Oct 23 2007

rComic: comic strip downloader

Category: Ruby, Shell Script — etd @ 2:26 pm

rComic is a small script to download and display Internet comic strips. To add new strips, you only need to modify the config file. And it is an interesting exercise to play with the Net::HTTP and YAML libraries.
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Oct 02 2007

using the fox toolkit in ruby

Category: Ruby, X Windows — etd @ 3:15 pm

The fox toolkit is a portable C++ graphical library. If you download old code (such as the nice rubyforger – that sits on top of libnet and libpcap) you may end up with some headache, so these easy steps will help to get your fox application up and running :)
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