From: Lothar Scholz Date: 2004-10-08T04:19:57+09:00 Subject: Re: GUI Toolkit questions Hello MATTHEW, MRM> I am currently designing a map editor for a game that I am writing in MRM> ruby. I have never written anything along the lines of a map editor and MRM> was hoping that someone here could provide a few suggestions as to which MRM> graphical toolkit would best suit my needs. MRM> I need to be able to display a large grid of 300 tiles, each of which MRM> can have a different picture that can change during execution. I will MRM> need to be able to treat these tiles as individual buttons or have some MRM> other easy way to keep track of which tile the mouse is currently MRM> over/clicking on. I will also need to be able to create a tool MRM> window(possibly floating) that will contain all the tools that you can MRM> use to operate on the tile grid. MRM> Cross platform(Windows, Linux, Mac OS X compatibility would be optimal. Sounds very easy to do with FOX. If you want to support Win9X,WinME then you need another toolkit (QT,FLTK) where you don't run into 1024 GDI Handles per System limit. I you suggest to drop Win9X support for all new developed apps. -- Best regards, emailto: scholz at scriptolutions dot com Lothar Scholz http://www.ruby-ide.com CTO Scriptolutions Ruby, PHP, Python IDE 's