From: Nick <devel@...>
Date: 2004-12-19T02:34:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Cocoa (OS X) questions: deployment & interface builder

 > Would you consider adding your insights to the RubyGarden page I
 > started on this topic some time ago?

I've intermixed your original article with the content of the post. I 
think it flows ok, but probably could use a little editing.

 > Also, would you consider starting a RubyForge project to release your
 > bootstrap code? Having something in a standard Ruby site would bring a
 > wider audience to the idea of creating self-contained OS X apps based
 > on Ruby.

I'm not opposed to creating one, but I am afraid of supporting one. In 
the meantime, I reposted the code on rubygarden and made it public 
domain. I hope it will serve some people well.

Nick

Ryan Platte wrote:
> Nick wrote:
> 
>>Actually, I've wrapped a number of ruby apps. If done right, ruby
> 
> apps
> 
>>can look just like Mac OS X applications.
>>
>>Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>
>>>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?
> 
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> Thanks for your great work bringing OS X and Ruby together.
> 
> Would you consider adding your insights to the RubyGarden page I
> started on this topic some time ago?
> 
> http://rubygarden.org/ruby?BundleRubyExecutableInMacOSX
> 
> Also, would you consider starting a RubyForge project to release your
> bootstrap code? Having something in a standard Ruby site would bring a
> wider audience to the idea of creating self-contained OS X apps based
> on Ruby.
>