From: Paul van Tilburg <paul@...>
Date: 2004-08-06T09:42:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby-Gtk+ QuestionsSubject:

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:11:27AM +0900, Bill Atkins wrote:
> [...] I commit my next project to Gtk, I wanted to see if
> anyone on this newsgroup could offer their opinion on Gtk.  How well
> does it work?  Is there anything exceptionally cool about it?

For me it works very well.. the Ruby/GNOME2 Project is progressing
nicely, have a look at:
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/

> Also, I had a few more objective questions:
> 
> 1. Is it possible to change the theme for a single Gtk application? 
> If not, is there any way to customize an application's appearance
> (fonts, colors, etc) without resorting to a theme?

Theming is a GTK native specific thing.

> 2. What problems does Gtk have on Win32?  I hear over and over again
> that Gtk+ isn't an option because it's buggy on Win32, but in my
> (limited) experience, it seemed to run very well.  What problems
> should I expect?

I have GTK-only apps working on win32. Ruby 1.8, GTK runtime and
ruby-gtk2 for win32 is required and it works. See also:
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Install+Guide+for+Windows

> 3. Is there an IRC channel to get quick Gtk answers?  #ruby-gnome was
> empty the last time I tried.

#ruby-gnome2 on irc.gnome.org is populated, sometimes a bit quiet during
3:00 - 15:00 GMT, but with some patience...
See also the ruby-gnome2 mailinglist.

Paul

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