From: Sarah Tanembaum Date: 2004-12-31T06:46:44+09:00 Subject: Re: Distributed application Roeland Moors wrote: > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:50:56AM +0900, "Luis G. G�mez" wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>It's my first time posting to this ML so this may be out of place... >> >>I'm working on an idea for an application that, if conceived, would be >>distributed as part of a system composed of a server and x number of >>terminals. This server would be dedicated to serving an application in >>the form of a GUI that I'd like to develop using Ruby exclusively. >> >>The server would be Linux but the terminals are likely to be running >>windows (although it'd be great if the terminal's platform became >>irrelevant). >> >>Now, the idea is to have users (terminals) be recognized by the server >>so that the application can be run from it. That way additional >>terminals could be added to the LAN that would automatically "see" th >>application. I'd like to be able to avoid installing anything on the >>terminal (except maybe a shortcut or something similar). The user would >>then doubble click the apps shortcut and launch the application from the >>server. The application will, among other, allow for the manipulation of >>images and documents being served by the app server. Nothing is stored >>locally. >> > > Maybe you can just create a web application? Then all you need is > a browser. > > >>My question is kind of broad. I'd like to know if anyone has worked on >>similar distributed apps or if there are resources available online that >>could guide me in the "right" direction. I've never done distributed >>GUIs and don't even know if it's possible at this point using Ruby. >>Also, I'm not clear about Ruby's image manipulation capabilities. >> > > > http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/ > But rmagick #display does NOT work under windows as well as linux. We have discussion about it a while ago.