From: Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@...>
Date: 2004-11-30T02:20:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby GUIs and installation effort

I'm an OS X user as well.

I'd love to see Ruby bindings for this:

http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net/

* Shiny
* No X11 required

Ruby/Cocoa is nice, although I prefer to not write Mac-specific
applications since I have a lot of friends who mainly run Linux and
I'd like to be able to share things I create with them.     Also,
there are no Mac workstations or servers at work, so Linux/Windows
compatiblity is nice to have.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:11:51 +0900, Curt Hibbs <curt@hibbs.com> wrote:
> R. Mark Volkmann [mailto:mark@ociweb.com]
> 
> 
> >
> > Quoting Curt Hibbs <curt@hibbs.com>:
> >
> > > R. Mark Volkmann wrote:[mailto:mark@ociweb.com]
> > > >
> > > > I agree. It seems though that "getting a little dirty with the
> > > > installers"
> > > > could be done once for all of us rather that repeated for
> > every Ruby GUI
> > > > application that requires portability to Windows, OS X and Linux
> > > > and desires
> > > > to be used by non-developers. Having a one-click installer for
> > > > each platform
> > > > that installs everything needed for a portable GUI seems ideal.
> > >
> > > We *are* working towards this goal. But the road to success is paved by
> > > volunteers willing to help...
> > >
> > > We've got a one-click installer for windows, Steve Steiner is
> > inching his
> > > way closer to a one-click installer for osx (as a framework). I
> > still need
> > > someone willing to create and maintain one-click installers for kde and
> > > gnome.
> > >
> > > Then rubygems and rpabase (with integrated support in the one-click
> > > installers) will provide subsequent customization to the user's
> > installation
> > > (as well as ongoing updates).
> > >
> > > The missing piece would be a cross-platform installer that can
> > package up
> > > ruby apps, related extensions, and platform-specific binaries into
> > > easy-to-distribute, self-installing applications. Any volunteers here?
> >
> > Which GUI toolkits are targeted to be supported by all of these one-click
> > installers?  If I remember correctly, only Tk and FOX are supported by the
> > Windows one-click installer.
> 
> wxRuby will be added -- it is the only GUI toolkit that supports native
> widgets.
> 
> Curt
> 
>