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Subversion is an open source version control system used for keep track of change to source code. Subversion manages files and directories over time an increments revision made to the file system. A tree of file is placed into a central repository. The repository is much like an ordinary file server, except that it remembers every change ever made to your files and directories. This allows you to recover older version of your date or examine the history of how your data changed.

Subversion can access its repository across networks, which allows it to be used by people on different computers. At some level, the ability for various people to modify and manage the same set of data from their respective locations fosters collaboration.

Installation:

There are two types of installation:

1. Installation from pre-compiled packages
2. Installation from source code

Installation from packages:

For RedHat Linux(or other Linux distributions which supports RPM) download subversion RPM package and install. See manual of rpm utility for installation.

For Debian Linux issue apt-get install subversion and by confirming the installation you are done. I also recommend to install subversion-tools by issuing apt-get install subversion-tools.

Installation from source:

Installation from source code is slightly tricky. First of all download latest version of subversion code from http://subversion.tigris.org.

Now extract source to your preferred directory (lets assume /home/testuser/svncode/), and issue the following command in sequence after switching to svncode directory:

./configure
make
make install

./configure will create Makefile

make makes Subversion form the just-created Makefile
make install install Subversion if make is successfullyAnd you are done….

Issue svnadmin create /home/testuser/repository to create a new repository, this should create a directory structure like:

drwxrwxrwx   7 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 .
drwxrwxrwx  14 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 ..
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 con drwxrwxrwx   2 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 dav drwxrwxrwx   2 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 db
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root root    2 2006-11-07 17:18 format
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 hooks
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root 4096 2006-11-07 17:18 locks
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root root  379 2006-11-07 17:18 README.txt

Now we need to allow remote access to it so that users can import their files. By editing conf/svnserve.conf we can set user accounts, permissions.

Initially svnserve.conf looks like:

### This file controls the configuration of the svnserve daemon, if you
### use it to allow access to this repository.  (If you only allow
### access through http: and/or file: URLs, then this file is
### irrelevant.)
### Visit http://subversion.tigris.org/ for more information.
### [general]
### These options control access to the repository for unauthenticated
### and authenticated users.  Valid values are "write", "read",
### and "none".  The sample settings below are the defaults.
### anon-access = write
### auth-access = write
### The password-db option controls the location of the password
### database file.  Unless you specify a path starting with a /,
### the file's location is relative to the conf directory.
### The format of the password database is similar to this file.
### It contains one section labelled [users]. The name and
### password for each user follow, one account per line. The
### format is
### USERNAME = PASSWORD
### Please note that both the user name and password are case
### sensitive. There is no default for the password file.
### password-db = passwd ### This option specifies the authentication realm of the repository. ### If two repositories have the same authentication realm, they should ### have the same password database, and vice versa.  The default realm ### is repository's uuid.
### realm = My First Repository

Uncomment line containing [general], anon-access, auth-access and password-db with suitable permissions. Also add file named passwd parallel to svnserve.conf containing

[users]SVNUSERNAME = SVNUSERPASSOWRD

You can add as many users you want. Now you are done with user accounts and permissions.

Next you have to start the svnserver by issuing svnserve -d -r /home/testuser/repository.

Now you are ready with your subversion server, you can access your repository from svn://yourdomain.com/repository/

On some systems (like Debian GNU/Linux) this requires to write an init script so that the server starts up every time the system is rebooted. This could be done by creating a file called svnserve in the /etc/init.d directory, and then editing it to look like the following example file:

#! /bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/svnserve NAME=svnserve DESC="SVN Repository Server Daemon"
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
OPTIONS="-d -r /cvs/src"
# Get lsb functions
#. /lib/lsb/init-functions
. /etc/default/rcS start() {        echo "Starting $DESC... "
       #       echo "Starting $DESC: "
       if ! start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -- $OPTIONS
>/dev/null 2>&1; then
               status=$?
               echo $status
               return $status
       fi        log_end_msg 0
       return 0
}
case "$1" in
 start)
       start
       ;;
 stop)
       echo "Stopping $DESC: "
       start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
       echo $?
       ;;
 restart|force-reload)
       $0 stop
       sleep 1
       start
       #echo "$NAME."
       ;;
 *)
       N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
       echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
       exit 1
       ;;
esac exit 0

This script also allows to manually start and stop the svnserver service whenever needed. Note: be sure and change the OPTIONS line to reflect the location of your repository; in our previous example this location was /home/testuser/repository. Once this file is created and edited to look like the previous example, you need to chmod the script to be executable by issuing chmod +x /etc/init.d/svnserve and also set it to startup at boot time by issuing update-rc.d svnserve defaults


Now simply start/stop the service by issuing:

/etc/init.d/svnserve start/stop

Please refer Subversion book for more help and usage.

start_form_tag (use form_tag instead)
end_form_tag (use </form> instead)

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I found this library a bit interesting. One that appeals me is the ability to define start state and end state through CSS

See in action here.

Presently it searches over following sites:

weblog.rubyonrails.org
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rituonrails.wordpress.com
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del.icio.us/
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www.rubyonrails.com
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rubyforge.org
sitekreator.com/satishtalim/index.html
dec.orat.in/
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If you are a regular rails blogger and wanna add your site to this list, please let me or Ritu know, so that we can include your site.

Configuration:

Intel Core Duo Processor 1.66 GHz, Intel 945GM Chipset, 2 MB L2 Cache / 533 MHz FSB, 1 GB PC2-4200 (533 MHz) DDR2, 100 GB Serial ATA, 150 MB/ Sec @5400 RPM, 8X SuperMulti Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD +RW/ +R Writer, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950; DVMT 3.0 – Up to 128 MB, 14.1″ WideScreen (WXGA) with BrightView Technology, Windows XP Media Center Edition, 1 year limited global warranty, Integrated Bluetooth HP Module, IEEE 802.15 Standard, Integrated 802.11a/b/g, Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG, Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers, 5-In-1 Digital Media Reader (Secure Digital, Multi-media card, Memory stick, Memory stick pro and xD picture card), Integrated 56K Modem, HP Imprint Finish – Wave Pattern, Capacitive Buttons – Backlit with touch technology, 2 Headphone Jacks, Wired Headset, HP QuickPlay Direct, HP Mobile ExpressCard Remote Control, Integrated 1.3 Megapixel webcam, Microphones, Next Gen Express Card/54 Slot, Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security 2006 (Includes 60 days live updates)


% irb -r irb/completion


Or you can load the completion library when irb is running:


% irb(main):005:0> require 'irb/completion'


If you often use completion then:

Linux users: Can create an alias in .bashrc by following these steps:

• % vi ~/.bashrc
• add alias irbtc="irb -r 'irb/completion'"

• % source ~/.bashrc

Windows Users: Can create a file named irbtc.bat in your windows\system32 folder as irb -r "irb/completion" the file content.

Now you can run irb with completion support by:
% irbtc

Example:

% irbtc
irb(main):001:0> st="this is a string"
=> "this is a string"
irb(main):002:0> st.len
irb(main):002:0> st.length
=> 16
irb(main):003:0> st.up
st.upcase st.upcase! st.upto
irb(main):003:0> st.up

The url for state_select.rb is http://opensvn.csie.org/state_select/trunk/lib/state_select.rb
Feedback please….

Curently it can generate state list for India, US, Canada, Australia and Spain(default is US).

Usage:

• state_select(object, method, country='US', options = {}, html_options = {})

Return select and option tags for the given object and method, using state_options_for_select to generate the list of option tags.

• state_options_for_select(selected = nil, country = 'US')

Returns a string of option tags for states in a country. Supply a state name as selected to have it marked as the selected option tag.

NOTE: Only the option tags are returned, you have to wrap this call in a regular HTML select tag.

The svn repository can be found at http://opensvn.csie.org/state_select/trunk/

Install plugin by

script/plugin install http://opensvn.csie.org/state_select/trunk/