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Hi Ross and Ed, Thanks for suggesting the pull request I just submitted. Sorry I didn't submit it from a topic branch, as github recommended. My only excuse is that I was learning how to do it on the fly (git n00b) :) And thanks also for the gem--it has been very helpful for me in developing a way to create MARC records inside a rails framework. -Tony On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:08:53 -0400, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Thanks, Ed. That would have been a useful tidbit for me to have added :) > >Also, if there's interest, we can set up the Github Wiki for >ruby-marc. There is some functionality that would be difficult to >explain (including the pros and cons) about in the rdocs, such as the >XML parsers (and to write new ones) and there are some caveats on when >to use field maps in MARC::Record and when find/find_all works better. > >Anyway, this seems like it might be useful, and if others think so, >too, well, let me know! > >Thanks! >-Ross. > >On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi Tony, >> >> Just in case it wasn't obvious, the source code is on GitHub [1]. As >> Ross said, please consider forking it and sending a pull request for >> any documentation improvements you want to do. >> >> //Ed >> >> [1] https://github.com/ruby-marc/ruby-marc >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Hi Tony, I'm glad that ruby-marc appears to be generally useful. >>> >>> Another (even simpler) way to do what you want is: >>> >>> record.to_marc >>> >>> Which, I think, would do the same thing you're doing with MARC::Writer.encode. >>> >>> If you want to write up a block of text to plop into the README, feel >>> free to send some me some copy (wholesale edits also welcome). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -Ross. >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Tony Zanella <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> Hello all, >>>> If I may suggest adding to the documentation for the marc gem >>>> (http://marc.rubyforge.org/)... >>>> >>>> Currently, the documentation gives examples for how to read, create and write >>>> MARC records. >>>> >>>> The source code also includes an "encode" method in MARC::Writer, which came >>>> in handy for me when I needed to send an encoded record off to be archived on >>>> the fly, without writing it to the filesystem. >>>> >>>> That method isn't in the documentation, but it would be nice to see there! It >>>> could be as simple as: >>>> >>>> # encoding a record >>>> MARC::Writer.encode(record) >>>> >>>> Thanks for your consideration! >>>> Tony >>>> >>> >>