JosephPecoraro

# Ways to execute a shell script in Ruby
# Example Script - Joseph Pecoraro

cmd = "echo 'hi'" # Sample string that can be used

# 1. Kernel#` - commonly called backticks - `cmd` 
# This is like many other languages, including bash, PHP, and Perl
#   Synchronous (blocking)
#   Returns the output of the shell command
#   Docs: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M001111

tpope

inoremap <silent> <Bar>   <Bar><Esc>:call <SID>align()<CR>a

function! s:align()
  let p = '^\s*|\s.*\s|\s*$'
  if exists(':Tabularize') && getline('.') =~# '^\s*|' && (getline(line('.')-1) =~# p || getline(line('.')+1) =~# p)
    let column = strlen(substitute(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'[^|]','','g'))
    let position = strlen(matchstr(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'.*|\s*\zs.*'))
    Tabularize/|/l1
    normal! 0
    call search(repeat('[^|]*|',column).'\s\{-\}'.repeat('.',position),'ce',line('.'))

mislav

Pagination 101

Article by Faruk Ateş, [originally on KuraFire.net][original] which is currently down

One of the most commonly overlooked and under-refined elements of a website is its pagination controls. In many cases, these are treated as an afterthought. I rarely come across a website that has decent pagination, and it always makes me wonder why so few manage to get it right. After all, I'd say that pagination is pretty easy to get right. Alas, that doesn't seem the case, so after encouragement from Chris Messina on Flickr I decided to write my Pagination 101, hopefully it'll give you some clues as to what makes good pagination.

Before going into analyzing good and bad pagination, I want to explain just what I consider to be pagination: Pagination is any kind of control system that lets the user browse through pages of search results, archives, or any other kind of continued content. Search results are the o

xjamundx

// articles per page
var limit = 10;

// pagination middleware function sets some
// local view variables that any view can use
function pagination(req, res, next) {
    var page = parseInt(req.params.page) || 1,
        num = page * limit;
    db.articles.count(function(err, total) {
        res.local("total", total);

MyArtChannel

# Add this to the end of your development.rb and add 
#
# gem 'pry'
#
# to your Gemfile and run bundle to install.

silence_warnings do
  begin
    require 'pry'
    IRB = Pry

erichurst

# MySQL.  Versions 4.1 and 5.0 are recommended.
#
# Install the MySQL driver:
#   gem install mysql2
#
# And be sure to use new-style password hashing:
#   http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html
development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8

gertig

require 'mechanize'

@username      = '[email protected]'
@password      = 'hi2u'
@download_path = File.expand_path 'downloads'
@wget_cookie   = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/wget-cookies.txt'

unless File.directory? @download_path
  puts "@{download_path} doesn't exist!"
  exit

yevgenko

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! Xft settings
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Xft.dpi:                    96
Xft.antialias:              false
Xft.rgba:                   rgb
Xft.hinting:                true
Xft.hintstyle:              hintslight

cdmwebs

Friendly URLs

By default, Rails applications build URLs based on the primary key -- the id column from the database. Imagine we have a Person model and associated controller. We have a person record for Bob Martin that has id number 6. The URL for his show page would be:

/people/6

But, for aesthetic or SEO purposes, we want Bob's name in the URL. The last segment, the 6 here, is called the "slug". Let's look at a few ways to implement better slugs.

planbnet

#!/usr/bin/env bash

dir=$(dirname $0)
gconfdir=/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles

echo # This makes the prompts easier to follow (as do other random echos below)

########################
### Select a profile ###
########################