From: Thomas Counsell <tamc2@...>
Date: 2004-12-17T03:44:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Cocoa (OS X) questions: deployment & interface builder

Hello Michael

I don't know him, and haven't tried it, but 
http://www.philsgaff.co.uk/index.php?p=51  discusses bundling ruby into 
an app.

It is useful to use the XCode>File>New Project>Coca-Ruby [Document] 
application to create the template app, but after that you can use vim 
to edit the code.

You can create all the cocoa windows programatically, but you will 
probably save time by taking the ten minutes it takes to understand 
what an action and an outlet is in interface builder and then just use 
it to create NIBs.

Tom

On 16 Dec 2004, at 17:46, Michael DeHaan wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm interested in Mac/Cocoa development.
>
> Are there tools available for .app packaging of Ruby/Cocoa apps?
> Can this be done w/o reliance on the downlevel Ruby 1.6 included in
> Panther?
>
> Anyhow, any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I guess, bottom line, is that i'd like to write applications that
> other people can use -- so I'm a bit concerned about deployment
> considerations.
>
> On a somewhat related note, is there a way of using interface files
> w/o reliance on XCode and interface builder?    I can't see any
> documentation to the effect that it is possible, but it must be
> possible somehow...   Coding in vim is preferable to me than using
> XCode, it's yet another interface to deal with and I like my
> terminals!   :)
>
> (Yes, I've asked about Ruby/Tk and Tcl/Tk Aqua before -- Tcl/Tk Aqua
> does look awesome ... but that's even a greater deployment problem,
> IMHO... I was having substantial trouble setting it up even on my box
> to work with Ruby per the Ruby Garden article)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Michael DeHaan
>