{data.size} bytes."


# Parse the body out
body = data[/(\<BODY.*?\>)(.*)(\<\/BODY\>)/, 2]

# remove scripts

body = body.gsub(/\<SCRIPT.*?SCRIPT\>/, "")

# site-specific - remove everything that's part of the page layout
content = body[/(.*?linevg\.gif.*?\<TD.*?\>)(.*)(\<\/TD\>)/, 2]
# remove the fonts
content = content.replace_element("FONT", "")
# Remove extra whitespace
content = content.gsub(/\s+/, " ")

# Replace <BR> or <BR/> with double newline
content = content.gsub(/\<BR.*?\>/i, "\n\n")
# Replace <P> or <P>...</P> with newline
content = content.gsub(/\<P.*?\>/i, "\n")
content = content.gsub(/\<\/P\>/i, "")
# Replace &nbsp; with space
content = content.gsub(/&nbsp;/, " ")

# Replace table rows with paragraphs
content = content.replace_element("TABLE", '\1')
content = content.replace_element("TR", '\1' + "\n")
# Remove table cells
content = content.replace_element("TD", '\1')

# Now for Textile-specific stuff:
# Replace <B>...</B> with *...*
content = content.replace_element("B", '*\1*')

# Remove empty links - at least one found
content = content.gsub(/(\<A.*?\>)(\s*?)(\<\/A\>)/, '')
# Replace links
content = content.gsub(/(\<A.*?HREF=\")(.*?)(\"\>)(.*?)(\<\/A\>)/mi,
'"\4":\2 ')

# Remove extraneous newlines from the above conversions.  Replace them with
double newlines.
content = content.gsub(/[$]{3,}/, "\n\n")

# Download local images, save them and replace references with textile refs
content.gsub!(/\<IMG.*?\>/i) do |match|
  inner_items = (/SRC=\"(.*?)\"/i =~ match).to_a
  puts "full match = #{inner_items.to_a.to_s}"
  src = inner_items[1]
  puts "Image source: #{src}"
  image_data = nil
  open(base + src) {|f| image_data = f.read}
  File.open(src, "w") do |image_file|
    image_file.write image_data
  end
  "image"
end

puts "Content:"

puts content



On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all--
>
> Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> of googling hasn't turned up much.
>
> Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> regex.
>
> Geoff
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
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From otto.hammersmith at gmail.com  Wed May  2 16:55:51 2007
From: otto.hammersmith at gmail.com (Otto Hammersmith)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:55:51 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <b6cf62600705021355pb683b15qb9762425f0010274@mail.gmail.com>

Is this good enough?

lynx -dump http://www.slashdot.org | less

calling that from ruby is left as an exercise for the reader. :)

On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all--
>
> Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> of googling hasn't turned up much.
>
> Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> regex.
>
> Geoff
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
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From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Wed May  2 17:06:49 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 17:06:49 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <b6cf62600705021355pb683b15qb9762425f0010274@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
	<b6cf62600705021355pb683b15qb9762425f0010274@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A80A1B40-1E24-43F1-974B-D6DC79A9D32B@geoffdavis.net>

Is lynx thread-safe?

On May 2, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Otto Hammersmith wrote:

> Is this good enough?
>
> lynx -dump http://www.slashdot.org | less
>
> calling that from ruby is left as an exercise for the reader. :)
>
> On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
> Hi all--
>
> Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> of googling hasn't turned up much.
>
> Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> regex.
>
> Geoff
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
> _______________________________________________
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From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Wed May  2 17:09:58 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 17:09:58 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <A80A1B40-1E24-43F1-974B-D6DC79A9D32B@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
	<b6cf62600705021355pb683b15qb9762425f0010274@mail.gmail.com>
	<A80A1B40-1E24-43F1-974B-D6DC79A9D32B@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <2DC19916-2F53-4C4F-BA28-467D2BD26FDD@geoffdavis.net>

Ignore that last question (I know, I know, rails is single-threaded!)

On May 2, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Geoff Davis wrote:

> Is lynx thread-safe?
>
> On May 2, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Otto Hammersmith wrote:
>
>> Is this good enough?
>>
>> lynx -dump http://www.slashdot.org | less
>>
>> calling that from ruby is left as an exercise for the reader. :)
>>
>> On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
>> Hi all--
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
>> of googling hasn't turned up much.
>>
>> Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
>> Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
>> robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
>> regex.
>>
>> Geoff
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
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From otto.hammersmith at gmail.com  Wed May  2 17:13:19 2007
From: otto.hammersmith at gmail.com (Otto Hammersmith)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 17:13:19 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <A80A1B40-1E24-43F1-974B-D6DC79A9D32B@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
	<b6cf62600705021355pb683b15qb9762425f0010274@mail.gmail.com>
	<A80A1B40-1E24-43F1-974B-D6DC79A9D32B@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <b6cf62600705021413l7462a334sb1d61613793dd988@mail.gmail.com>

Launching multiple shells is.  It's probably not super-performant, but will
likely work.

On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
>
> Is lynx thread-safe?
> On May 2, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Otto Hammersmith wrote:
>
> Is this good enough?
>
> lynx -dump http://www.slashdot.org | less
>
> calling that from ruby is left as an exercise for the reader. :)
>
> On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all--
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> > of googling hasn't turned up much.
> >
> > Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> > Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> > robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> > regex.
> >
> > Geoff
> > _______________________________________________
> > raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
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From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Wed May  2 20:08:44 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:08:44 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <1B970190-AEE6-478D-A5DE-65785660E49D@geoffdavis.net>

I am pleased to report that Hpricot makes HTML to text conversion  
pretty straightforward.  For any who are interested, the source is  
below.  I ran it on the web pages that Chris Garrett sent out, and it  
did a reasonably nice job with them.

require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'

module HTML2Text
   InlineTags =  
['a','abbr','acronym','address','b','bdo','big','cite','code','del','dfn 
','em','font','i','ins','kbd','label',
                  
'noframes','noscript','q','s','samp','small','span','strike','strong','s 
ub','sup','td','th','tt','u','html','body','table']
   BlockTags =  
['blockquote','br','center','dd','div','fieldset','form','h1','h2','h3', 
'h4','h5','h6','hr','p','pre','tr','var',]
   ListTags = ['dir','dl','menu','ol','ul']
   ListItemTags = ['li','dt']
   AsciiEquivalents =  
{"amp"=>"&","bull"=>"*","copy"=>"(c)","laquo"=>"<<","raquo"=>">>","ge"=> 
">=","le"=>"<=",
     "mdash"=>"-","ndash"=>"-","plusmn"=>"+/-","times"=>"x"}

   NamedCharRegex = Regexp.new("(& 
("+Hpricot::NamedCharacters.keys.join("|")+");)")

   def self.element_to_text(n)
     tag = n.etag || n.stag
     name = tag.name.downcase
     s = ""
     is_block = BlockTags.include?(name)
     is_list = ListTags.include?(name)
     is_list_item = ListItemTags.include?(name)
     is_inline = InlineTags.include?(name)
     if is_block or is_list or is_list_item or is_inline
       n.each_child do |c|
         s += node_to_text(c)
       end
       if is_block or is_list
         s += "\n"
       elsif is_list_item
         s = "* " + s + "\n"
       end
     end
     s
   end

   def self.node_to_text(n)
     return "" if n.comment?
     return element_to_text(n) if n.elem?
     return n.inner_text if n.text?

     s = ""
     n.each_child do |c|
       s += node_to_text(c)
     end
     return s
   end

   def self.lookup_named_char(s)
     c = Hpricot::NamedCharacters[s[1...-1]]
     c.chr if c
   end

   def self.html2text(s)
     doc = Hpricot(s)
     text = node_to_text(doc)
     text.gsub!(NamedCharRegex){|s| "#{lookup_named_char(s)}"}
     # clean up white space
     text.gsub!("\r"," ")
     text.squeeze!(" ")
     text.strip!
   end
end




On May 2, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Geoff Davis wrote:

> Hi all--
>
> Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> of googling hasn't turned up much.
>
> Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> regex.
>
> Geoff
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>


From kevin at near-time.com  Wed May  2 20:17:14 2007
From: kevin at near-time.com (Kevin Olbrich)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:17:14 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Converting HTML to text
In-Reply-To: <1B970190-AEE6-478D-A5DE-65785660E49D@geoffdavis.net>
References: <1FCE4807-C9F3-4532-A114-574E305D493C@geoffdavis.net>
	<1B970190-AEE6-478D-A5DE-65785660E49D@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <b84fa5050705021717q56a75ca9m8ec357426c1e8d53@mail.gmail.com>

There is also a gem called Hpricot-scrub that could be used for this
purpose.

On 5/2/07, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:
>
> I am pleased to report that Hpricot makes HTML to text conversion
> pretty straightforward.  For any who are interested, the source is
> below.  I ran it on the web pages that Chris Garrett sent out, and it
> did a reasonably nice job with them.
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'hpricot'
>
> module HTML2Text
>    InlineTags =
> ['a','abbr','acronym','address','b','bdo','big','cite','code','del','dfn
> ','em','font','i','ins','kbd','label',
>
> 'noframes','noscript','q','s','samp','small','span','strike','strong','s
> ub','sup','td','th','tt','u','html','body','table']
>    BlockTags =
> ['blockquote','br','center','dd','div','fieldset','form','h1','h2','h3',
> 'h4','h5','h6','hr','p','pre','tr','var',]
>    ListTags = ['dir','dl','menu','ol','ul']
>    ListItemTags = ['li','dt']
>    AsciiEquivalents =
> {"amp"=>"&","bull"=>"*","copy"=>"(c)","laquo"=>"<<","raquo"=>">>","ge"=>
> ">=","le"=>"<=",
>      "mdash"=>"-","ndash"=>"-","plusmn"=>"+/-","times"=>"x"}
>
>    NamedCharRegex = Regexp.new("(&
> ("+Hpricot::NamedCharacters.keys.join("|")+");)")
>
>    def self.element_to_text(n)
>      tag = n.etag || n.stag
>      name = tag.name.downcase
>      s = ""
>      is_block = BlockTags.include?(name)
>      is_list = ListTags.include?(name)
>      is_list_item = ListItemTags.include?(name)
>      is_inline = InlineTags.include?(name)
>      if is_block or is_list or is_list_item or is_inline
>        n.each_child do |c|
>          s += node_to_text(c)
>        end
>        if is_block or is_list
>          s += "\n"
>        elsif is_list_item
>          s = "* " + s + "\n"
>        end
>      end
>      s
>    end
>
>    def self.node_to_text(n)
>      return "" if n.comment?
>      return element_to_text(n) if n.elem?
>      return n.inner_text if n.text?
>
>      s = ""
>      n.each_child do |c|
>        s += node_to_text(c)
>      end
>      return s
>    end
>
>    def self.lookup_named_char(s)
>      c = Hpricot::NamedCharacters[s[1...-1]]
>      c.chr if c
>    end
>
>    def self.html2text(s)
>      doc = Hpricot(s)
>      text = node_to_text(doc)
>      text.gsub!(NamedCharRegex){|s| "#{lookup_named_char(s)}"}
>      # clean up white space
>      text.gsub!("\r"," ")
>      text.squeeze!(" ")
>      text.strip!
>    end
> end
>
>
>
>
> On May 2, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Geoff Davis wrote:
>
> > Hi all--
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a good HTML to text converter for Ruby?  A lot
> > of googling hasn't turned up much.
> >
> > Some of the HTML I'll be converting will be gnarly (e.g. generated by
> > Word), so ideally I'm looking for something based around one of the
> > robust HTML parsers (hpricot, rubyful soup) rather than a gigantic
> > regex.
> >
> > Geoff
> > _______________________________________________
> > raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
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From wesleyzhang2005 at gmail.com  Wed May  2 22:45:04 2007
From: wesleyzhang2005 at gmail.com (Wesley Zhang)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 22:45:04 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] connection creation in ActiveRecord::Base
Message-ID: <be24dd650705021945l2a6c747l2722a45d25eaa221@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

How does ActiveRecord manage the database connections? I didn't see any code
in ActiveRecord::Base class in rails. I found a connection variable is used,
but not sure where it comes from.

      def find_by_sql(sql)
        connection.select_all(sanitize_sql(sql), "#{name} Load").collect! {
|record| instantiate(record) }
      end

Thanks,

Wesley
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From lists-jared at nc.rr.com  Wed May  2 23:09:25 2007
From: lists-jared at nc.rr.com (Jared Richardson)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 23:09:25 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] connection creation in ActiveRecord::Base
In-Reply-To: <be24dd650705021945l2a6c747l2722a45d25eaa221@mail.gmail.com>
References: <be24dd650705021945l2a6c747l2722a45d25eaa221@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E9EAB104-41C3-48C9-8D22-744F5206A648@nc.rr.com>

Rails and ActiveRecord manages database connections for you... it all  
runs transparently in the background. You don't have to do JDBC style  
connection initialization in Rails. From Ruby you do. (Is that what  
you're asking?)

If you really want to dig in under the covers, then check out the  
active record gem code... but the MySql driver is one of the more  
complicated drivers. It's got a lot of C code mixed in... it's fast,  
but not a good learning project.

On my machine, a Mac, the directory is here:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/ 
active_record/connection_adapters

Open up the mysql_adapter.rb file in that directory and see if it  
doesn't get you started.

If you want to connect from Ruby, I haven't done that in a while, but  
this page has an example that looks good.

http://www.softiesonrails.com/2006/6/28/activerecord-with-sqlserver- 
without-rails

But the relevant block is here

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
   :adapter  => "sqlserver",
   :dsn => "instance_name_goes_here",
   :host => "machine_name\\instance_name",
   :database =>  "db_name",
   :username =>  "my_username",
   :password =>  "my_password"
)

You'll notice it looks an awful lot like the config/database.yml file  
in your Rails app. :)

Jared
http://JaredRichardson.net

On May 2, 2007, at 10:45 PM |May/2, Wesley Zhang wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> How does ActiveRecord manage the database connections? I didn't see  
> any code in ActiveRecord::Base class in rails. I found a connection  
> variable is used, but not sure where it comes from.
>
>       def find_by_sql(sql)
>         connection.select_all(sanitize_sql(sql), "#{name}  
> Load").collect! { |record| instantiate(record) }
>       end
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wesley

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From larry.karnowski at gmail.com  Thu May  3 22:03:42 2007
From: larry.karnowski at gmail.com (Larry Karnowski)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:03:42 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ruby Hoedown & BarCampRDU -- Same place, same time?
Message-ID: <2b27183e0705031903g76f26487if2029d53695ccbcf@mail.gmail.com>

I just saw that BarCampRDU will be held at the Red Hat campus on
August 11th, but isn't the Ruby Hoedown the 11th and 12th on the Red
Hat campus?  Is this blog link just wrong?

http://barcamprdu.blogspot.com/2007/05/barcamprdu-2007.html

Seems like a busy weekend,
Larry

From tj at stank.us  Thu May  3 22:06:12 2007
From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:06:12 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ruby Hoedown & BarCampRDU -- Same place, same time?
In-Reply-To: <2b27183e0705031903g76f26487if2029d53695ccbcf@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2b27183e0705031903g76f26487if2029d53695ccbcf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f25a5bb60705031906y380d3c5do6bf8280a5548159@mail.gmail.com>

Looks like that blog post got updated to show that there's a conflict
and BarCampRDU will be on a different weekend.

-TJ

On 5/3/07, Larry Karnowski <larry.karnowski at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just saw that BarCampRDU will be held at the Red Hat campus on
> August 11th, but isn't the Ruby Hoedown the 11th and 12th on the Red
> Hat campus?  Is this blog link just wrong?
>
> http://barcamprdu.blogspot.com/2007/05/barcamprdu-2007.html
>
> Seems like a busy weekend,
> Larry
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>

From lists-jared at nc.rr.com  Thu May  3 22:35:47 2007
From: lists-jared at nc.rr.com (Jared Richardson)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:35:47 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ruby Hoedown & BarCampRDU -- Same place, same time?
In-Reply-To: <f25a5bb60705031906y380d3c5do6bf8280a5548159@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2b27183e0705031903g76f26487if2029d53695ccbcf@mail.gmail.com>
	<f25a5bb60705031906y380d3c5do6bf8280a5548159@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FD3B22CA-EE7C-4D62-826F-047303797D8A@nc.rr.com>

Excellent! I was all set to blog on how great it was to actually have  
two cool conferences in town on the same weekend! :) It's nice to  
start having problems like that around here.

Jared
http://JaredRichardson.net


On May 3, 2007, at 10:06 PM |May/3, TJ Stankus wrote:

> Looks like that blog post got updated to show that there's a conflict
> and BarCampRDU will be on a different weekend.
>
> -TJ
>
> On 5/3/07, Larry Karnowski <larry.karnowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just saw that BarCampRDU will be held at the Red Hat campus on
>> August 11th, but isn't the Ruby Hoedown the 11th and 12th on the Red
>> Hat campus?  Is this blog link just wrong?
>>
>> http://barcamprdu.blogspot.com/2007/05/barcamprdu-2007.html
>>
>> Seems like a busy weekend,
>> Larry
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members


From clake at rimdex.com  Fri May  4 10:57:41 2007
From: clake at rimdex.com (clake at rimdex.com)
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 07:57:41 -0700
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Collective Intelligence start-up looking for help
Message-ID: <20070504075741.77b47ef778ce3e124cac3372ee4c8903.1d34f27555.wbe@email.secureserver.net>

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From lists-jared at nc.rr.com  Fri May 11 15:35:20 2007
From: lists-jared at nc.rr.com (Jared Richardson)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:35:20 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] RubyConf room ping
In-Reply-To: <20070504075741.77b47ef778ce3e124cac3372ee4c8903.1d34f27555.wbe@email.secureserver.net>
References: <20070504075741.77b47ef778ce3e124cac3372ee4c8903.1d34f27555.wbe@email.secureserver.net>
Message-ID: <CE5B1062-BD9B-42E2-9A03-4234F8AA7BD2@nc.rr.com>

Hey all,

I'm flying out to RubyConf a day later than I planned, so I've got a  
room reservation on the 16th I can't use. Pre-paid and not cancelable  
of course. :) It's a one day reservation with a double queen at this  
hotel:

http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=RLLC-DT

If anyone local wants to pickup the room and help me offset the loss,  
let me know.

Jared
http://JaredRichardson.net
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From nathaniel at talbott.ws  Tue May 15 14:40:06 2007
From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:40:06 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pre-Meeting Chow
Message-ID: <08727303-8D7E-473A-9DFE-E16B786EF713@talbott.ws>

As usual, anyone who's available is invited to join me at 5:30  
tonight at Baja Burrito (http://rubyurl.com/CGF) to grab dinner and  
some Ruby chatter before heading over to Red Hat for the meeting.

While by no means required, a quick RSVP (just reply to this email  
with "In!" or somesuch) would be great.

Looking forward to it,


--
Nathaniel Talbott

<:((><


From wesleyzhang2005 at gmail.com  Wed May 16 23:31:25 2007
From: wesleyzhang2005 at gmail.com (Wesley Zhang)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:31:25 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Rails based forum application
Message-ID: <be24dd650705162031x3528bd50if485e9b1b8b9ac18@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

Is there any rails based forum web application out there? something link
phpBB for PHP.

Thanks,

Wesley
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From ben at near-time.com  Wed May 16 23:59:52 2007
From: ben at near-time.com (Ben Burdick)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:59:52 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Rails based forum application
In-Reply-To: <be24dd650705162031x3528bd50if485e9b1b8b9ac18@mail.gmail.com>
References: <be24dd650705162031x3528bd50if485e9b1b8b9ac18@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B8D406B6-09CA-4337-8ABD-27ABFCCFA5A8@near-time.com>

Beast - http://beast.caboo.se

On May 16, 2007, at 11:31 PM, Wesley Zhang wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Is there any rails based forum web application out there? something  
> link phpBB for PHP.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wesley
> 
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
> !DSPAM:9,464bcb07281231756310464!


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From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Thu May 17 11:34:26 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:34:26 -0700
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Functional test plugin woes
Message-ID: <DBE35231-47DB-4139-BCB6-AD21C5AD77FE@geoffdavis.net>

I am trying to get some functional tests going for a controller that  
includes a few plugins.  Everything works in development mode, but  
all functional tests die.  As best I can tell, the plugins are not  
being loaded correctly during the functional tests.  The functional  
test machinery seems to be swallowing whatever exceptions are being  
thrown during the loading process, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to  
what's going on.

Any suggestions?

Geoff

From skmetz at gmail.com  Thu May 17 11:51:09 2007
From: skmetz at gmail.com (Sandi Metz)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:51:09 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Functional test plugin woes
In-Reply-To: <DBE35231-47DB-4139-BCB6-AD21C5AD77FE@geoffdavis.net>
References: <DBE35231-47DB-4139-BCB6-AD21C5AD77FE@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <464C79ED.5080909@gmail.com>

Geoff,

Put this file in your lib directory and run your tests.  It'll reveal 
many sins....

It basically overrides the normal rails version of 'test_help' and 
actually shows you any errors that get thrown while requiring files.

I'm running rails 1.2.3 and this is basically a copy of that version of 
test_help.  YMMV, but if you look at the comments in this file you can 
probably do the same thing with any other rails version.

Sandi



Geoff Davis wrote:
> I am trying to get some functional tests going for a controller that  
> includes a few plugins.  Everything works in development mode, but  
> all functional tests die.  As best I can tell, the plugins are not  
> being loaded correctly during the functional tests.  The functional  
> test machinery seems to be swallowing whatever exceptions are being  
> thrown during the loading process, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to  
> what's going on.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Geoff
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
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From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Thu May 17 12:20:52 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:20:52 -0700
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Functional test plugin woes
In-Reply-To: <464C79ED.5080909@gmail.com>
References: <DBE35231-47DB-4139-BCB6-AD21C5AD77FE@geoffdavis.net>
	<464C79ED.5080909@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4958C03D-8DDF-4A79-9903-3E8A58F6B47B@geoffdavis.net>

Thanks, Sandi!  That's a big help.

On May 17, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Sandi Metz wrote:

> Geoff,
>
> Put this file in your lib directory and run your tests.  It'll  
> reveal many sins....
>
> It basically overrides the normal rails version of 'test_help' and  
> actually shows you any errors that get thrown while requiring files.
>
> I'm running rails 1.2.3 and this is basically a copy of that  
> version of test_help.  YMMV, but if you look at the comments in  
> this file you can probably do the same thing with any other rails  
> version.
>
> Sandi
>
>
>
> Geoff Davis wrote:
>> I am trying to get some functional tests going for a controller  
>> that  includes a few plugins.  Everything works in development  
>> mode, but  all functional tests die.  As best I can tell, the  
>> plugins are not  being loaded correctly during the functional  
>> tests.  The functional  test machinery seems to be swallowing  
>> whatever exceptions are being  thrown during the loading process,  
>> so I'm at a bit of a loss as to  what's going on.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Geoff
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>>
>>
> # Override rails\lib\test_help.rb to catch and re-throw  
> exceptions.  Without this,
> # if a require fails (probably my fault for some boneheaded thing  
> in applicaion)
> # then it's possible that many of the things needed by  
> Test::Unit::TestCase
> # don't actually get loaded.  This often results in tests refusing  
> to run with the
> # error Test::Unit::TestCase#use_transactional_fixtures NoMethodFound
>
> #the begin/rescue/ends are the only changes
>
> begin
>   require_dependency 'application'
> rescue Exception => e
>   puts "\n\n"
>   raise "FATAL ERROR: the require of application.rb raised # 
> {e.message}"
> end
>
>   # Make double-sure the RAILS_ENV is set to test,
>   # so fixtures are loaded to the right database
>   silence_warnings { RAILS_ENV = "test" }
>
> begin
>   require 'test/unit'
>   require 'active_record/fixtures'
>   require 'action_controller/test_process'
>   require 'action_controller/integration'
>   require 'action_web_service/test_invoke'
>   require 'breakpoint'
> rescue Exception => e
>   puts "\n\n"
>   raise "FATAL ERROR: something about your rails environment is  
> wrong, doing the requires needed to set up testing raised # 
> {e.message}"
> end
>
> Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + "/test/fixtures/"
> ActionController::IntegrationTest.fixture_path =  
> Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path
>
> def create_fixtures(*table_names)
>   Fixtures.create_fixtures(RAILS_ROOT + "/test/fixtures", table_names)
> end_______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members


From minter at lunenburg.org  Thu May 17 13:45:03 2007
From: minter at lunenburg.org (H. Wade Minter)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:45:03 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] New semi-local Rails app - TeamSnap
Message-ID: <778559B6-EFAD-4FD9-BF06-C7FC46BC5FA7@lunenburg.org>

Greetings from Rolesville,

I've been working with some guys out of Portland, OR, on a new Rails  
app aimed at managing adult and youth rec sports teams.  The app is  
called TeamSnap, and is available in public beta at http:// 
www.teamsnap.com/

The marketing site (www) is in PHP, but the app itself is in Rails.

Check it out - comments welcome!  There's a feedback link within the  
live app itself as well.

--Wade

From robert.horvick at gmail.com  Fri May 18 20:23:12 2007
From: robert.horvick at gmail.com (Robert Horvick)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 20:23:12 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] New semi-local Rails app - TeamSnap
In-Reply-To: <778559B6-EFAD-4FD9-BF06-C7FC46BC5FA7@lunenburg.org>
References: <778559B6-EFAD-4FD9-BF06-C7FC46BC5FA7@lunenburg.org>
Message-ID: <faa96a2b0705181723n52bd3d5ak63dff922154a0f78@mail.gmail.com>

Looks very well done - I'm passing this on to a few local coachs.

There is a similar market for scouting activities that I've been wanting to
look deeper into at some point (since all four of my kids are scouts of one
form or another) - there is a lot of commonality between team sports and
scouting.

I see you were picked up on TechCrunch this afternoon - congrats.

Robert.


On 5/17/07, H. Wade Minter <minter at lunenburg.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings from Rolesville,
>
> I've been working with some guys out of Portland, OR, on a new Rails
> app aimed at managing adult and youth rec sports teams.  The app is
> called TeamSnap, and is available in public beta at http://
> www.teamsnap.com/
>
> The marketing site (www) is in PHP, but the app itself is in Rails.
>
> Check it out - comments welcome!  There's a feedback link within the
> live app itself as well.
>
> --Wade
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
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From mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com  Sat May 19 13:27:27 2007
From: mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com (Mark Bennett)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:27:27 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] New semi-local Rails app - TeamSnap
In-Reply-To: <faa96a2b0705181723n52bd3d5ak63dff922154a0f78@mail.gmail.com>
References: <778559B6-EFAD-4FD9-BF06-C7FC46BC5FA7@lunenburg.org>
	<faa96a2b0705181723n52bd3d5ak63dff922154a0f78@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b2e941150705191027m76e745f1h588a663d76adebd@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, the Bill Gates wiffle ball team was a nice touch.  You had me at Ozzy.

Mark

On 5/18/07, Robert Horvick <robert.horvick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Looks very well done - I'm passing this on to a few local coachs.
>
> There is a similar market for scouting activities that I've been wanting
> to look deeper into at some point (since all four of my kids are scouts of
> one form or another) - there is a lot of commonality between team sports and
> scouting.
>
> I see you were picked up on TechCrunch this afternoon - congrats.
>
> Robert.
>
>
> On 5/17/07, H. Wade Minter <minter at lunenburg.org> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings from Rolesville,
> >
> > I've been working with some guys out of Portland, OR, on a new Rails
> > app aimed at managing adult and youth rec sports teams.  The app is
> > called TeamSnap, and is available in public beta at http://
> > www.teamsnap.com/
> >
> > The marketing site (www) is in PHP, but the app itself is in Rails.
> >
> > Check it out - comments welcome!  There's a feedback link within the
> > live app itself as well.
> >
> > --Wade
> > _______________________________________________
> > raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
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From bhansley at gmail.com  Sat May 19 17:56:26 2007
From: bhansley at gmail.com (Bill Hansley)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:56:26 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] New semi-local Rails app - TeamSnap
In-Reply-To: <b2e941150705191027m76e745f1h588a663d76adebd@mail.gmail.com>
References: <778559B6-EFAD-4FD9-BF06-C7FC46BC5FA7@lunenburg.org>
	<faa96a2b0705181723n52bd3d5ak63dff922154a0f78@mail.gmail.com>
	<b2e941150705191027m76e745f1h588a663d76adebd@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51b534310705191456h12fc7eecw5996e02434357236@mail.gmail.com>

Wade. Nice job with the app. Looks *great* too!
-Bill


On 5/19/07, Mark Bennett <mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, the Bill Gates wiffle ball team was a nice touch.  You had me at
> Ozzy.
>
> Mark
>
> On 5/18/07, Robert Horvick < robert.horvick at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Looks very well done - I'm passing this on to a few local coachs.
> >
> > There is a similar market for scouting activities that I've been wanting
> > to look deeper into at some point (since all four of my kids are scouts of
> > one form or another) - there is a lot of commonality between team sports and
> > scouting.
> >
> > I see you were picked up on TechCrunch this afternoon - congrats.
> >
> > Robert.
> >
> >
> > On 5/17/07, H. Wade Minter <minter at lunenburg.org > wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings from Rolesville,
> > >
> > > I've been working with some guys out of Portland, OR, on a new Rails
> > > app aimed at managing adult and youth rec sports teams.  The app is
> > > called TeamSnap, and is available in public beta at http://
> > > www.teamsnap.com/
> > >
> > > The marketing site (www) is in PHP, but the app itself is in Rails.
> > >
> > > Check it out - comments welcome!  There's a feedback link within the
> > > live app itself as well.
> > >
> > > --Wade
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> > > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>



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From minter at lunenburg.org  Sat May 19 19:48:43 2007
From: minter at lunenburg.org (H. Wade Minter)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 19:48:43 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] New semi-local Rails app - TeamSnap
In-Reply-To: <51b534310705191456h12fc7eecw5996e02434357236@mail.gmail.com>
References: <778559B6-EFAD-4FD9-BF06-C7FC46BC5FA7@lunenburg.org>
	<faa96a2b0705181723n52bd3d5ak63dff922154a0f78@mail.gmail.com>
	<b2e941150705191027m76e745f1h588a663d76adebd@mail.gmail.com>
	<51b534310705191456h12fc7eecw5996e02434357236@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F58F69ED-6BBE-4E9D-9A62-4CE008578E45@lunenburg.org>

Thanks!  100% of the beautiful web design was NOT done by me, as  
anyone who looks at lunenburg.org could tell.  :-)  But Sparkplug,  
the web design outfit behind TeamSnap, does amazing work.  So be sure  
to check them out at http://www.sparkplug.com/ if you need web design  
help.  </plug>

--Wade

On May 19, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Bill Hansley wrote:

> Wade. Nice job with the app. Looks *great* too!
> -Bill
>
>
> On 5/19/07, Mark Bennett <mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com > wrote:Yes,  
> the Bill Gates wiffle ball team was a nice touch.  You had me at Ozzy.
>
> Mark
>
> On 5/18/07, Robert Horvick < robert.horvick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks very well done - I'm passing this on to a few local coachs.
>
> There is a similar market for scouting activities that I've been  
> wanting to look deeper into at some point (since all four of my  
> kids are scouts of one form or another) - there is a lot of  
> commonality between team sports and scouting.
>
> I see you were picked up on TechCrunch this afternoon - congrats.
>
> Robert.
>
>
> On 5/17/07, H. Wade Minter <minter at lunenburg.org > wrote: Greetings  
> from Rolesville,
>
> I've been working with some guys out of Portland, OR, on a new Rails
> app aimed at managing adult and youth rec sports teams.  The app is
> called TeamSnap, and is available in public beta at http://
> www.teamsnap.com/
>
> The marketing site (www) is in PHP, but the app itself is in Rails.
>
> Check it out - comments welcome!  There's a feedback link within the
> live app itself as well.
>
> --Wade
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
>
>
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------
> Read Bill's latest ramblings at http://schoolboyheart.blogspot.com/
> _______________________________________________
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> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members


From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Wed May 23 17:39:51 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:39:51 -0700
Subject: [raleigh.rb] class from string
Message-ID: <DB64C5EA-4245-416F-A189-C1BB7D709B45@geoffdavis.net>

I've got a symbol representing a rails model class that I'd like to  
use to get ahold of a class method on the class.  I can do eval("# 
{my_symbol.to_s.classify}.my_class_method"), but that seems evil.  Is  
there a better way?

I don't see any methods that look like they'd give me a list of  
classes or anything in Kernel, Object, or Class.  Maybe I'm missing  
something?

From adam at thewilliams.ws  Wed May 23 18:19:44 2007
From: adam at thewilliams.ws (Adam Williams)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:19:44 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] class from string
In-Reply-To: <DB64C5EA-4245-416F-A189-C1BB7D709B45@geoffdavis.net>
References: <DB64C5EA-4245-416F-A189-C1BB7D709B45@geoffdavis.net>
Message-ID: <76ABD8C9-A7E2-4368-8086-1D78202DD7D6@thewilliams.ws>

Something like this?:

irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> require 'active_support'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> "Array".classify.constantize
=> Array

Or, do you mean to actually get the method object, as in page 522 of  
Programming Ruby 2ed?

On May 23, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Geoff Davis wrote:

> I've got a symbol representing a rails model class that I'd like to
> use to get ahold of a class method on the class.  I can do eval("#
> {my_symbol.to_s.classify}.my_class_method"), but that seems evil.  Is
> there a better way?
>
> I don't see any methods that look like they'd give me a list of
> classes or anything in Kernel, Object, or Class.  Maybe I'm missing
> something?
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members


From geoff at geoffdavis.net  Wed May 23 18:26:22 2007
From: geoff at geoffdavis.net (Geoff Davis)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:26:22 -0700
Subject: [raleigh.rb] class from string
In-Reply-To: <76ABD8C9-A7E2-4368-8086-1D78202DD7D6@thewilliams.ws>
References: <DB64C5EA-4245-416F-A189-C1BB7D709B45@geoffdavis.net>
	<76ABD8C9-A7E2-4368-8086-1D78202DD7D6@thewilliams.ws>
Message-ID: <289810AB-72B8-45B4-A0AA-777B71D3948E@geoffdavis.net>

Constantize!  Yes!  That is what I was looking for.

(My apologies for not having dug through the pickaxe book  
sufficiently - I'm still on the road post-RubyConf)

Thanks, Adam!

On May 23, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Adam Williams wrote:

> Something like this?:
>
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> require 'active_support'
> => true
> irb(main):003:0> "Array".classify.constantize
> => Array
>
> Or, do you mean to actually get the method object, as in page 522 of
> Programming Ruby 2ed?
>
> On May 23, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Geoff Davis wrote:
>
>> I've got a symbol representing a rails model class that I'd like to
>> use to get ahold of a class method on the class.  I can do eval("#
>> {my_symbol.to_s.classify}.my_class_method"), but that seems evil.  Is
>> there a better way?
>>
>> I don't see any methods that look like they'd give me a list of
>> classes or anything in Kernel, Object, or Class.  Maybe I'm missing
>> something?
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>


From nathaniel at talbott.ws  Wed May 23 19:23:25 2007
From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:23:25 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] class from string
In-Reply-To: <76ABD8C9-A7E2-4368-8086-1D78202DD7D6@thewilliams.ws>
References: <DB64C5EA-4245-416F-A189-C1BB7D709B45@geoffdavis.net>
	<76ABD8C9-A7E2-4368-8086-1D78202DD7D6@thewilliams.ws>
Message-ID: <B1FFAD4C-1791-4CF0-950C-C1F528726036@talbott.ws>

On May 23, 2007, at 18:19 , Adam Williams wrote:

> Something like this?:
>
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> require 'active_support'
> => true
> irb(main):003:0> "Array".classify.constantize
> => Array
>
> Or, do you mean to actually get the method object, as in page 522 of
> Programming Ruby 2ed?

You can also lose the activesupport crutches:

   >> Object.const_get("Array")
   => Array

The downside is that nested classes have to be handled specially,  
which constantize does for you.

HTH,


-- 
Nathaniel Talbott

<:((><



From mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com  Thu May 24 10:47:10 2007
From: mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com (Mark Bennett)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:47:10 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] hack night
Message-ID: <b2e941150705240747s152361cfue5b0a3c5f0d8abf7@mail.gmail.com>

Has the hack night gone the way of the dodo?

Mark
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From nathaniel at talbott.ws  Thu May 24 11:36:23 2007
From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 11:36:23 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] hack night
In-Reply-To: <b2e941150705240747s152361cfue5b0a3c5f0d8abf7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b2e941150705240747s152361cfue5b0a3c5f0d8abf7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <934D8FF5-CF4E-40C4-83F3-6D479F9FA8FB@talbott.ws>

On May 24, 2007, at 10:47 , Mark Bennett wrote:

> Has the hack night gone the way of the dodo?

Nope, I just got distracted by RailsConf and forgot to add it to the  
calendar. Should be all set now - thanks for the reminder!

See ya'll there,


-- 
Nathaniel Talbott

<:((><



From veganjenny at gmail.com  Thu May 24 12:23:35 2007
From: veganjenny at gmail.com (jenny w)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:23:35 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
Message-ID: <b1d95faa0705240923u3738312fl5a15925c453319ed@mail.gmail.com>

I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.

I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.

Thanks in advance for suggestions!

Jen-Mei

From tj at stank.us  Thu May 24 13:48:07 2007
From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 13:48:07 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
In-Reply-To: <b1d95faa0705240923u3738312fl5a15925c453319ed@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b1d95faa0705240923u3738312fl5a15925c453319ed@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f25a5bb60705241048u5d07c5a3t4b21136221c2cc02@mail.gmail.com>

I usuallly check Intrex (local computer store) first for things like
that, but yeah, I do end up buying from Best Buy and the like more
often than I'd prefer.

HTH,

-TJ

On 5/24/07, jenny w <veganjenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
> and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
> I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
> or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.
>
> I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions!
>
> Jen-Mei
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>

From ruby at bandkbroom.com  Thu May 24 13:52:21 2007
From: ruby at bandkbroom.com (Brian Broom)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 13:52:21 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
In-Reply-To: <b1d95faa0705240923u3738312fl5a15925c453319ed@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b1d95faa0705240923u3738312fl5a15925c453319ed@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <da2b40060705241052yd5816c7jc5ad3a6a9a3efb3c@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/24/07, jenny w <veganjenny at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
> and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
> I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
> or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.
>
> I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions!
>
> Jen-Mei
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
>
I've gotten components (cpu, motherboard, memory) from Intrex before, and
they usually have decent prices.  I'd just make sure you call before you run
around to places.

Brian
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From DLanouette at computer.org  Thu May 24 14:01:27 2007
From: DLanouette at computer.org (David Lanouette)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:01:27 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.64.1180029573.6934.raleigh-rb-members@rubyforge.org>
References: <mailman.64.1180029573.6934.raleigh-rb-members@rubyforge.org>
Message-ID: <f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>

If you are looking for a big-box store, there's a Tiger Direct
"outlet" over on Capitol Blvd in North Raleigh (between 440 and 540).

They don't have everything available from their web site, but still a
lot of stuff.  Their customer support is usually bad due to so many
customers  So hopefully they have what you want out on the floor, or
you go when nobody else is there.

______________________________
- David Lanouette
- David.Lanouette at GMail.com

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit - Aristotle


On 5/24/07, jenny w <veganjenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
> and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
> I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
> or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.
>
> I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions!
>
> Jen-Mei

From ruby at bandkbroom.com  Thu May 24 14:10:25 2007
From: ruby at bandkbroom.com (Brian Broom)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:10:25 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
In-Reply-To: <f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.64.1180029573.6934.raleigh-rb-members@rubyforge.org>
	<f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <da2b40060705241110l1379e5e0k7ce87cd46650290a@mail.gmail.com>

Tiger Direct isn't a bad place...Its not the neatest store I've ever been
in, if that's important to you (its not to me). This is the closest thing
I've seen to Frys in California...I miss that place.  Sort of a Radio Shack
meets WalMart

Brian

On 5/24/07, David Lanouette <DLanouette at computer.org> wrote:
>
> If you are looking for a big-box store, there's a Tiger Direct
> "outlet" over on Capitol Blvd in North Raleigh (between 440 and 540).
>
> They don't have everything available from their web site, but still a
> lot of stuff.  Their customer support is usually bad due to so many
> customers  So hopefully they have what you want out on the floor, or
> you go when nobody else is there.
>
> ______________________________
> - David Lanouette
> - David.Lanouette at GMail.com
>
> Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit - Aristotle
>
>
> On 5/24/07, jenny w <veganjenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
> > and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
> > I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
> > or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.
> >
> > I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for suggestions!
> >
> > Jen-Mei
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
>
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From jonathan.johnson at motricity.com  Thu May 24 14:18:37 2007
From: jonathan.johnson at motricity.com (Jonathan Johnson)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:18:37 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local
	computerstore?
In-Reply-To: <f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00DF24D6B0149846B3B41565C05EE27D42DDE6@rtpxch01.na.internal.motricity.local>

While we're on the subject...

In my home town of Greenville, South Carolina there was a Computer
Direct Outlet that had a "customer work area".  They provided all the
peripherals and you could basically rebuild your box right in the store.

Anybody know of a store with a "customer work area"?

~Jonathan


-----Original Message-----
From: raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of David
Lanouette
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:01 PM
To: The mailing list of raleigh.rb
Subject: Re: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local
computerstore?

If you are looking for a big-box store, there's a Tiger Direct
"outlet" over on Capitol Blvd in North Raleigh (between 440 and 540).

They don't have everything available from their web site, but still a
lot of stuff.  Their customer support is usually bad due to so many
customers  So hopefully they have what you want out on the floor, or
you go when nobody else is there.

______________________________
- David Lanouette
- David.Lanouette at GMail.com

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit - Aristotle


On 5/24/07, jenny w <veganjenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
> and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
> I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
> or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.
>
> I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.
>
> Thanks in advance for suggestions!
>
> Jen-Mei
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From brenton.leanhardt at gmail.com  Thu May 24 14:41:01 2007
From: brenton.leanhardt at gmail.com (brenton leanhardt)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 14:41:01 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
In-Reply-To: <f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.64.1180029573.6934.raleigh-rb-members@rubyforge.org>
	<f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7c0835400705241141v7756fefaub3acf6bce37312d6@mail.gmail.com>

I don't remember off the top of my head but Tiger Direct does have a site
you can visit that will tell you if the item you are looking for is in stock
at a particular outlet.  If you call them I'm sure they will know the url.

On 5/24/07, David Lanouette <DLanouette at computer.org> wrote:
>
> If you are looking for a big-box store, there's a Tiger Direct
> "outlet" over on Capitol Blvd in North Raleigh (between 440 and 540).
>
> They don't have everything available from their web site, but still a
> lot of stuff.  Their customer support is usually bad due to so many
> customers  So hopefully they have what you want out on the floor, or
> you go when nobody else is there.
>
> ______________________________
> - David Lanouette
> - David.Lanouette at GMail.com
>
> Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit - Aristotle
>
>
> On 5/24/07, jenny w <veganjenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I realize this is way off topic but I'm still kind of new to the area
> > and I'm wondering where people around here go to buy computer stuff.
> > I'm looking for an APC Smart-UPS 1500 and I suspect that Circuit City
> > or somesuch probably wouldn't carry something like that.
> >
> > I'm in Durham, but am willing to drive other places if needed.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for suggestions!
> >
> > Jen-Mei
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
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From veganjenny at gmail.com  Thu May 24 16:31:58 2007
From: veganjenny at gmail.com (jenny w)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:31:58 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] (offtopic) Any recommendations for local computer
	store?
In-Reply-To: <7c0835400705241141v7756fefaub3acf6bce37312d6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.64.1180029573.6934.raleigh-rb-members@rubyforge.org>
	<f57b85d60705241101s796c3eddt28353c70f22dfff4@mail.gmail.com>
	<7c0835400705241141v7756fefaub3acf6bce37312d6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b1d95faa0705241331k41b92617s95f7ce05efe44811@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the suggestions! Yes, I'm missing Fry's, too (I'm from CA),
but also Central Computer (a good local computer store in SF). I'll
check out Intrex and Tiger Direct.

Jen-Mei

From lists-jared at nc.rr.com  Tue May 29 10:03:53 2007
From: lists-jared at nc.rr.com (Jared Richardson)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:03:53 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Mountain West videos online
Message-ID: <9260B96F-147D-4E0F-973B-49923C4F66CE@nc.rr.com>

I haven't watched any yet, but it looks like a good resource. I  
wonder if Hoedown will do anything similar?

http://www.jamesbritt.com/2007/5/29/moutainwest-rubyconf-2007-videos

Jared
http://AgileArtisans.com


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From phi+ruby at vitalsource.com  Tue May 29 11:18:21 2007
From: phi+ruby at vitalsource.com (Phi Sanders)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:18:21 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] Lone Star Ruby Conference
Message-ID: <46837154-F08E-4997-8EB6-4560406E03E0@vitalsource.com>

If you pre-registered for the Lone Star Ruby Conference in Austin,  
Tx, you should be able to register today...

"http://lonestarrubyconf.com/"

I've been looking for flights and rooms, and I recommend the  
Homestead Suites about 5 minutes from the Norris center, and  
(according to my Austin colleagues) adjacent to restaurants and  
shopping. $69/Night and up

"http://www.homesteadhotels.com/minisite/accommodations/main.asp? 
HotelID=17"

I look forward to seeing a nice Raleigh.RB turnout !!!

~Phi
--
Phi Sanders,

Business Systems Analyst,
Vital Source Technologies,
Ingram Digital Group



From mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com  Thu May 31 10:54:26 2007
From: mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com (Mark Bennett)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 10:54:26 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby inside
Message-ID: <b2e941150705310754s204dfb86i184776e7f902dd21@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Matthew, saw your article on the front page of Ruby Inside.  Way to go!

Mark
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From tj at stank.us  Thu May 31 11:16:06 2007
From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:16:06 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby inside
In-Reply-To: <b2e941150705310754s204dfb86i184776e7f902dd21@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b2e941150705310754s204dfb86i184776e7f902dd21@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f25a5bb60705310816w4f6c2d2agebb650d1f36e8ce9@mail.gmail.com>

Way to go Matt!

-TJ

On 5/31/07, Mark Bennett <mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Matthew, saw your article on the front page of Ruby Inside.  Way to go!
>
> Mark
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
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From adam at thewilliams.ws  Thu May 31 12:17:42 2007
From: adam at thewilliams.ws (Adam Williams)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:17:42 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby inside
In-Reply-To: <f25a5bb60705310816w4f6c2d2agebb650d1f36e8ce9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <b2e941150705310754s204dfb86i184776e7f902dd21@mail.gmail.com>
	<f25a5bb60705310816w4f6c2d2agebb650d1f36e8ce9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <459BCC75-888B-4CFB-BA32-E7557438B04F@thewilliams.ws>

Man, my friends are famous ;)

On May 31, 2007, at 11:16 AM, TJ Stankus wrote:

> Way to go Matt!
>
> -TJ
>
> On 5/31/07, Mark Bennett <mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Matthew, saw your article on the front page of Ruby Inside.   
>> Way to go!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>>
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From pelargir at gmail.com  Thu May 31 13:07:55 2007
From: pelargir at gmail.com (Matthew)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 13:07:55 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby inside
In-Reply-To: <459BCC75-888B-4CFB-BA32-E7557438B04F@thewilliams.ws>
References: <b2e941150705310754s204dfb86i184776e7f902dd21@mail.gmail.com>
	<f25a5bb60705310816w4f6c2d2agebb650d1f36e8ce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<459BCC75-888B-4CFB-BA32-E7557438B04F@thewilliams.ws>
Message-ID: <c2eae3390705311007w582e86d7r3e0c24cfb1566109@mail.gmail.com>

Hey, I didn't realize they had picked it up! I've been sitting on it
for a year so it's good to see it out there finally. Thanks for the
support, guys, and for posting about it Mark.

Matthew


On 5/31/07, Adam Williams <adam at thewilliams.ws> wrote:
> Man, my friends are famous ;)
>
> On May 31, 2007, at 11:16 AM, TJ Stankus wrote:
>
> > Way to go Matt!
> >
> > -TJ
> >
> > On 5/31/07, Mark Bennett <mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hey Matthew, saw your article on the front page of Ruby Inside.
> >> Way to go!
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>
> _______________________________________________
> raleigh-rb-members mailing list
> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members
>

From phi+ruby at vitalsource.com  Thu May 31 18:44:07 2007
From: phi+ruby at vitalsource.com (Phi Sanders)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:44:07 -0400
Subject: [raleigh.rb] posting form data to https server
Message-ID: <DC2BA836-CB3B-451D-97AE-026DFB573675@vitalsource.com>

I'm trying to integrate a legacy unix production system to a legacy  
web service, and though it can be done by having ruby kick off a  
shell script (which is about my speed...) I thought I'd try to  
strengthen my ruby-fu by doing it that way (with the expected benefit  
that it would be more modular and maintainable)

Below is a generalized version of my script, which posts data OK but  
never works, when the given curl form does...  As you can see, I  
added a user-agent, because some tidbit I read suggested it solved  
their problem posting a form. I sincerely doubt the service is hard- 
coded to specific user agents since it takes the curl command OK (see  
ua* below)

Can anyone suggest what I might not be doing correctly??

#======BEGIN
require 'net/http'
require 'net/https'

# trying to code the equivalent of...
# curl -d "body of post" https://server.host.tld/java/function/ 
resource?user_id=abc123

user_id = "abc123"
resource = "x-kvm-01234"

site_url = "https://server.host.tld/java/function/" + resource + "? 
user_id=" + user_id

raw_data = "any old random string - usually from a small text file"

url = URI.parse(site_url)

p "URL : " + site_url
p "Path : " + url.path
p "port : " + url.port.to_s

# some web-apps won't work if you don't specify a user-agent...

my_headers = {
   'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
   'User-Agent' => "mozilla/5.0 (macintosh; u; intel mac os x; en)  
ruby 1.8.5 (script, like curl, not safari, khtml or gecko)"
}

client = Net::HTTP.new(url.host,url.port)
client.use_ssl = true  # make false to test against non-secure server

client.start {|conn|
   resp = conn.post(url.path, raw_data, my_headers)
   p "BODY : " + resp.body
}
#======END

* curl user-agent : "curl/7.13.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.0) libcurl/ 
7.13.1 openssl/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3"

~Phi
--
Phi Sanders,

Business Systems Analyst,
Vital Source Technologies,
Ingram Digital Group